The actor in his new body receives all the good and bad acts done by him here, as also all acts done by him in his pristine existence. All these acts done in this life and the next ones follow the mind even as aquatic animals pass along a current.
शुभाशुभं कर्म कृतं यदन्यत् तदेव प्रत्याददते स्वदेहे। मनोऽनुवर्तन्ति परावराणि जलौकसः स्रोत इवानुकूलम्॥