Shloka 8
Varāha-avatāra: Viṣṇu’s subterranean intervention and the cosmic nāda (Śānti-parva 202)
यथा हि वक्रित् सुकृतैर्मनुष्य: शुभाशुभं प्राप्रुतेडथाविरोधात् । एवं शरीरेषु शुभाशुभेषु स्वकर्मजैज्ञानमिदं निबद्धम्
yathā hi vakrit sukṛtair manuṣyaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ prāprute ’thāvirodhāt | evaṃ śarīreṣu śubhāśubheṣu svakarmajair jñānam idaṃ nibaddham ||
毗湿摩说道：“正如一人因往昔所作之业，必然在不同处所与时分中受其吉凶之果，而无矛盾；同样地，随自业而得的上等或下等诸身之中，此有觉知的知性原则亦被系缚而常在，亦无矛盾。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Karmic actions inevitably yield corresponding good or bad results across different times and places, and the conscious knowing principle remains present even as one takes higher or lower bodies shaped by one’s own karma.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma continues teaching by using an analogy: as karmic fruits are experienced without inconsistency, so consciousness/knowledge persists within embodied existence while beings move through various births determined by their deeds.