अथ च तस्मादुभयथापि हि कर्मास्मिन्नात्मन: संसारावपनमुदाहरन्ति ॥ २३ ॥
atha ca tasmad ubhayathapi hi karmasminn atmanah samsaravapanam udaharanti.
- atha
- now
- ca
- and
- tasmat
- because of this
- ubhayatha api
- both in this life and in the next
- hi
- undoubtedly
- karma
- fruitive activities
- asmin
- on this path of sense enjoyment
- atmanah
- of the living entity
- samsara
- of material life
- avapanam
- the cultivation ground or source
- udaharanti
- the authorities of the Vedas say.
Learned scholars and transcendentalists therefore condemn the materialistic path of fruitive activity because it is the original source and breeding ground of material miseries, both in this life and in the next.