sarpa-caurÄgni-vidyudbhyaḥ
ká¹£ut-tá¹›d-vyÄdhy-Ädibhir ná¹›pa
pañcatvam ṛcchate jantur
bhuá¹…kta Ärabdha-karma tat
sarpa - from snakes; caura - thieves; agni - fire; vidyudbhyaḥ - and lightning; ká¹£ut - from hunger; tṛṠ- thirst; vyÄdhi - disease; Ädibhiḥ - and other agents; ná¹›pa - O King; pañcatvam - death; á¹›cchate - obtains; jantuḥ - the conditioned living entity; bhuá¹…kte - he enjoys; Ärabdha - already created by his past work; karma - the fruitive reaction; tat - that.
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.
According to ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« ṬhÄkura, King ParÄ«ká¹£it obviously was not suffering the reaction of past karma. As a great devotee he was personally brought back home, back to Godhead, by the Lord.
