It is quite easy to respond to this question by saying that man's actions, not those of God, determine whether a person has a sickness or yoga; rather, these actions determine whether a person has a disease, yoga, enjoyment, detachment, coincidence, or defect. Karma is merely Karma, but when a person seeks shelter in the supreme power after feeling upset by the law that his Karma had produced and asks for protection, God gives special attention to his prayer and eliminates the negative consequences of the fruits that his crimes or Karma had produced. In other words, they lessen it by offering Lord Shiva sincere worship and prayer (Metat kadhik kuank bhal ke).