“The soul within the body is acting to bring about the results of activity and is therefore known as karta, “the doer.” That the soul is the knower and the doer is stated in the sruti. Eṣa hi draṣṭā sraṣṭa (Praśna Upaniṣad 4.9). It is also confirmed in the Vedānta-sutra by the verses jno ’ta eva (2.3.18) and karta sastrarthavattvat (2.3.33).” (Swami Srila Prabhupada, Bhagavad-Gita Purport 18.14)

Based on karma (deserves and desires of the soul), a soul will enter the womb of a particular mother in a particular situation (poor or rich mother, good or bad mother), particular country, particular family, particular street, and particular house. Nothing happens by chance. Everything is precision based on the karma of the soul. The soul is the doer (what situation it is placed in) and not God.

1. Some souls are impregnated into the womb of human females and some into the womb of animal females. This is all directed by Lord Krishna and based entirely on the karma of the soul. The soul is the doer (which body it enters) and not God.
2. We suffer or enjoy now based on the actions we took in our past (karma). Which also includes previous lives. We will face the results of our current actions in the future which could also be in future lives. The soul is the doer of whatever good or bad happens to it and not God.
3. The daily actions (good and bad) we take are based on our own desires and not God. People commit murders, rape etc… and not God.
4. We are responsible for our degradation or elevation based on the thoughts and actions we take. God is not responsible for our degradation nor elevation.
5. The high court judge gives judgment to the criminal based on the crimes he committed. He is not responsible for the sentence (punishment). In a similar way, God gives judgment based on the actions we took (karma). He is not responsible for the judgement we receive.

 All the above statements are supported by the following Vedic scriptural references.

“The Personality of Godhead said: Under the supervision of the Supreme Lord and according to the result of his work, the Living Entity, the soul, is made to enter into the womb of a woman through the particle of male semen to assume a particular type of body.” (Shrimad-Bhagavatam 3.31.1)

“The life and death of an embodied soul and his destination in the next life are all caused by himself through his own activity. Therefore, O King, no other agent is actually responsible for creating one’s happiness and distress.” (Shrimad-Bhagavatam (SB)12.6.25)

“The results of whatever a living entity does in this life are enjoyed in the next life.” (SB 4.29.58)

“According to their karma, all living entities are wandering throughout the entire universe. Some of them are being elevated to the upper planetary systems, and some are going down into the lower planetary systems. Out of many millions of wandering living entities, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Kṛṣṇa. By the mercy of both Kṛṣṇa and the spiritual master, such a person receives the seed of the creeper of devotional service. (cc Madhya 19.151)

“Nature is said to be the cause of all material causes and effects, whereas the living entity is the cause of the various sufferings and enjoyments in this world.” (Lord Krishna, Bg 13.21)

“The great sage Nārada Muni continued: You must understand that Purañjana, the living entity, transmigrates according to his own work into different types of bodies, which may be one-legged, two-legged, three-legged, four-legged, many-legged or simply legless. Transmigrating into these various types of bodies, the living entity, as the so-called enjoyer, is known as Purañjana.” (SB 4.29.2)

“Covered by the mode of ignorance in material nature, the living entity is sometimes a male, sometimes a female, sometimes a eunuch, sometimes a human being, sometimes a demigod, sometimes a bird, an animal, and so on. In this way he is wandering within the material world. His acceptance of different types of bodies is brought about by his activities under the influence of the modes of nature.” (SB 4.29.29)

“Lord Kṛṣṇa said: It is by the force of karma that a living entity takes birth, and it is by karma alone that he meets his destruction. His happiness, distress, fear and sense of security all arise as the effects of karma.” (SB 10.24.13)

“Living beings in this world are forced to experience the consequences of their own particular previous work…” (SB 10.24.15)

“Because it is karma that causes the conditioned living entity to accept and then give up different high- and low-grade material bodies, this karma is his enemy, friend and neutral witness, his spiritual master and controlling lord.” (SB 10.24.17)