Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.224
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13.224.1
भगवन्देवदेवेश लोकपालनमस्कृत ।
प्रसादात्ते महादेव श्रुता मे कर्मणां गतिः ॥ १३.२२४.१ ॥
O venerable one, god of gods, honoured by the guardians of the worlds! By your grace, Mahādeva, I have heard the course of actions.
13.224.2
सङ्गृहीतं च तत्सर्वं तत्वतोऽमृतसंनिभम् ।
कर्मणा ग्रथितं सर्वमिति वेद शुभाशुभम् ॥ १३.२२४.२ ॥
I have grasped all of that in truth, which is like nectar. Everything is woven by action; I know both the good and the evil.
13.224.3
गोवत्सवच्च जननीं निम्नं सलिलवत्तथा ।
कर्तारं स्वकृतं कर्म नित्यं तदनुधावति ॥ १३.२२४.३ ॥
As a calf follows its mother cow, and as water flows downward, so one's own deed always runs after its doer.
13.224.4
कृतस्य कर्मणश्चेह नाशो नास्तीति निश्चयः ।
अशुभस्य शुभस्यापि तदप्युपगतं मया ॥ १३.२२४.४ ॥
My firm conviction is that the action done here is never destroyed; this also I have accepted, both of the good and of the evil.
13.224.5
भूय एव महादेव वरद प्रीतिवर्धन ।
कर्मणां गतिमाश्रित्य संशयान्मोक्तुमर्हसि ॥ १३.२२४.५ ॥
O Mahādeva, giver of boons, increaser of delight, once more, relying on the course of actions, you ought to free me from doubt.
13.224.6
यत्ते विवक्षितं देवि गुह्यमप्यसितेक्षणे ।
तत्सर्वं निर्विशंका त्वं पृच्छ मां शुभलक्षणे ॥ १३.२२४.६ ॥
Whatever you wish to say, O goddess of dark eyes, even if it is secret, ask me all of it without hesitation, O auspicious one.
13.224.7
एवं व्यवस्थिते लोके कर्ममां वृषभध्वज ।
कृत्वा तत्पुरुषः कर्म शुभं वा यदि वेतरत् ॥ १३.२२४.७ ॥
O bull-bannered one, with the world ordered thus, a man, having done a good deed or otherwise...
13.224.8
कर्मणः सुकृतस्येह कदा भुङ्क्ते फलं पुनः ।
इह वा प्रेत्य वा देव तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि ॥ १३.२२४.८ ॥
O god, when does one again enjoy the fruit of a good deed, here or after death? You ought to tell me this.
13.224.9
स्थाने संशयितं देवि तद्धि गुह्यतमं नृषु ।
त्वत्प्रियार्थं प्रवक्ष्यामि देवि गुह्यं शुभानने ॥ १३.२२४.९ ॥
O goddess, this doubt is rightly raised, for it is the most secret thing among men. For your beloved sake, O fair-faced goddess, I will declare this secret.
13.224.10
पूर्वदेहकृतं कर्म भुञ्जते तदिह प्रजाः ।
इहैव यत्कृतं पुंसां तत्परत्र फलिष्यतै।
एषा व्यवस्थितिर्देवि मानुषेष्वेव दृश्यते ॥ १३.२२४.१० ॥
Beings enjoy here the deeds done in a former body; what men do here will bear fruit in the hereafter. This arrangement, O goddess, is seen only among men.
13.224.11
देवानामसुराणां च अमरत्वात्तपोबलात् ।
एकेनैव शरीरेण भुज्यते कर्मणां फलम्।
मानुषैर्न तथा देवि अन्तरं त्वेतदिष्यते ॥ १३.२२४.११ ॥
For gods and asuras, by virtue of immortality and the power of austerity, the fruit of deeds is enjoyed in one and the same body. Men are not so, O goddess; this is held to be the difference.