Shloka 17

Adhyāya 290: Sāṃkhya-vidhi, Deha-doṣa, Guṇa-vicāra, and Mokṣa-gati

Bhīṣma–Yudhiṣṭhira Dialogue

Devanagari script

निरन्तरं च मिश्र च लभते कर्म पार्थिव । कल्याणं यदि वा पापं न तु नाशो<स्य विद्यते

Transliteration

nirantaraṃ ca miśraṃ ca labhate karma pārthiva | kalyāṇaṃ yadi vā pāpaṃ na tu nāśo 'sya vidyate, rājan ||

Translation

帕罗沙罗说道：“大王啊，人受业果：有时是不断的安乐，有时是乐与苦交杂的体验。无论所作是吉祥之业还是罪业，若未亲受其应得之果，便不会消亡。”

Word by Word

• निरन्तरम्: continuously, without break
• निरन्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मिश्रम्: mixed (i.e., pleasure-and-pain together)
• मिश्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मिश्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• लभते: obtains, receives
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• कर्म: karma (the deed/act, as agent of its result)
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पार्थिव: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कल्याणम्: good (merit, auspicious result)
• कल्याणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पापम्: evil (sinful result)
• पापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नाशः: destruction, disappearance
• नाशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्य: of this (karma/result)
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• विद्यते: exists, is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• Rājan (the king addressed)
• Pārthiva (the king/ruler)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Karma inevitably yields its fruit: whether merit or sin, an action does not simply vanish; its result must be experienced, sometimes as pure happiness and sometimes as a mixed outcome of happiness and suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and moral order, the sage Parāśara addresses a king, explaining the inescapable operation of karmic results in human life.