Like a cow a sinful act does not yield immediate truits. If the fruit is not seen in the perpetrator himself, it is seen in his son or in his grand-son or daughter's son.
यदि नात्मनि पुत्रेषु न चेत् पौत्रेषु नप्तृषु। न हि पापं कृतं कर्म सद्यः फलति गौरिव॥