Srimad Bhagavatam — Dvitiya Skandha, Shloka 14
Parīkṣit’s Comprehensive Inquiries and the Bhāgavata as Śabda-avatāra
यस्मिन् कर्मसमावायो यथा येनोपगृह्यते । गुणानां गुणिनां चैव परिणाममभीप्सताम् ॥ १४ ॥
yasmin karma-samāvāyo yathā yenopagṛhyate guṇānāṁ guṇināṁ caiva pariṇāmam abhīpsatām
再者，请慈悲描述：物质自然诸“德性”（guṇa）所生之业报，如何按其比例积聚并作用于有欲之众生，使其随德性而在诸种生类间升迁或堕落——自天众以至最微小的生灵。
The actions and reactions of all works in the material modes of nature, either in the minute form or in the gigantic form, are accumulated, and thus the result of such accumulated actions and reactions of karma, or work, become manifested in the same proportion. How such actions and reactions take place, what the different procedures are, and in what proportion they act are all subject matters of Mahārāja Parīkṣit’s inquiries from the great brāhmaṇa Śukadeva Gosvāmī.
FAQs
This verse teaches that the entire system of karma and the outcomes produced by the three modes operate within the Supreme Lord’s arrangement, and seekers can understand how results arise by recognizing His sustaining governance behind material transformations.
In Canto 2, Śukadeva is guiding Parīkṣit toward God-realization by explaining how the universe functions under the Lord—so Parīkṣit can detach from temporary cause-and-effect and fix his consciousness on the Supreme controller.
Notice how moods and choices shift with sattva, rajas, and tamas, and take responsibility for actions while remembering a higher divine order—then cultivate sattva through purity and devotion to reduce reactive karma.