जीवितं मरणं जन्तोर्गति: स्वेनैव कर्मणा । राजंस्ततोऽन्यो नास्त्यस्य प्रदाता सुखदु:खयो: ॥ २५ ॥
jīvitaṁ maraṇaṁ jantor gatiḥ svenaiva karmaṇā rājaṁs tato ’nyo nāsty asya pradātā sukha-duḥkhayoḥ
- jīvitam
- the living
- maraṇam
- the dying
- jantoḥ
- of a living being
- gatiḥ
- the destination in his next life
- svena
- by his own
- eva
- only
- karmaṇā
- work
- rājan
- O King
- tataḥ
- than that
- anyaḥ
- another
- na asti
- there is not
- asya
- for him
- pradātā
- bestower
- sukha-duḥkhayoḥ
- of happiness and distress
The life and death of an embodied soul and his destination in the next life are all caused by himself through his own activity. Therefore, O King, no other agent is actually responsible for creating one’s happiness and distress.