Establishment of Brahman 3.279

3.279

As for those who think: / ‘Actions whose enjoyment has begun cannot be obstructed, like an arrow whose momentum has begun or like a wheel; therefore, their depletion is awaited through enjoyment’— / that is incorrect. For an arrow can indeed be obstructed by walls and the like, and destroyed by cutting and the like. / And expiatory rites are meant for the destruction of actions whose fruition has approached as indicated by dreams and the like and which are to be enjoyed in the present body. / Therefore, the endurance [of the body] is due to latent impression alone.