Shloka 8
Akṣara–Kṣara Viveka: Vasiṣṭha–Karāla-Janaka Saṃvāda (अक्षर-क्षर विवेकः)
कि कष्टमनुपश्यामि फलं पापस्य कर्मण: । प्रत्यापन्नस्य हि ततो नात्मा तावद् विरोचते
kiṁ kaṣṭam anupaśyāmi phalaṁ pāpasya karmaṇaḥ | pratyāpannasya hi tato nātmā tāvad virocate ||
帕罗娑罗说道：“他心想：‘我见到罪业有什么痛苦之果吗？全然不见。’于是转向作恶。然而对这般趋罪之人，自我（Self）与对至上自我（Supreme Self）的忆念不再光明；在此之前，内在的澄明与对神念的喜悦都不会生起。”
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sin often begins with the delusion that no immediate suffering will follow; yet the deeper consequence is inner darkness—loss of clarity, conscience, and taste for remembrance of the Self/Supreme.
Parāśara is instructing about the subtle effects of wrongdoing: even if a sinner claims to see no painful ‘fruit’ right away, the mind’s capacity to recognize and delight in the Self (and God-thought) becomes obscured.