सूर्यरथ-कालचक्र-आयनविभागः, संध्योपासनम्, देवयान-पितृयानम्, विष्णुपद-गङ्गावतरणम्
ब्रह्महत्याश्वमेधाभ्यां पापपुण्यकृतो विधिः आभूतसंप्लवान्तान्तं फलम् उक्तं तयोर् द्विज
brahmahatyāśvamedhābhyāṃ pāpapuṇyakṛto vidhiḥ ābhūtasaṃplavāntāntaṃ phalam uktaṃ tayor dvija
噢,二次生者,以“梵杀(brahmahatyā)之罪”与“马祭(Aśvamedha)之功德”这两端为喻,已阐明能生罪与福之业的法则;并宣说二者之果报将延续至大劫坏灭——众生溶解之终、宇宙大洪水(bhūta-samplava)之尽。
Sage Parāśara (to Maitreya)
They function as illustrative extremes—one of gravest demerit and one of highest ritual merit—so the text can summarize the governing principle of karma by reference to its endpoints.
He states that the fruits of such actions persist through long spans of time, described as lasting up to the cosmic dissolution (bhūta-saṃplava), emphasizing the vast temporal reach of karmic law.
Even when not named directly, the teaching presumes a cosmos ordered under a supreme sovereign principle—classically Vishnu in the Purana—within which dharma and karma operate reliably across yugas and up to pralaya.