Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.1.45

yena yāvān yathādharmo

dharmo veha samīhitaḥ

sa eva tat-phalaḿ bhuńkte

tathā tāvad amutra vai

SYNONYMS

yena — by which person; yāvān — to which extent; yathā — in which manner; adharmaḥ — irreligious activities; dharmaḥ — religious activities; vā — or; iha — in this life; samīhitaḥ — performed; saḥ — that person; eva — indeed; tat-phalam — the particular result of that; bhuńkte — enjoys or suffers; tathā — in that way; tāvat — to that extent; amutra — in the next life; vai — indeed.

TRANSLATION

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.

PURPORT

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (14.18):

ūrdhvaḿ gacchanti sattva-sthā

madhye tiṣṭhanti rājasāḥ

jaghanya-guṇa-vṛtti-sthā

adho gacchanti tāmasāḥ

Those who act in the mode of goodness are promoted to higher planetary systems to become demigods, those who act in an ordinary way and do not commit excessively sinful acts remain within this middle planetary system, and those who perform abominable sinful actions must go down to hellish life.

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