As a soil, saturated with water and softened thereby, causes the seed to sprout forth, similarly, the acts of men cause rebirth.
यथा क्षेत्रं मृदूभूतमद्भिराप्लावितं तथा। जनयत्यङ्कुरं कर्म नृणां तद्वत् पुनर्भवम्॥