tāmeva vāsanāṃ cetaḥsantatāvadhikṛtya tat / asti karmeti nirdiṣṭaṃ bhaktyā mūlāvināśavat //
With reference to that same impression residing in the continuum of consciousness, [the Buddha] declared figuratively that "karma exists", just as [one speaks of] the non-destruction of principal [debt].