Shloka 16
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्ट्यां प्रतिपेदिरे । तान्येव प्रतिपाद्यन्ते सृज्यमाना: पुनः पुन:,पूर्वकल्पकी सृष्टिमें जिन प्राणियोंद्वारा जैसे कर्म किये गये होते हैं, दूसरे कल्पोंमें बारंबार जन्म लेनेपर वे उन पूर्वकृत कर्मोंकी वासनासे प्रभावित होनेके कारण वैसे ही कर्म करने लगते हैं
teṣāṃ ye yāni karmāṇi prāk-sṛṣṭyāṃ pratipedire | tāny eva pratipādyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ ||
Vyāsa said: Whatever deeds those beings undertook in the former creation, those very patterns are set in motion again and again when they are created anew. Thus, across repeated cycles of creation, creatures tend to act in accordance with the residual impressions of their earlier actions.
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