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:: Much of jealousy and ill-will against each other would be done away with, if a man could understand the theory of action and the fact that everybody reaps at present what he has sown previously.1 Not a blade of grass moves but to reap the fruit of previous action. The birds, flying in the air and coming down all this is to reap what has been sown once. We cannot have a thing unless we have given it at one time. The relation between the doer and the deed is like that of shadow and sunshine, 3 We cannot have the sound of hands without the co-operation of both the hands, similarly we cannot have the fruits of destiny (Bhagya) without the present effort. We cannot have food in our mouth unless we move our hands.4
The above two ślokas seem to be in contradiction to what has been said before it i. e, the fruits of the previous birth are borne without any effort on man's. part in the present life. What the writer means to emphasise is that man's efforts to do his duty should continue, whatever may be his prārabdha, for efforts make our aim successful. Lions are noted for eating up the animals, but a lion always asleep can't expect an animal to enter his mouth of its own accord. It is only the lethargic who afraid of doing the work, say that that alone happens which is to happen. 5
Sometimes even sincere effort does not pay. It means that the results of previous efforts are more strong than the present one and the doer is not to be blamed any way for the consequences.6 'Time is divided in three categories-Satya, Kali and Krta. In Satya yuga, even a talk with a sinners would make one sinned. In Kali age, all men are sinners by nature, hence one is not sinned, unless one commits sinful deed. In other yugas apart from kali, sin 1. Pañcatantra-Mitrasampraptih-XXXX 111 2. Pañcatadtra-Mitrasampraptih-XXX. 128 3. Pañcatantra-Mitrasampraptih-132, 4. Pañcatantra-Mitrasampraprih- 130, 133 , 5. Pañcatantra-Mitrasamiprāptib- 136-37. 6, Pascatantra-Mitrasapapriptih- 138,
