Daiva and Purushakar (destiny and self effort) apparently two different principles guiding the course of an individual’s life, have been shown to be no different at all by Sri Sri Babathakur. He emphasizes that Purushakar is the active nature of Daiva. Supreme destiny or ruling power of Self-Divine which plays the life-game through Divine Will manifests both Daiva and Purushakar.
While accomplishing the identity of the two principles Sri Sri Babathakur elaborates the two principles distinctively in 14 chapters of the book. Daiva, He says, is the effect of past lives, which is the cause of the present life and Purushakar.