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dog or a cat in his next life. This is the
arrangement made by the external power
(external to the doer and the deed) according
to which the creatures have to enter into
inferior forms of life as well. No ascetic or
sage or a saint has so far been able to change
this system. No one has been pardoned for
his sins and crimes. If we sow a thorny tree,
we shall get thorns only, and not the mangoes.
He that soweth vice shalt not reap virtue.'
Only this belief and the principle of as-the-
action, so-the-result can save the man from
sin, unrighteousness, crimes and other
vices. This is the purposeful teaching of
Gita which helps the man to control and
reform himself. He is advised to keep away
from wrongdoing, not to indulge in vicious
actions, not to add to burden of his errors,
fear God, since his punishment is discrete
and nobody can escape the hold of his system
of justice.