In days of yore thus did Brahman ordain that the creation should go on. Each, by his own deeds, obtain happiness and misery.
इत्येतल्लोकनिर्माणं ब्रह्मणा विहितं पुरा। प्रजाः समनुवर्तन्ते स्वैः स्वैः कर्मभिरावृताः॥