In days of yore the worshipful Vasishta enquired of Brahman as to which among these two, viz., the Karma of a creature acquired in this life, or that acquired in pristine lives (and called Destiny), is the more powerful in shaping his life.
दैवमानुषयोः किंस्वित् कर्मणोः श्रेष्ठमित्युत। पुरा वसिष्ठो भगवान् पितामहमपृच्छत॥