Ayuh Karma Cha Vittam Cha (Five Things Fixed Before Birth) PDF

आयुः कर्म च वित्तं च विद्या निधनमेव च। पञ्चैतानि हि सृज्यन्ते गर्भस्थस्यैव देहिनः॥

āyuḥ karma ca vittaṁ ca vidyā nidhanam eva ca। pañcaitāni hi sṛjyante garbhasthasyaiva dehinaḥ॥

Lifespan, one's destined deeds, wealth, knowledge, and the time of death — these five are ordained for an embodied being even while it is still in the womb. Chanakya teaches that the essential outlines of one's life are settled before birth, so the wise neither grow vain over fortune nor break down in anxiety over what is destined.