Again and again tossed and overpowered by the powerful current of his own actions. If there were absolute freedom of action, then no creature would die and none would be subject to decay or await his evil doom. Every body would then attain the object of his desire. All persons try to excel their neighbours; they try to do it with the utmost of their power, but the result becomes the reverse.
स्रोतसासकृदाक्षिप्तं ह्रियमाणं बलीयसा। न प्रियेयुर्न जीर्येयुः सर्वे स्युः सार्वकामिकाः॥ नाप्रियं प्रतिपश्येयुर्वशित्वं यदि वै भवेत्। उपर्युपरि लोकस्य सर्वो गन्तुं समीहते। यतते च यथाशक्ति न च तद् वर्तते तथा॥