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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 12.6.26

सर्पचौराग्निविद्युद्‌भ्य: क्षुत्तृड्‌व्याध्यादिभिर्नृप । पञ्चत्वमृच्छते जन्तुर्भुङ्क्त आरब्धकर्म तत् ॥ २६ ॥
sarpa-caurāgni-vidyudbhyaḥ
[sarpa-chauraagni-vidyudbhyah]
kṣut-tṛd-vyādhy-ādibhir nṛpa
[kshut-trid-vyaadhy-aadibhir nripa]
pañcatvam ṛcchate jantur
[panchatvam richchate jantur]
bhuṅkta ārabdha-karma tat
[bhunkta aarabdha-karma tat]
Word-for-word
sarpa — from snakes caura — thieves agni — fire vidyudbhyaḥ — and lightning kṣut — from hunger tṛṭ — thirst vyādhi — disease ādibhiḥ — and other agents nṛpa — O King pañcatvam — death ṛcchate — obtains jantuḥ — the conditioned living entity bhuṅkte — he enjoys ārabdha — already created by his past work karma — the fruitive reaction tat — that.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sarpa-caurāgni-vidyudbhyaḥ
sarpa
from snakes
caura
thieves
agni
fire
vidyudbhyaḥ
and lightning
kṣut-tṛd-vyādhy-ādibhir nṛpa
kṣut
from hunger
tṛṭ
thirst
vyādhi
disease
ādibhiḥ
and other agents
nṛpa
O King
pañcatvam ṛcchate jantur
pañcatvam
death
ṛcchate
obtains
jantuḥ
the conditioned living entity
bhuṅkta ārabdha-karma tat
bhuṅkte
he enjoys
ārabdha
already created by his past work
karma
the fruitive reaction
tat
that.
When a conditioned soul is killed by snakes, thieves, fire, lightning, hunger, disease or anything else, he is experiencing the reaction to his own past work.
Purport

According to Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, King Parīkṣit obviously was not suffering the reaction of past karma. As a great devotee he was personally brought back home, back to Godhead, by the Lord.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When a low conditioned soul is killed by snakes, thieves, fire, lightning, hunger, disease or anything else, he is experiencing the reaction to his karma. Persons of this world obtain death under the control of karma through a snake bite etc. but not your father, who was the king of devotees. Jantuḥ means a low living entity.
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Personal Guidance
When a conditioned soul is killed by snakes, thieves, fire, lightning, hunger or disease, he is experiencing the reaction of his own past karma. The world is not random violence; it is the body's encounter with its own seed-bed. Knowing this softens both rage and victimhood.
Reflection Questions
  • Which painful event of mine could I begin to see as a reaction rather than an injustice?
  • How does that view change my response without erasing my grief?
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