Verdict
A single, readable line that captures the lean of the reading. It summarizes the tension in your dilemma — not a final word on who you are.
Guide
How to read your reading.
Every card on your result is doing specific work. Here's what each one means — and how to use it.
Start with the verdict, but don't stop there
Classification
A broad label for how the choice sits ethically (for example, leaning helpful, harmful, mixed, or unclear). It is a compass direction, not a courtroom label.
Alignment score
A number that tells you how far the described action tilts toward integrity and care versus pressure and harm. Use it to compare readings over time and see your own patterns.
Confidence
How sharp the read is, given what you shared. Lower confidence usually means a genuinely ambiguous case or facts the engine couldn't see — feed it more, get a sharper read.
Understand what is driving the dilemma
Inner Dynamics
This card names the primary driver — the emotional or practical force most likely steering the story — and a hidden risk, the reflex that can quietly make a hard situation worse. Naming these helps you see the pattern without being reduced to it.
Read the path, not just the judgment
If You Continue
A sober look at what tends to follow if the same pattern continues: short-term relief or pressure, and longer-term costs to trust, relationships, or peace of mind.
Higher Path
A constructive line that points toward integrity without pretending the tradeoffs vanish. Think of it as a cleaner fork in the road, not a guarantee of ease.
Counterfactuals
Two sketched alternatives: one where the choice drifts toward self-serving harm, and one where it moves toward duty and care with clearer intent. They are thought experiments to widen perspective — not predictions of what you will do.
Use the Gita lens carefully
Under Scriptural guidance you will see either a Gita verse or Closest Gita Lens — not both at once.
Gita verse
When a specific curated verse clears our retrieval bar, you see that verse with the context that makes it land. Verses are quoted verbatim from published translations — never paraphrased, never invented.
Closest Gita Lens
When no single verse fits, you get the underlying teaching — the current that runs across multiple chapters. That's a stronger read, not a softer one. The Gita doesn't always answer in one line.
Share-ready
A compact, share-friendly layer: a title, a memorable line, and a reflective question you can copy when you want to discuss the dilemma with someone you trust. It is designed for clarity in conversation — not for performance or debate points.
Ethical dimensions
Eight short scores with notes. Each is a different angle on the same choice — together they map tension and alignment without forcing a single story.
Dharma / Duty
How well the action lines up with responsibilities and role obligations you actually carry.
Satya / Truth
Honesty and transparency — what is said, what is withheld, and what others are led to believe.
Ahimsa / Non-harm
Harm or protection for you and others, including emotional and relational harm, not only physical risk.
Nishkama / Detachment
Whether the move is tangled in craving a specific outcome, or whether there is room to act cleanly without being owned by the result.
Shaucha / Intent
How clear or mixed the motive is — convenience, fear, care, pride, and how they stack.
Sanyama / Restraint
Impulse control and discipline: whether the next step respects boundaries you would want to keep in clearer moments.
Lokasangraha / Welfare
Wider impact on family, team, community, or society — who bears the side effects of this choice.
Viveka / Discernment
Clarity of judgment: how well the facts, stakes, and unknowns are separated from noise and self-story.
Missing facts are not a failure
Sometimes KarmaLens lists missing facts — questions that would sharpen the reading if you had answers. They are invitations to notice what you might still need to learn or decide; they do not automatically invalidate the rest of the result. If you can fill them in later, a new run may read differently — and that is expected.
How to use feedback
After a result, you can leave quick feedback about usefulness or fit. That helps improve how results feel over time for everyone. It is not a promise of live human review on every submission unless support has told you otherwise for your case. For something sensitive or broken, you can still email [email protected].