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धर्मं कृत्वा कर्मणां तात मुख्यं महाप्रतापः सवितेव भाति । हानेन धर्मस्य महीमपीमां लब्ध्वा नरः सीदति पापबुद्धिः॥५-२७-६॥
Making dharma the foremost principle of action, dear one, a person of great might shines like the sun. But by abandoning dharma, even after obtaining the earth, one of corrupted judgment falls into decline.
english translation
वेदोऽधीतश्चरितं ब्रह्मचर्यं यज्ञैरिष्टं ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च दत्तम् । परं स्थानं मन्यमानेन भूय आत्मा दत्तो वर्षपूगं सुखेभ्यः॥५-२७-७॥
The Veda has been studied, the discipline of brahmacarya has been lived, sacrifices have been offered, and gifts have been given to the brāhmaṇas. Yet, imagining once more a “higher state,” one surrenders oneself for a multitude of years to pleasures.
english translation
सुखप्रिये सेवमानोऽतिवेलं योगाभ्यासे यो न करोति कर्म । वित्तक्षये हीनसुखोऽतिवेलं दुःखं शेते कामवेगप्रणुन्नः॥५-२७-८॥
One who is devoted to pleasure beyond measure and does not undertake the discipline and effort of yogic practice—when wealth diminishes, is deprived of comfort and lies long in distress, driven by the momentum of desire.
english translation
एवं पुनरर्थचर्याप्रसक्तो हित्वा धर्मं यः प्रकरोत्यधर्मम् । अश्रद्दधत्परलोकाय मूढो हित्वा देहं तप्यते प्रेत्य मन्दः॥५-२७-९॥
Thus, one absorbed in the pursuit of worldly gain, who abandons dharma and commits adharma—without faith in the reality of the next world—after leaving the body suffers thereafter, deluded and morally dull.
english translation
न कर्मणां विप्रणाशोऽस्त्यमुत्र पुण्यानां वाप्यथ वा पापकानाम् । पूर्वं कर्तुर्गच्छति पुण्यपापं पश्चात्त्वेतदनुयात्येव कर्ता॥५-२७-१०॥
In the hereafter there is no annihilation of actions, whether meritorious or sinful. First, merit and demerit proceed from the agent; afterward, the agent inevitably follows that very consequence.
english translation