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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
तथा दैवस्य बलवत्त्वे पुरुषकारो निरर्थकइति । अत्राहुः । किं यदि दैवमेव फलं तदा कृष्याद्युपायेन पुरुषकाररूपा प्रवृत्तिर्न स्यात् अथच श्रुतिस्मृत्यावेदितविधिनिषेधाश्च निरर्थकाः स्युः ।
Likewise, if the divine is strong, human effort is useless. To this they reply: if the divine alone gives the fruit, no one would strive by farming and such means. And the rules and bans taught in the Shruti (the Vedas) and Smriti (law books) would be useless.
Simple meaning: Fate and effort: if only fate counted, work and the rules of scripture would be useless.
तदाह केशवार्कः
Keshavarka: if the past alone gave results, why would people farm, and why would scripture give rules?
अपिच ॥ जन्मान्तरार्जितदैवमपि पुरुषकारं विना न घटतइति पुरुषार्थस्यैव मुख्यत्वम् ।
Effort comes first: even fate from past births needs effort to work.
तथाच वसन्तराजः ॥
Vasantaraja: past deeds are fate; joined with effort they give results, never alone.