A person reaps in the next world the fruits, good or bad, of his acts here which are all seen by the elements. Proportionate to virtue or vice, one enjoys or suffers the consequences.
शुभाशुभफलं प्रेत्य लभते भूतसाक्षिकम्। अतिरिच्येत यो यत्र तत्कर्ता लभते फलम्॥