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Chapter 3.181 - Verse 6

Sanskrit Text

अथ वा सुखदुःखेषु नृणां ब्रह्मविदां वर इह वा कृतमन्वेति परदेहेऽथ वा पुनः

English Translation

And O the best of those conversant with the Supreme Being, why does man become subject to pleasure or pain? Is it in this world or in another existence that he reaps the fruits of his acts?

Padaccheda (Word Analysis)

अथवा | सुख + दुःख | नृणां | ब्रह्मन् + विद् | वर
इह | वा | कृतम् | अन्वेति | पर + देह | ऽथवा | पुनः