Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 29
Jñāna-yoga and Karma-phala: Manu–Bṛhaspati on Akṣara and the Limits of Mantra
पापी मनुष्यका पापके द्वारा छिपाया हुआ पाप पुनः उसे पापमें ही लगाता है और धर्मात्माका धर्मतः गुप्त रक्खा हुआ धर्म उसे पुनः धर्ममें ही प्रवृत्त करता है ।।
pāpaṁ kṛtaṁ na smaratīha mūḍho vivartamānasya tad eti kartuḥ | rāhur yathā candram upaiti cāpi tathābudhaḥ pāpam upaiti karma ||
毗湿摩说道：迷妄之人不记得自己所造之罪；然而当他仍在恶行中流转时，那罪业必定回到造作者身上。正如罗睺自然而然趋向月轮，罪——由自身行为所生——也会自行逼近愚人，将其攫住。此中教诲在于：隐匿或遗忘并不能抹去道德因果；所作之业终将回返，塑造未来的行止与命运。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sin is not neutralized by being forgotten or hidden; it inevitably returns to its agent. Persisting in wrongdoing draws its consequences closer, just as Rāhu inevitably approaches the moon.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on righteous conduct, Bhīṣma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira about moral causality. He uses the well-known image of Rāhu eclipsing the moon to illustrate how one’s own misdeeds pursue and overtake the wrongdoer.