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CHAPTER VI CONCEPT OF KARMAN IN THE POST VEDIC LITERATURE (MISCELLANEOUS i. e. AYURVEDA,
SĀHITYA AND OTHERS )
INDU'S VIEW OF KARMA Indu wrote a commentary entitled Sasilekhā on Vágbhatta's Aştājigahşdaya, a standard medical work in Sanskrit literature. He saysł that karma is twofold and is usually described under the name of either daiva or pauruşa. Each of these varieties is again of three kinds according as it is good or bad or mixed ( śreştha, avara and madhya ). Both of these karmas give rise to Ayu or term of life. What is called Daiva is explained as the karma which is done on earth in another previous life. Pauruşa or Purusakāra is the name given to the action done in the present life. The strength (bala ) of each kind of karma determines the length of ayu caused by it. Indu says that the best quality of Daiva and Puruşakāra as noted above when combined together gives rise to a term of life which is not only long but also fixed (dirgha and niyata ). This process of combination is technically known as Parāyukti. The worst quality of Daiva and puruşakāra when combined, generates āyu which is not only short but also unstable (Aniyatakāla ). This combination is known as Aparāyukti. The best daiva mixed with puruşakāra gives rise to a mixed Ayu ( Sāmkirpa ). This combination is called samkīrpa Yukti.
The question naturally arises how does the best and worst karma, which are opposed to each other combine together and produce result. The answer is given as follows-The highest kind of puruşakāra or personal efforts can resist the lowest daiva and in the same way the higher kind of daiva can resist the pauruşa. Some people are inclined to think that Āyu or a man's 1. Aștāngahrdaya by Vagbhasta Vol, I,
