येन यावान्यथाधर्मो धर्मो वेह समीहित: । स एव तत्फलं भुङ्क्ते तथा तावदमुत्र वै ॥ ४५ ॥
yena yavan yathadharmo dharmo veha samihitah sa eva tat-phalam bhunkte tatha tavad amutra vai
- yena
- by which person
- yavan
- to which extent
- yatha
- in which manner
- adharmah
- irreligious activities
- dharmah
- religious activities
- va
- or
- iha
- in this life
- samihitah
- performed
- sah
- that person
- eva
- indeed
- tat-phalam
- the particular result of that
- bhunkte
- enjoys or suffers
- tatha
- in that way
- tavat
- to that extent
- amutra
- in the next life
- vai
- indeed.
In proportion to the extent of one’s religious or irreligious actions in this life, one must enjoy or suffer the corresponding reactions of his karma in the next.