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ences (bhoga). Prārabdha, on the other hand, means that past of the accumulated karman which has begun to fructify and according to the nature of which the particular organism has come to be assumed.”
In the Vedic Philosophy, the Law of Karma has been recognised in the form of the Doctrine of Rţa Literally, Rţa means the course of things”. It stands for law and justice. Rța denotes the order of the world. Everything that is ordered in the universe has Rța as its principle. It is the law of morality and righteousness. Rța is the law which pervades the whole world, which must be obeyed by all. If, by any chance, its effects are not revealed here on this earth, they must be brought to fruition elsewhere.
Rța furnishes us with the standard of morality. It is the universal essence of things. The good are those who follow the path of Rța. Good persons get the heaven. The destiny of the wicked seems to fall in the darkness of hell. Heaven for the righteous and hell for the wicked is the rule, Reward follows righteousness and punishment misconduct.
After he has completed what he has to do and has become old he departs hence ; departing hence he is once more born, this is the third birth : the first as a child, the second by spiritual education, and the third after death. We meet with the belief in the soul as a moving life principle.9
The Upanişads conceive this universal law as the law of the conservation of moral energy. According to the Principle of Karma there is nothing uncertain. We reap what we sow. The good seed brings the harvest of good, the evil of evil.
Every action has its effects on our character. We are the results of our own past actions. The attempt to neglect the Law of Karma is as futile as the attempt to neglect our own shadows. “A inan becomes good by good deeds and bad by bad deeds."10 Again, “Man is a creature of will. According as he believes in this world, so will he be when he is departed.”'11 That is why we are asked to will and do the good.
Karma has a cosmic as well as a psychological aspect. Every
