The fruit of labours, in the lives to come, Is threefold for all men,--Desirable, And Undesirable, and mixed of both; But no fruit is at all where no work was.BhG 18.7 · Bhagavad Gita
BhG 18.7
Bhagavad Gita · translated by Edwin Arnold
Themes in this passage
KarmaHopeMarriageFamilyWealthAttachmentWorkService
Karma in other traditions
The same theme, as Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Taoism address it.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.Psalms 126:5 · Bible · Psalms
The good deed and the evil deed are not alike. Repel the evil deed with one which is better, then lo! he, between whom and thee there was enmity (will become) as though he was a bosom friend.Quran 41:34 · Quran
He whose evil deeds are covered by good deeds, brightens up this world, like the moon when freed from clouds.Dhp 13.173 · Dhammapada · The World
The movement of the Tao By contraries proceeds; And weakness marks the course Of Tao's mighty deeds.Tao Te Ching 40.1 · Tao Te Ching
See what all six traditions say about karma →
Search every tradition at once
Ask a question in your own words and see how six traditions answer it.