[401] This is what [the Blessed One] said. …
All beings will die, for life has death as its end;
they will go according to their deeds (kamma), reaping the fruits of merit (puñña) and evil (pāpa):
those whose deeds are evil go to hell (niraya), and those whose deeds are meritorious to a good destination (sugati).
Therefore one should do what is good, laying up a store for the life to come;
merits are the support of living beings in the world beyond (paraloka).
The Loka Sutta, Third
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.