Before it decides anything, KarmaLens may ask you for the few facts that would change the call — one question at a time, with quick choices or a box for your own words. Answer what you know; “not sure” is a real answer, and you can skip the rest and read now. Then the call is made once, with what you told it.
Guide
How to read your reading.
A reading is a decision brief: one call, the first step, your real options, and the Gita where it genuinely fits. Here's what each part means — and how to use it.
Facts first
Start with the call, then the first step
The call
One decision, in a line, made once after the facts. When the decision can't honestly be made yet, the reading says so plainly — “can't be decided yet” — and names what would settle it. An honest abstention is a result in its own right. The call judges the action, never you.
First step
The one thing to do first — and, where a conversation is involved, the exact first sentence to say. Small enough to actually do; specific enough that you'll know whether you did it.
Weigh the options, not just the judgment
Options
Two to four real paths, each with what happens if you take it and what it costs — and whether it can be undone. Sarathi marks the one it leans toward and any it would rule out, with the reason. You can pick a different one; the reading is yours.
If nothing changes
The cost of letting it drift — what tends to follow if you don't choose. Doing nothing is an option too, and it has a price.
Why this, for you
The reasons the call fits your situation as you described it — the facts you gave, the people involved, the line you said you won't cross. If a reason is wrong, sharpen the reading: add or correct one thing.
Use the Gita carefully
Under From the Gita you will see a verse only where one genuinely fits — or the honest reason none does.
The verse
When a verse fits, it is quoted word for word from a published translation — never paraphrased, never invented — with a line on how it fits: directly, or held up as a mirror. Sometimes a second verse that pulls the other way sits beside it.
When no verse fits
You see the nearest verse, named as the nearest, or the honest reason none fits. No verse is forced onto a decision it doesn't answer.
I’ll do this. Hold me to it.
Every reading can end with one commitment, in your words. Tap I’ll do this. Hold me to it. and the step stays open until you tap Mark it done, at your pace. When you tap Done, say how it went — as planned, partly, or not as planned — in your own words, and Sarathi writes the next step from that; every step after the first is part of Pro. The dilemma closes when you say it is settled, or when Sarathi sees nothing left to decide and tells you why. If it comes back later, Talk to Sarathi on the reading: it answers what you ask from your own words at the close; if nothing has changed, it tells you why your call still stands, and if you want it open again, say so and it opens.
Share-ready
The line you could share is one memorable sentence built from the reading, never from your words. Copy it, or make a link you can send — the link carries the line and the verse, never your dilemma, and you can take it down any time.
The conversation under the call
Under every reading, you can ask your Sarathi about it. 4 messages are free on every dilemma, and the conversation is grounded only in that reading — it has read your result, and nothing else. If one dilemma needs more, Pro keeps the conversation open on every reading, with no cap. Crisis-mode readings never open a conversation.
Going deeper on one option
Every option on a reading carries “Explore this option in depth” once the reading is sealed. It opens a Deep Reading on that one option, under its card: what it costs, what it asks of you, the exact words it needs, and how it weighs against the others. The free reading stays exactly as it was served. Deep Readings come with Pro — as many as you like, one for every option of every reading, with a 14-day free trial first. Pro also includes five Walk With Me and three Councils a week, starting again every Monday.
Speaking instead of typing
Tap the mic on the dilemma box and say it in Hindi, English or Hinglish. The words land in the box for you to read and edit; nothing is analysed until you press Analyse. The audio itself is not kept.
The eight lenses, as instruments
On a decision that turns on them, the reading shows the eight lenses, as they read this — instruments beside the call, each a different angle on the same choice. They show the weighing; they don't compute the call, and not every reading needs them.
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.
Something changed? Sharpen it
If a fact was wrong or something has changed since, Sharpen lets you add or correct one thing. A reading that hears new facts may land 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. For anything sensitive, or anything you want a person to read, email [email protected].