कर्तुश्च सारथेर्हेतोरनुमोदितुरेव च । कर्मणां भागिन: प्रेत्य भूयो भूयसि तत् फलम् ॥ ५५ ॥
kartuś ca sārather hetor anumoditur eva ca karmaṇāṁ bhāginaḥ pretya bhūyo bhūyasi tat-phalam
- kartuḥ
- of the performer
- ca
- and
- sāratheḥ
- of the assistant
- hetoḥ
- of the instigator
- anumodituḥ
- of the person who approves
- eva ca
- also
- karmaṇām
- of the fruitive reactions
- bhāginaḥ
- of the shareholder
- pretya
- in the next life
- bhūyaḥ
- more grievously
- bhūyasi
- to the extent that the action is grievous
- tat
- (must suffer) of that
- phalam
- the result
Not only the performer of the theft but also anyone who assists him, instigates the crime, or simply approves of it must also share the reaction in the next life. According to their degree of participation, they each must suffer a proportionate consequence.