SB 12.6.26

Devanāgarī

सर्पचौराग्निविद्युद्‌भ्य: क्षुत्तृड्‌व्याध्यादिभिर्नृप । पञ्चत्वमृच्छते जन्तुर्भुङ्क्त आरब्धकर्म तत् ॥ २६ ॥

Text

sarpa-caurāgni-vidyudbhyaḥ kṣut-tṛd-vyādhy-ādibhir nṛpa pañcatvam ṛcchate jantur bhuṅkta ārabdha-karma tat

Synonyms

sarpa—from snakes;caura—thieves;agni—fire;vidyudbhyaḥ—and lightning;kṣut—from hunger;tṛṭ—thirst;vyādhi—disease;ādibhiḥ—and other agents;nṛpa—O King;pañcatvam—death;ṛcchate—obtains;jantuḥ—the conditioned living entity;bhuṅkte—he enjoys;ārabdha—already created by his past work;karma—the fruitive reaction;tat—that.

Translation

When a conditioned soul is killed by snakes, thieves, fire, lightning, hunger, disease or anything else, he is experiencing the reaction to his own past work.

Purport