Shloka 4
आत्मनैव कृतं कर्म आत्मनैवोपभुज्यते । इह च प्रेत्य वा राजंस्त्वया प्राप्त यथातथम्,राजन्! इहलोक अथवा परलोकमें अपने किये हुए कर्मका फल अपने-आपको ही भोगना पड़ता है; अत: आपको जैसेका तैसा प्राप्त हुआ है
ātmanāiva kṛtaṃ karma ātmanāivopabhujyate | iha ca pretya vā rājan tvayā prāptaṃ yathātatham ||
桑阇耶说道：“人自作之业，唯由其自身受其果报。无论在此世，或死后之彼世，哦，大王，你所遭逢的一切，皆与汝所行之业如实相应。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts moral causality and personal responsibility: one’s actions (karma) inevitably yield results that one must personally experience, whether in this life or after death; thus events are ‘as deserved’ rather than arbitrary.
Sañjaya addresses the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra), framing the unfolding suffering and outcomes of the war as consequences of prior choices and deeds, urging an ethical reading of events rather than blaming others or mere chance.