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Hayanaratna · by Balabhadra
Chapter 1 · Planets, Signs, Year Entry
ग्रहराशिस्वरूपवर्षप्रवेशाद्यानयनाधिकारः
तदाह केशवार्कः"फले यदि प्राक्तनमेव तत्किं कृष्याद्युपायेषु परः प्रयत्नः ॥श्रुतिस्स्मृतिश्चापि नृणान्निषेधविध्यात्मके कर्मणि किन्निषेधति ॥"
Keshavarka says this: 'If the past alone gives the fruit, then why the great effort in farming and other means? And why do the Shruti (the Vedas) and the Smriti (law books) forbid people things, in acts made of bans and rules?'
Simple meaning: 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.
अथ पुरुषार्थस्यैव मुख्यत्वाङ्गीकारे ।
An objection from fate: Nala, Rama and Yudhishthira could not escape their sorrows.