Our actions are with certainty followed by their effects. Whoever merely gives himself up to passive indifference (to worldly affairs) accomplishes no good.
अवश्यं क्रियमाणस्य कर्मणो दृश्यते फलम्। न हि निर्वेदमागम्य किंचित् प्राप्नोति शोभनम्॥