Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

16: The Chapter about Love – 204
One’s merits will follow one to the next life
The faithful householder Nandiya at Isipatana erected a
building for the monastics and as he poured the water of
donation a celestial mansion arose for him in the World of the
Thirty-Three gods; Ven. Moggallāna saw it and asked the
Buddha about it, who explained the matter with this verse.
219. Cirappavāsiṁ purisaṁ dūrato sotthim-āgataṁ,
ñātimittā suhajjā ca abhinandanti āgataṁ.
When one who lives abroad for a
long time comes safely from afar,
relatives and companions
come and greatly rejoice.
220. Tatheva katapuññam-pi asmā lokā paraṁ gataṁ,
puññāni paṭigaṇhanti piyaṁ ñātīva āgataṁ.
Just so, when one who has merit
goes from this world unto the next,
his merits are received just as
relatives come to their loved one.
Piyavaggo Soḷasamo
The Chapter about Love, the Sixteenth