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Uv9:18
na hi pāpakṛtaṃ karma sadyaṃ śastram iva kṛntati |
sāmparāye tu jānāti yā gatiḥ pāpakarmaṇām ||

Uv 9:18
For karma evilly done does not cut at once like a sword;
but in the next world he knows what the destiny of evildoers is.