Shloka 41
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
सर्वाणि कर्माणि पुरा कृतानि शुभाशुभान्यात्मनो यान्ति जन्तो: । उपस्थितं कर्मफलं विदित्वा बुद्धि तथा चोदयतेडन्तरात्मा
sarvāṇi karmāṇi purā kṛtāni śubhāśubhāny ātmano yānti jantoḥ | upasthitaṃ karmaphalaṃ viditvā buddhiṃ tathā codayate 'ntarātmā ||
帕罗沙罗说道：往昔所作的一切行为——或吉或凶——都作为自身之业，紧随于具身之众生。知晓业果如今已至成熟之时，内在之我便随之策动其理解与判断，引导此人走向与那已熟之业相应的经历与回应。
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Past actions—good and bad—inevitably mature into results for the individual, and when those results are due, the inner self prompts the intellect in a way that aligns one’s experience and choices with that ripened karma, emphasizing moral causality and personal responsibility.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Parāśara is instructing about karma: he explains how earlier deeds adhere to a person and, when their fruits become present, the inner self influences the person’s understanding and direction in life accordingly.