Shloka 15
Akṣara–Kṣara Viveka: Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda (अक्षर-क्षर विवेकः)
यथा सूक्ष्माणि कर्माणि फलन्तीह यथातथम् । बुद्धियुक्तानि तानीह कृतानि मनसा सह
yathā sūkṣmāṇi karmāṇi phalantīha yathātatham | buddhiyuktāni tānīha kṛtāni manasā saha ||
知法的阇那迦王啊！正如世间再微细的行为，只要与心相应、由慧辨所导，必定随其性质成熟为相应之果；暴力等粗猛之行亦复如是。纵使可怖之罪出于无知而作，若其不断造作、积聚，亦终将受其果报；所差别者，不过与明知故犯相比，无心之业其果甚轻而已。
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
All actions, even very subtle ones, inevitably produce results suited to their nature. Intention matters: wrongdoing done unknowingly still bears fruit, but its consequence is lighter than the fruit of deliberate, knowing wrongdoing.
In Śānti Parva, the sage Parāśara instructs King Janaka on ethical causality: how deeds—mental and physical—generate karmic results, and how knowledge/intent affects the weight of those results.