The disturbance of Vayu, Pitta and Kapha depends primarily on — or the Law of Karma. This is not the place to go at any length into the mysteries of this mysterious universe. To confine ourselves strictly to the barest requirements of Ayurveda,– or the Principle of contradiction gives rise to — or confusion, Moha to — or egoism, Ahankar to Karmaphal or the Law of Karma or Law of Action which lays down that as you sow, so must you reap. Action can be destroyed only by experience or suffering or –. Action accumulates much faster than it can be destroyed by experience. Accumulated action is called — . The very small portion of it under the influence of which a man is born, is called his —.
Diseases spring really from this — and from mans action if this life which is called in Ayurveda — — or improper food and conduct. It is this — which exerts a supreme influence on the three elemental principle of –, — and — and explains why in some cases they can defy the strongest invasion. The chain of causation begins with God, the Ultimate Cause, and passes from egoism to the Law of Karma, from the law of Karma to Prarabdha or allotted effects, from Prarabdha to the fundamental constituents of –, — and –, and finally from these fundamental constituents to — — or improper food and conduct.
