THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DESTINY

• THE DESTINY
• SALIENT FEATURES OF DESTINY
• Illustration OF DESTINY From the Famous Hindu Epic 'RAMAYANA'
• Illustration OF DESTINY from a Story from "Kribananda Variar Swamigal"
• Causes of Destiny
• EFFECTS OF DESTINY

Illustration OF DESTINY from a Story from "Kribananda Variar Swamigal"

A marriage function was going on in a village house. The elderly people solemnized the marriage in an auspicious time and the function was being conducted as enshrined in the Vedic Hindu Religion. The bridegroom tied the Mangalya sutra knot in the bride's neck(as per Hindu Vedic Sastra) and by this time, it started raining. Due to the incessant rains, the marriage hall flooded with rain water .The water could not be flushed out since the outlet hole was blocked by dusts. The just married bridegroom anxiously came near the outlet hole, with a view to clear the blockage, inserted his hand into the hole, A poisonous snake inside the outlet hole bit him and the bridegroom died on the spot. The marriage hall became a death house. The bride became a widow within minutes of her wedding. She cried and wept for this ill fate. Her parents and relatives were unable to console her. The girl thereafter lived with her parents, She kept herself aloof. She did not come out and did not participate in any functions. She never went to Temples accusing the God for such a misfortune and tragedy. Few years later, a Hindu Seer by name Vallalar Ramalinga Swami gal visited the locality. People thronged the area to get blessings of the Seer. This girl requested her parents to take her to the Seer.Accordingly,her parents made arrangements for meeting the Seer .The girl on seeing the Seer made her outburst by accusing the God for having bestowed such an ill-fate for no fault of her. She cried that she never committed any sins in her life. Her grief could not be consolable. The Seer patiently heard her story and observed with His Divine Power. The Seer told her that this ill fate is a retaliation of her Karma (Destiny) of the previous life in a previous birth. In the previous birth, she lived as a farmer man and this farmer was yearning vigorously to marry his maternal uncle's daughter. But his uncle' daughter was betrothed to another groom. Unable to digest this, the farmer killed the groom on the spot where the marriage was betrothed. Now in this birth, the killer farmer has taken the birth of this ill-fate girl and the uncle's daughter has taken the birth of a snake to avenge the farmer who spoiled her life. The Seer said that whatever agony, disaster and tragedy encountered by the uncle's daughter in the previous birth is now being experienced by the farmer who has now taken the birth of this girl. And so saying, the Seer convinced her that it is the fate or destiny that drives a human being to undergo certain actions.

Thus, we can say that
(1) the evil destiny fruitioned in the next birth i.e. it is traced to a previous birth.
(2)The girl is unaware or not conscious of an action done by her and so, it is an unknown Destiny (Karma).
(3) The Destiny is inviolable and is unable to be set at naught by human and divine agency.
(4) The actions of every human being is recorded and the thought of a man is also entered in the books of Destiny (Karma)
(5)The cause and effect relationship is inseparable and so also, the Destiny (karma) are also indivisible.
(6)The Destiny (Karma) resembles the Newton's third law of Motion which states," For every action, there is an equal and opposite     reaction"
(7) King Dassaratha was aware of an action done by him and it is a Known Destiny (Karma).