Oh Man! When you come out of the mother s womb,

You have no necklace of any kind round your neck,

Neither of pearls, nor of gold, nor a string of gems;

But there is one garland round your neck

with which the Creator has sent you,

It is the heavy chain of your good and bad deeds

carried from all your past lives.

That unbroken chain is all that you bring into the world.

Karma (one s deeds) is responsible for birth.

Every man is a child of Karma.

Born on account of Karma, Dharma (Righteousness)

becomes one of the primary goals of human life.

(SS Jan 91 -p. 9)