Then, again, if the being that is the outcome of a re-birth be really different from what it was in a pristine existence, it may be asked what satisfaction is to a person from the exercise of the spirit of charity, or from the acquisition of knowledge or of ascetic power, since the acts perforined by one are to bear fruits upon another person in another state of existence.
एवं सति च का प्रीतिर्दानविद्यातपोबलैः। यदस्याचरितं कर्म सर्वमन्यत् प्रपद्यते॥