Tattva Bodhaतत्त्वबोधः
Tattva Bodha · passage 45
The stored action
सञ्चितं कर्म किम्? अनन्तकोटिजन्मनां बीजभूतं सत् यत्कर्मजातं पूर्वार्जितं तिष्ठति तत् सञ्चितं ज्ञेयम् ।
sañcitaṃ karma kim? anantakoṭijanmanāṃ bījabhūtaṃ sat yatkarmajātaṃ pūrvārjitaṃ tiṣṭhati tat sañcitaṃ jñeyam |
What is the stored action? The whole gathering of past action, lying as the seed of countless millions of births, is to be known as the stored action, sañcita.
In plain words
What is sañcita (stored karma)? The vast store of past actions, lying ready as the seed of countless future births, is to be known as sañcita.
The terms set down here
- sañcita-karma