Devi Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 6.10

karmaṇāṃ gahanagativarṇanam
janamejaya uvāca
kathitaṃ caritaṃ brahmañchakrasyād‍bhutakarmaṇaḥ /
sthānabhraṃśastathā duḥkhaprāptiruktā viśeṣataḥ

yatra devādhidevyāśca mahimātīva varṇitaḥ /
sandeho'tra mamāpyasti yacchakro'pi mahātapāḥ

devādhipatyamāsādya duḥsahaṃ duḥkhamanvabhūt /
makhānāṃ tu śataṃ kṛtvā prāptaṃ sthānamanuttamam

deveśatvaṃ ca samprāpya bhraṣṭaḥ sthānādasau katham /
etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva kāraṇaṃ karuṇānidhe

sarvajño'si muniśreṣṭha purāṇānāṃ pravartakaḥ /
nāvācyaṃ mahatāṃ kiñcicchiṣye ca śraddhayānvite

tasmātkuru mahābhāga matsandehāpanodanam /
sūta uvāca
iti pṛṣṭaḥ sa rājñā vai tadā satyavatīsutaḥ

tamāhātiprasannātmā yathānukramamuttaram /
vyāsa uvāca
nibodha nṛpatiśreṣṭha kāraṇaṃ paramād‌bhutam

karmaṇastu tridhā proktā gatistattvavidāṃ varaiḥ /
sañcitaṃ vartamānaṃ ca prārabdhamiti bhedataḥ

anekajanmasañjātaṃ prāktanaṃ sañcitaṃ smṛtam /
sāttvikaṃ rājasaṃ karma tāmasaṃ trividhaṃ punaḥ

śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ bhūpa sañcitaṃ bahukālikam /
avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ tathā

janmajanmani jīvānāṃ sañcitānāṃ ca karmaṇām /
niḥśeṣastu kṣayo nābhūtkalpakoṭiśatairapi

kriyamāṇaṃ ca yatkarma vartamānaṃ taducyate /
dehaṃ prāpya śubhaṃ vāpi hyaśubhaṃ vā samācaret

sañcitānāṃ punarmadhyātsamāhṛtya kiyānkila /
dehārambhe ca samaye kālaḥ prerayatīva tat

prārabdhaṃ karma vijñeyaṃ bhogāttasya kṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ /
prāṇibhiḥ khalu bhoktavyaṃ prārabdhaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

purā kṛtāni rājendra hyaśubhāni śubhāni ca /
avaśyameva karmāṇi bhoktavyānīti niścayaḥ

devairmanuṣyairasurairyakṣagandharvakinnaraiḥ /
karmaiva hi mahārāja dehārambhasya kāraṇam

karmakṣaye janmanāśaḥ prāṇināṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ /
brahmā viṣṇustathā rudra indrādyāśca surāstathā

dānavā yakṣagandharvāḥ sarve karmavaśā kila /
anyathā dehasambandhaḥ kathaṃ bhavati bhūpate

kāraṇaṃ yastu bhogasya dehinaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ /
tasmādanekajanmotthasañcitānāṃ ca karmaṇām

madhye vegaḥ samāyāti kasyacitkālapākataḥ /
tatprārabdhavaśātpuṇyaṃ karoti ca yathā tathā

pāpaṃ karoti manujastathā devādayo'pi ca /
tathā nārāyaṇo rājannaraśca dharmajāvubhau

jātau kṛṣṇārjunau kāmamaṃśau nārāyaṇasya tau /
purāṇapīṭhikeyaṃ vai munibhiḥ parikīrtitā

devāṃśaḥ sa tu vijñeyo yo bhavedvibhavādhikaḥ /
nānṛṣiḥ kurute kāvyaṃ nārudro rudramarcate

nādevāṃśo dadātyannaṃ nāviṣṇuḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ /
indrādagneryamādviṣṇordhanadāditi bhūpate

prabhutvaṃ ca prabhāvaṃ ca kopaṃ caiva parākramam /
ādāya kriyate nūnaṃ śarīramiti niścayaḥ

yaḥ kaścid‌balavām̐lloke bhāgyavānatha bhogavān /
vidyāvāndānavānvāpi sa devāṃśaḥ prapaḍhyate

tathaivaite mayākhyātā pāṇḍavāḥ pṛthivīpate /
devāṃśo vāsudevo'pi nārāyaṇasamadyutiḥ

śarīraṃ prāṇināṃ nūnaṃ bhājanaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ /
śarīrī prāpnuyātkāmaṃ sukhaṃ duḥkhamanantaram

dehī nāsti vaśaḥ ko'pi daivādhīnaḥ sadaiva hi /
jananaṃ maraṇaṃ duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ prāpnoti cāvaśaḥ

pāṇḍavāste vane jātāḥ prāptāstu svagṛhaṃ punaḥ /
svabāhubalataḥ paścādrājasūyaṃ kratūttamam

vanavāsaṃ punaḥ prāptā bahuduḥkhakaraṃ param /
arjunena tapastaptaṃ duṣkaraṃ hyajitendriyaiḥ

santuṣṭaistu surairdattaṃ varadānaṃ punaḥ śubham /
naradehakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ kva gataṃ vanavāsajam

naradehe tapastaptaṃ cograṃ badarikāśrame /
nārjunasya śarīre tatphaladaṃ sambabhūva ha

prāṇināṃ dehasambandhe gahanā karmaṇo gatiḥ /
durjñeyā sarvathā devairmānavānāṃ tu kā kathā

vāsudevo'pi sañjātaḥ kārāgāre'tisaṅkaṭe /
nīto'sau vasudevena nandagopasya gokulam

ekādaśaiva varṣāṇi saṃsthitastatra bhārata /
punaḥ sa mathurāṃ gatvā jaghānograsutaṃ balāt

mocayāmāsa pitarau bandhanād‌bhṛśaduḥkhitau /
ugrasenaṃ ca rājānañcakāra madhurāpure

jagāma dvāravatyāṃ sa mleccharājabhayātpunaḥ /
sarvaṃ bhāvivaśātkṛṣṇaḥ kṛtavānpauruṣaṃ mahat

kṛtvā kāryāṇyanekāni dvāravatyāṃ janārdanaḥ /
dehaṃ tyaktvā prabhāse tu sakuṭumbo divaṃ gataḥ

putrāḥ pautrāśca suhṛdo bhrātaro jāmayastathā /
prabhāse yādavāḥ sarve vipraśāpātkṣayaṃ gatāḥ

evaṃ te kathitā rājan karmaṇo gahanā gatiḥ /
vāsudevo'pi vyādhasya bāṇena nidhanaṃ gataḥ

iti śrīmaddevībhāgavate mahāpurāṇe'ṣṭādaśasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ
ṣaṣṭhaskandhe karmaṇāṃ gahanagativarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ