Sage Narada tells Barhis, “I have replied to your question on ‘the way to liberation’. Now, I will tell you how to proceed further. When you are chased by danger from front and back, you have no time to lose”.

Narada compares human life to a deer which enjoys an intoxicating life with its wife, unaware of the wolves waiting to leap on him from the front and the hunter’s arrows aimed at him from the back.

He emphasises, “the limited life time is wasted on enjoying the perishable luxuries here. Leave them all and seek the Lord”.

Barhis replied, “so far my teachers advised me on how to do Karmam, but they never gave any directions on ‘AtmaThathwam’.

So please tell me, when a person dies, how can he experience the karmaphalam for his past karma as the physical body is no more there? Also, there is no Yajna in the heavenly worlds, then how will one experience the karmaphalam there, for his worldly acts done here?”.

Narada replies, “understand, it is not the mortal body that does any action, but the immortal mind is the doer. As long as impressions remain in your mind, you are bound to experience the Karmaphalam. Time and space are no barriers here”.