Shloka 28
दैव–पुरुषकार-प्रश्नः
Daiva–Puruṣakāra Inquiry: Fate and Human Effort
कृतं चाप्यकृतं किंचित् कृते कर्मणि सिद्ध्यति | सुकृतं दुष्कृतं कर्म न यथार्थ प्रपद्यते
kṛtaṃ cāpy akṛtaṃ kiñcit kṛte karmaṇi siddhyati | sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ karma na yathārthaṃ prapadyate ||
毗湿摩说：当更强大的奋发被兴起时，已做之事也可能在某种程度上变得如同未做；唯有那股强劲的人力精进才会生效并结出其果。因此，行为——无论善业或恶业——并不总以直截了当、完全相称的方式呈现其报应，因为它们可能被当下更有力的努力所压过或改写。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma emphasizes the primacy of strong present effort (puruṣārtha): a powerful undertaking can neutralize or eclipse earlier actions, so the fruits of good or bad deeds may not manifest in a simple, one-to-one manner.
In the Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and moral causality. Here he explains how outcomes depend not only on past karma but also on the intensity of current initiative, which can redirect what would otherwise be expected results.