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Bhagavad-gītā 18.12
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 12
- अनिष्टमिष्टं मिश्रं च त्रिविधं कर्मणः फलम् ।
- भवत्यत्यागिनां प्रेत्य न तु संन्यासिनां क्वचित् ॥१२॥
- aniṣṭam iṣṭaṁ miśraṁ ca
- tri-vidhaṁ karmaṇaḥ phalam
- bhavaty atyāgināṁ pretya
- na tu sannyāsināṁ kvacit
aniṣṭamleading to hell — leading to hell; iṣṭamleading to heaven — leading to heaven; miśrammixed — mixed; caand — and; triof three kinds-vidhamof three kinds — of three kinds; karmaṇaḥof work — of work; phalamthe result — the result; bhavaticomes — comes; atyāgināmfor those who are not renounced — for those who are not renounced; pretyaafter death — after death; nanot — not; tubut — but; sannyāsināmfor the renounced order — for the renounced order; kvacitat any time — at any time.
For one who is not renounced, the threefold fruits of action—desirable, undesirable and mixed—accrue after death. But those who are in the renounced order of life have no such result to suffer or enjoy.
A person in Kṛṣṇa consciousness acting in knowledge of his relationship with Kṛṣṇa is always liberated. Therefore he does not have to enjoy or suffer the results of his acts after death.