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vişnu-śaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathā parā avidyā-karma-saṁjñānyā trīyā śaktir isyate
Sages have divided the energies of the Supreme Personality of Godhead into three categories—namely, the spiritual energy, marginal energy and material energy. The material energy is considered to be the third-class energy ( trītyā śak-tiḥ ). Those living beings within the jurisdiction of the material energy sometimes engage themselves like dogs and hogs in working very hard simply for sense gratification. However, in this life, or, after executing pious activities, in the next life, some  karmīs  become strongly attracted to performing various kinds of sacrifices mentioned in the  Vedas . Thus on the strength of their pious merit, they are elevated to heavenly planets. Actually those who perform sacrifices strictly according to Vedic injunctions are elevated to the moon and planets above the moon. As mentioned in  Bhagavad-gītā  (9.21),  kṣīne puṇye martya-lokam viśanti : after exhausting the results of their so-called pious activities, they again return to the earth, which is called  martya-loka , the place of death. Although such persons may be elevated to the heavenly planets by their pious activities and although they may enjoy life there for many thousands of years, they nonetheless must return to this planet when the results of their pious activities are exhausted.
This is the position of all  karmīs , including those who act piously and those who act impiously. On this planet we find many businessmen, politicians and others who are simply