The Avataric whim is also a part of the divine destiny. Qaza provides the absolute necessity which makes the Avatar's "chance" intervention necessary. But this very element of chance and unpredictability is predicted in the pattern of qaza, which includes the possibility of the intervention by the Avatar, arising from his infinite compassion that will not be denied.
In the Avataric whim, there is not the least element of "chance" where its working out and results are concerned. Although it is the whim that gives rise to the developments that follow, the action engendered by the whim is no chance shot, and the sequel is perfect in execution and outcome.
An ordinary person's whim when put into action may produce consequences completely contrary to what was fancied, because his attempts prove haphazard or awkward. Thus, the results would turn out to be quite the opposite to the thought originated by the whim.
This can well be illustrated by the following anecdote: A traveler is resting under a wood-apple tree, on the branches of which are perched some birds. Another man, rather the worse for drink, is passing by and seeing the wood-apple tree has the whim to taste one of its fruits. Picking up a stone, he throws it at the tree, hoping to knock down a fruit.
Now, as a rule, a drunkard has a distaste for things sour or tart, since they nullify the effects of intoxication. A drunkard will neither have a thought or desire for a wood-apple. Therefore, what made the drunkard throw a stone at the wood-apple was purely a whim. Thus a whim is utterly independent of thought and desire.
When the drunkard picks up a stone and flings it at the fruit, he misses his aim and hits one of the birds instead. It falls dead to the ground while the other birds fly away. The stone, in falling, strikes the head of the traveler resting beneath the tree and causes an injury. The results, as we see, were in complete contradiction to the whim of the drunkard.
This is never so in the case of the Avatar. Both the aim and results are every time unerring and perfect in obedience to the wish expressed by the Avataric whim.