Janma Prakruti

Janma prakruti, also called karma prakruti, reflects the effects of karmic influences on the constitution. It is the genetic prakruti determined at the moment of conception — a combination of the ratios of vata, pitta, and kapha in the mother and father at that time. Diet, lifestyle, and mental/emotional factors affecting the parents can influence the qualities of VPK in their sperm and ova.

According to Ayurveda, we are bound to birth and death by karmic forces that influence the physical, mental, astral, and causal bodies. The cause of birth is desire. When the soul enters the fetus, the karmic momentum manifests from the causal to the mental body, then to the astral body, and finally to the physical body. Moksha (liberation) cannot be attained until all karmic seeds are roasted in the flame of attention and meditation.