प्रोक्तोऽपि कर्मकाण्डेन ह्यात्मा देहाद्विलक्षणः ।नित्यश्च तत्फलं भुङ्क्ते देहपातादनन्तरम् ॥ ३८ ॥
In plain words
Even the ritual half of the Veda says it plainly: the ātman is other than the body, and it does not end. And the moment the body falls, it goes on tasting the fruit of what was done.
Close to the Sanskrit
Declared even by the action-section (of the Veda), indeed, the Self is distinct from the body and eternal; and it experiences the fruit of that immediately after the falling away of the body.