Deities as well as beings crowned with ascetic success, enjoy suffer the consequence of deeds done by them in this field of action. Men perform acts of merit from desire of fruit. The very accomplishinents that one seeks to acquire are sought from desire of the happiness they will produce.
कर्म भूमिकृतं देवा भुञ्जते तिर्यगाश्च ये। धर्मोऽपि हि मनुष्येषु कामार्थश्च तथा गुणाः॥