Shloka 46
अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः
The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex
स्वरूपतामात्मकृतं च विस्तरं कुलान्वयं द्रव्यसमृद्धिसंचयम् । नरो हि सर्वो लभते यथाकृतं शुभाशुभेनात्मकृतेन कर्मणा
svarūpatām ātmakṛtaṃ ca vistaraṃ kulānvayaṃ dravyasamṛddhisañcayam | naro hi sarvo labhate yathākṛtaṃ śubhāśubhena ātmakṛtena karmaṇā ||
帕罗沙罗曰：人依其自作之业而得其报——形貌之美或丑，子孙之繁衍（贤与不肖），生于高贵或卑下之族，以及财富与兴盛之积聚。盖一切人皆如实收获自作之善业与恶业之果。
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches moral causality: one’s own auspicious and inauspicious actions shape concrete life outcomes—appearance, family expansion, birth in a particular lineage, and material prosperity—so responsibility for one’s condition primarily lies in one’s self-performed karma.
In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, the sage Parāśara is instructing about the workings of karma, emphasizing that social standing, progeny, and wealth are not random but arise in accordance with one’s prior and present deeds.