Is the birth of a soul on earth by the man's sperm fertilizing the woman's egg completely predetermined?

[Śrī Lakshman asked: Swāmi, in one of Your earlier discourse You had mentioned that, that man’s sperm which conjugate with female egg only contains the soul. If so can we conclude whether this act is predetermined?]

Swāmi replied: In the Brahma Sūtra, Sage Vyāsa clearly stated that the individual soul comes down to the earth through rains. From the earth, the soul enters the plant, the grain, the food and finally a selected sperm cell of the biological father. Then, the soul enters the womb of the mother through that specific sperm cell to fertilize the released ovum. All this arrangement is as per the administration of creation as planned by the Divine Father (puruṣa). This entire creation is the Divine Mother (prakṛti). The basic administration of creation is always done by God. But it does not mean that everything is done by God alone. So, you cannot kill a person and say that you killed the person, as per the administrative plan of God. If you say that, the judge in the court will also say that you will be hanged to death, as per the same administrative plan of God! Hence, it is over-intelligence to conclude that everything happens by the will of the God. People say that even an ant moves only due to the order of God!

Keywords:

| Shri Datta Swami | Is the birth of a soul on earth by the man's sperm fertilizing the woman's egg completely predetermined? | Sutra Vyasa prakriti purusha