ABSTRACT
The main part of this chapter, and a good bit of the next (XVIII.18-45) are centred on the effects of the gUDa-s. What the Glta calls man's 'selfnature (sva-bhava) consists of tendencies he is born with, as an effect of the sarpskara dynamic latent impressions laid down in previous births. A selection of some of them, which can consistently manifest together, come together as a block, so to say, determining the conditions of the present birth. It is not unalterable fate, but comparable to the physical make-up of the present body, which can be greatly modified by persistent effort, and by other means also.
