When I consider that I have been deprived of happiness for no fault of mine and when I see the wicked sons of Dhritarashtra prospering in every respect it strikes me that man is the agent of his meritorious or wicked acts and that he reaps the fruits of his own deeds. How can then God be the agent?
भवत्येव हि मे बुद्धिर्दृष्ट्वाऽऽत्मानं सुखाच्च्युतम्। धार्तराष्ट्रांश्च दुर्वृत्तानृध्यतः प्रेक्ष्य सर्वशः॥ कर्मणः पुरुषः कर्ता शुभस्याप्यशुभस्य वा। स फलं तदुपाश्नाति कथं कर्ता स्विदीश्वरः॥