Volume 4 · Karma Veda · Chapter 6 · Karma Saṃhitā - Short Hymns of Action
फल-लेखा
Canon Rev1 / Commentary Rev1 (25 December 2025)
Sanskrit
फलैः कर्म परीक्ष्येत, न घोषैर्न च भाषणैः ।
लेखा साक्षी निरालम्बा, सत्यं तत्र प्रभासते ॥
IAST
phalaiḥ karma parīkṣyet, na ghoṣair na ca bhāṣaṇaiḥ |
lekhā sākṣī nirālambā, satyaṃ tatra prabhāsate ||
English (literal)
Judge action by outcomes, not slogans; the ledger is witness.
English (poetic)
Let results testify.
Commentary
Bhāṣya
The ledger (lekhā) is witness: action is tested by outcomes, not by speeches. This is deeply scientific: hypotheses are judged by predictions; policies are judged by measurable effects. It is also deeply ethical: good intentions are not permission for harm. Propaganda thrives on ‘performative virtue’ — loud declarations without results. Param Veda cuts through this: measure, record, learn, revise. The ledger is not bureaucracy; it is humility made visible. In communal conflicts, this principle prevents endless accusation. Instead of trading narratives, communities can ask: what reduced violence? what improved dignity? what restored trust? Record it, replicate it.
Praśna–Uttara
Student
“Are numbers everything?”
Teacher
“No. But without records, words become fog.”
Student
“What should be recorded?”
Teacher
“Harm reduced, help delivered, promises kept.”
Prayoga
- Keep a weekly ‘duty metric’: one measurable improvement.
- Demand evidence for public claims.
- Use post-mortems without blame: facts, causes, fixes.