Shanti Parva 232.14
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 232 · Verse 14
Sanskrit Original
अव्ययं च व्ययं चैव द्वयं स्थावरजङ्गमम्॥ तेषां ये यानि कर्माणि प्राक्सृष्ट्यां प्रतिपेदिरे। तान्येव प्रतिपाद्यन्ते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः॥ हिंस्राहिंस्र मृदुरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते। तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यन्ते तस्मात् तत् तस्य रोचते॥
He creates both kinds of mobile and immobile; and those that are destructible and those that are indestructible. Of theses created objects each gets those attributes which it had during the previous Creation; and each obtains repeatedly the attributes at every subsequent Creation. Having a formed character by either injuriousness peacefulness, mildness fierceness, righteousness or unrighteousness, truthfulness, or untruthfulness, each creature, at every new creation, gets that particular attribute which it had got before. For this the particular attribute attaches to it. same or or