Devotee: It was by chance that I got infected.
Srila Prabhupada: No, no. Not chance. Why did you go where there is cholera case? That is your foolishness. Why did you go there? When there is infectious disease a man is forbidden to go there. You went there without any knowledge and you got infected. Now you are suffering. That’s all. There is no question of chance. That is foolishness. Chance means ignorance. Ignorant people, they do not know this. They perform sinful activities, and [when there is a karmic result] they say “by chance.” There is no question of chance. Krishna says, “Karanam? guna-sango ‘sya” – there is no chance.
Morning walk Nairobi 1st November 1975