Shanti Parva 298.45
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Shanti Parva Chapter 298 · Verse 45
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Sanskrit Original
सर्वः स्वानि शुभाशुभानि नियतं कर्माणि जन्तुः स्वयं गर्भात् सम्प्रतिपद्यते तदुभयं यत् तेन पूर्वं कृतम्। मृत्युश्चापरिहारवान् समगति: कालेन विच्छेदिना दारोश्शूर्णमिवाश्मसारविहितं कर्मान्तिकं प्रापयेत्॥
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A creature obtains from the very time of his residence in the mother's womb all his own acts good and bad that were acquired by him in his pristine lives. Death, which is irresistible, helped by Time which encompasses the destruction of life, takes all creatures to their end like wind scattering the dust of sawed timber.