Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 12.6.25

jīvitaḿ maraṇaḿ jantor

gatiḥ svenaiva karmaṇā

rājaḿs tato 'nyo nāsty asya

pradātā sukha-duḥkhayoḥ

SYNONYMS

jīvitam — the living; maraṇam — the dying; jantoḥ — of a living being; gatiḥ — the destination in his next life; svena — by his own; eva — only; karmaṇā — work; rājan — O King; tataḥ — than that; anyaḥ — another; na asti — there is not; asya — for him; pradātā — bestower; sukha-duḥkhayoḥ — of happiness and distress.

TRANSLATION

The life and death of an embodied soul and his destination in the next life are all caused by himself through his own activity. Therefore, O King, no other agent is actually responsible for creating one's happiness and distress.

PURPORT

Although King Parīkṣit apparently died by the bite of Takṣaka, it was Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself who brought the King back to the kingdom of God. Bṛhaspati wanted young King Janamejaya to see things from the spiritual point of view.

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