सर्पचौराग्निविद्युद्भ्य: क्षुत्तृड्व्याध्यादिभिर्नृप । पञ्चत्वमृच्छते जन्तुर्भुङ्क्त आरब्धकर्म तत् ॥ २६ ॥
sarpa-caurāgni-vidyudbhyaḥ kṣut-tṛd-vyādhy-ādibhir nṛpa pañcatvam ṛcchate jantur bhuṅkta ārabdha-karma tat
- sarpa
- from snakes
- caura
- thieves
- agni
- fire
- vidyudbhyaḥ
- and lightning
- kṣut
- from hunger
- tṛṭ
- thirst
- vyādhi
- disease
- ādibhiḥ
- and other agents
- nṛpa
- O King
- pañcatvam
- death
- ṛcchate
- obtains
- jantuḥ
- the conditioned living entity
- bhuṅkte
- he enjoys
- ārabdha
- already created by his past work
- karma
- the fruitive reaction
- tat
- that
When a conditioned soul is killed by snakes, thieves, fire, lightning, hunger, disease or anything else, he is experiencing the reaction to his own past work.