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Chapter VIII
दैवादेवार्थसिद्धिश्चेद् दैवं पौरुषतः कथम्। Tanahia: uti faci na 1188|| daivādevārtha-siddhisched daivaṁ pauruşataḥ
katham, daivataśchedanirmokṣaḥ pauruşaṁ nişphalam
bhavet. 88. If objects be attained by Daiva, how can Daiva arise from Puruşakāra? If Daiva be said to arise from Daiva, it cannot be established. Purusakāra then becomes useless.
COMMENTARY In this chapter the question of respective power of Daiva (predestination) and Puruşakāra (attempts by self) is discussed. If you say that objects are attained only according to what has been preordained, the question arises, does this preordination result from Puruşakāra or from Daiva? We see a man ploughing a field, cultivate crops on the same and harvest it. It cannot be said that in this case predestination results from the attempts of the man (Puruşakāra). The object attained here, viz., crop is clearly due to the efforts of the man and does not depend on Daiva. So we cannot say that in such a case Daiva results from Puruşakāra. If you say that Daiva arises from another Daiva, Puruşakāra becomes useless and we see actually in the world that things are attained by efforts of men.
पौरुषादेव सिद्धिश्चेत् पौरुषं दैवतः कथम्। atbaidahla Pira Hayford 1994 118911
