A human has four desires

A human has four desires. One- Artha (desire to earn/accumulate/ own money, wealth, houses, precious metals, live stocks etc). Two- Kama (Desire to enjoy material worldly pleasures) Three- Dharma (Desire to do his duty) Four- Moksha (Desire to get liberated from death/birth cycle, sorrows of this world) !

Out of these four desires, first two (Artha - material prosperity and Kaam - enjoyment of pleasures) are subject matter of 'prarabdha' (destiny) alone. New karmas have no role to play there. On the other hand Dharma (doing new karmas- doing duty) and Moksha are subject matter of 'purushartha' ( udyog/efforts) !

Jeeva is often seen going reverse. Jeeva is often seen running after Artha and Kama taking the stick of 'purushartha' in hand and leaves Dharma and Moksha to the mercy of 'prarabdha' ! Thus, he suffers, suffers and suffers. Hence it is a stupidity to believe that 'doing' is caused by destiny. You have complete independent control over 'doing' say naam japa, abhyaas, sadhana, etc.

Jai Shree Krishna

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