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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.45

येन यावान्यथाधर्मो धर्मो वेह समीहित: । स एव तत्फलं भुङ्क्ते तथा तावदमुत्र वै ॥ ४५ ॥
yena yāvān yathādharmo
[yena yaavaan yathaadharmo]
dharmo veha samīhitaḥ
[dharmo veha sameehitah]
sa eva tat-phalaṁ bhuṅkte
[sa eva tat-phalam bhunkte]
tathā tāvad amutra vai
[tathaa taavad amutra vai]
Word-for-word
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 bhuṅkte — enjoys or suffers tathā — in that way tāvat — to that extent amutra — in the next life vai — indeed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yena yāvān yathādharmo
yena
by which person
yāvān
to which extent
yathā
in which manner
adharmaḥ
irreligious activities
dharmo veha samīhitaḥ
dharmaḥ
religious activities
sa eva tat-phalaṁ bhuṅkte
vā
or
iha
in this life
samīhitaḥ
performed
saḥ
that person
eva
indeed
tat-phalam
the particular result of that
bhuṅkte
enjoys or suffers
tathā tāvad amutra vai
tathā
in that way
tāvat
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.
Purport

As stated in Bhagavad-gītā (14.18) :

ūrdhvaṁ 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.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
In proportion to adharma or dharma in this life, one enjoys the corresponding results in the next life. How is punishment administered? To the extent of adharma or dharma performed by whatever means, one receives the result as suffering of happiness in the appropriate amount, according to the decision of scripture.
Related lectures
Personal Guidance
Whatever religious or irreligious acts a person performs in this life, he must enjoy or suffer the matching results in the next. The accounting is exact; there is no random luck — only seeds maturing into their proper fruit.
Reflection Questions
  • Which seeds am I planting this week that I would not want to harvest in my next body?
  • What would change if I treated every action as an investment in my next life?
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