A person succeeds, by acting without expecting fruits, (by those acts) in destroying his pristine sinful acts. To a wise man, the acts of a former life and those of this life also, do not yield any disagreeable result. But how can acts, if he continues to be engaged in them, bring about what is agreeable (viz., Liberation.)
न भवति विदुषां ततो भयं यदविदुषां सुमहद्भयं भवेत्। न हि गतिरधिकास्ति कस्यचित् सति हि गुणे प्रवदन्त्यतुल्यताम्॥