13.22 Attachment is what places you Krishna speaks

पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्
कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु

puruṣhaḥ prakṛiti-stho hi bhuṅkte prakṛiti-jān guṇān
kāraṇaṁ guṇa-saṅgo ’sya sad-asad-yoni-janmasu

The person, seated in nature, experiences the strands born of nature. Attachment to those strands is the cause of birth in good wombs and bad.

Explanation

Attachment is what places you.

The person, seated in nature, experiences the strands; and attachment to them is the cause of birth in good wombs and bad.

Not merit, not judgement. The mechanism is the same one 8.6 gave for the hour of death: you arrive wherever your holding on was already pointed.