By their acts they secure heaven, O Bharata, or happiness, or misery. Whether competent or otherwise, they have to bear their burdens which are the result of their own acts.
कर्मणा प्राप्यते स्वर्गः सुखं दुःखं च भारत। ततो वहति तं भारमवशः स्ववशोऽपि वा॥