The sceptic argues, O child, saying,-I do not see that anything in this world is the result of destiny or the virtuous and sinful deeds of pristine lives. Inference cannot settle the existence or operation of destiny. The gods, the Gandharvas and the Danavas have become what they are on account of their own nature.
दैवं तात न पश्यामि नास्ति दैवस्य साधनम्। स्वभावतो हि संसिद्धा देवगन्धर्वदानवाः॥