The objective world or Prakrthi, consisting of billions and billions of varied things, forces and events is governed by the Will of God. God is All knowing, All-penetrating, All-pervading; He is activating Prakrthi and acting through Prakrthi, all the time. Prakrthi is ever in His care. His sovereignty is beginningless and endless. This is the doctrine of the Dualists, the Dwaithins.
This gives room for one question. When the world is ruled by God, how does He permit it to be so wicked and vile? The answer given is that God is not responsible for the grief and the pain. The sins we commit are the progenitors of the grief we suffer. Joy and sorrow are the consequences of the good and the evil that man perpetrates. God is the Witness. He does not punish, nor does He cause grief. The Jivi is beginningless, that is to say, he has no birth but, he involves himself in incessant activity and so he has to go through the inevitable consequences of that activity. This is the experience of every one, the characteristic of every one's mind. This is the unbreakable law of the objective world or Prakrthi. Grief or joy is the image of the activity one engages in. It is the resound, the reflection, the reaction. The Jivi can be the witness without concerning himself with the good and the bad of the activity. When involvement happens, good will have to be experienced when good is done, and evil will have to be experienced when evil is done.
The Vedanta asserts that the Jivi is by its very nature, pure and unblemished. This is the accepted doctrine according to Bharathiya thought. But, this truth has been befogged by ignorance and neglect. So, maya pollutes the experience and the shade of ignorance breeds evil. But, when sathkarma or beneficial activity is engaged in, the clouds of maya are scattered and the Reality of the Self is realised. All beings, all jivis are by their very nature pure. Good acts can remove the taints of evil deeds and preserve its essential purity. Then, the jivi is led into the Godward path, the Devayana. The Godward urge will transform the words, the thoughts and the deeds of the individual.
