From birth to the attainment of a different form, action good or bad, and accomplished by deeds, mind, or speech, exists in all beings.
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा शुभं वा यदि वाशुभम्। जन्मादिमूर्तिभेदान्तं कर्म भूतेषु वर्तते॥