One acquires the status of the god my means of good deeds; the status of humanity by means of acts which are good and bad; while by acts which are purely wicked, one helplessly falls down among the lower animals.
शुभैर्लभति देवत्वं व्यामिश्रैर्जन्म मानुषम्। अशुभैश्चाप्यधो जन्म कर्मभिर्लभतेऽवशः॥