Balabhadra in the early 17th century quotes several verses on the topic
of niyati/daiva and karma. I have found some of these in other works but
not others, and even for the ones I have found, I suspect there are
earlier or more common sources. Any help with attributing the following
would be much appreciated:
1. Attributed to Śaunaka:
yena tu yat prāptavyaṃ tasya vidhānaṃ sureśasacivo ’pi |
yaḥ sākṣān niyatijñaḥ so ’pi na śakyo ’nyathā kartum || iti |
2. No attribution, but found (with variants) in
Pañcadaśī 156 and Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 3283:
3. No attribution, but apparently popular -- found (with variants) in
Nāradapurāṇa 1.31.69 and 2.29.18 and Mahāsubhāṣitasaṃgraha 3292
(also quoted in Āyurvedadīpikā and Satyaśāsanaparīkṣā); the question is
what would be either the earliest source or the most common/typical one
in the early 1600s:
nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karma kalpakoṭiśatair api |
avaśyam eva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham ||