TEXT 58
karmany arabhate yena
puman iha vihaya tam
amutranyena dehena
justani sa yad asnute
SYNONYMS
karmanifruitive activities; arabhatebegins to perform; yenaby which; pumana living entity; ihain this life; vihayagiving up; tamthat; amutrain the next life; anyenaanother; dehenaby a body; justanithe results; sahhe; yatthat; asnuteenjoys.
TRANSLATION
The results of whatever a living entity does in this life are enjoyed in the next life.
PURPORT
A person generally does not know how one body is linked with another body. How is it possible that one suffers or enjoys the results of activities in this body in yet another body in the next life. This is a question the King wants Narada Muni to answer. How may one have a human body in this life and not have a human body in the next? Even great philosophers and scientists cannot account for the transferal of karma from one body to another. As we experience, every individual soul has an individual body, and one persons activities or one bodys activities are not enjoyed or suffered by another body or another person. The question is how the activities of one body are suffered or enjoyed in the next.

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