Śvetadvīpa-varṇana and Śāstra-pravartana (Śānti Parva 322)
स्वकर्मफलनिक्षेपं विधानपरिरक्षितम् । भूतग्राममिमं काल: समन्तादपकर्षति
svakarmaphalanikṣepaṁ vidhānaparirakṣitam | bhūtagrāmam imaṁ kālaḥ samantād apakarṣati ||
毗湿摩说:“各自业果之‘积藏’,在经教法则的护持之下得以保存。待机缘成熟之时,时间(迦罗)从四面牵引这芸芸众生,按各自业力之势,将其携去。”
भीष्म उवाच
Karmic results are not lost: they remain preserved as if in a trust under the order of dharma/śāstra, and Time eventually brings them to fruition, moving beings toward experiences that correspond to their own deeds.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the moral structure of the world. Here he explains how the fruits of actions are safeguarded and, at the proper time, Kāla (Time) draws all beings onward in accordance with their karma.