[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c8.s9.3 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.3 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c8.s9.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.s9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.3) \*īśvaraḥ kāraṇaṁ, puruṣakarmaphalyadarśanāt |\* \*na puruṣakarmābhāve phalāniṣpatteḥ |\* \*tatkaritatvād ahetuḥ |\* — IV.1.19-21 God is the cause (of the world), because actions of men (by themselves) do not yield fruits. (The opponent says): This is not so, because there is no fruit without the action by men. It is improper to say so, because, God makes men to take actions. - [Previous: c8.s9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.2) - [Next: c8.s9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.4) - [Up: c8.s9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9) ## Linked texts (1) - [Nyāyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.nyaya.nyayasutra) — Akṣapāda Gautama, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c8.s9.3) · Pramāṇa