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Thirukkural-On Virtue-On Fate-Kural 377
Thokuthaarkkum thuithal aridhu
The divine ordination, of all this on earth, has been extremely well brought out in this couplet, which could be translated as below:
Except
as
ordained
by
the
Lord,
who
measures
out
each
man"s
meet,
Even
the
millionaire
cannot
enjoy
his
hoards.
Even a millionaire cannot enjoy his wealth except as ordained by Fate. This is exactly what Shakespeare meant when he said in Hamlet,
'There
is
a
Divinity
that
shapes
our
ends,
rough-hew
them
how
we
will"
Most philosophers, religious as well as rational, accept this idea to differing degrees.
The Old Testament of The Bible has the following relevant passage in the Proverbs.
'The
lot
is
cast
into
the
lap;
but
the
whole
disposing
thereof
is
of
the
Lord".
(Proverbs
16:13)
The
current
version
of
it
is:
'Man
proposes
and
God
disposes".
The Holy Koran is quite explicit –
'That
which
God
writes
on
they
forehead;
thou
wilt
come
to
it".
(Chapter
7,
Rukoo
16)
The poets so widely separated as Homer and Marlowe, not only by time and space as by religion and ideologies, have recorded similar sentiments on the subject of Destiny.
'No
man
or
woman
born,
Coward
or
brave,
can
shun
his
destiny".
-Homer.
'It
lies
not
in
our
power
to
love
or
hate,
for
will
in
us
is
over-ruled
by
Fate"
Marlowe.
In Tamil literature Thiruthakka Thevar has said very much the same in his Jeevakachinthamani,
Alandhuthaang
kondu
kaatha
arundhavamudaiya
neeraark
Alandhana
pogamelaam
avaravark
katrai
naalae
Alandhana
vaalu
naalum
(Jeevakachinthaamani)
All this should not be taken to mean that there is no place in human affairs for the exercise of will, enthusiasm or effort. On the contrary, these have everything to do with the success and failure of any human undertaking. The point here is only that, according to one"s Karma in the previous birth, a base is laid and predilections are ordained.
The
choice
for
the
human
being
is
either
to
take
the
line
of
least
resistance
and
let
it
go
at
that
or
make
his
own
decisions
as
he
thinks
fit
and
pursue
them
vigorously
with
all-out
effort.
Even
in
such
a
process,
problems
may
arise
out
of
the
pre-determined
context
but
for
a
person,
who
sincerely,
industriously
and
persistently
works
at
it,
success
may
come
as
a
result
of
overcoming
these
obstacles.
When
it
does
come
that
way,
it
will
be
all
the
more
valuable.
This,
to
my
mind,
is
Valluvar"s
message
as
we
glean
it,
when
we
read
this
chapter
against
the
background
of
chapter
60,
61
&
62.
the
Gita
endorses
this
stand
when
it
speaks
of
'true
knowledge
reducing
Karma
to
ashes".
(Gita:
4:37)
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