The body is the abode of both sorrow and happiness. An embodied creature suffers the consequences of whatever acts he performs with the help of his body.
शरीरमेवायतनं सुखस्य दुःखस्य चाप्यायतनं शरीरम्। यद्यच्छरीरेण करोति कर्म तेनैव देही समुपाश्नुते तत्।।