One day King Akbar asked Birbal, “Why is it that your God behaves so strangely?
Doesn’t your Lord Krishna have any servant?
Each time a devotee calls for help, the Lord runs himself. Surely he can employ others to do such work?”
“Oh! Yes” said Birbal having a plan to explain the fact to the King.
Birbal
knew that King Akbar loved his Grandson very much. He asked a statue
maker to make a dummy of the grandson and dressed with the same costumes
as that of his grandson. Then he asked the Guardian of the grandson to
carry the dummy doll to the lake and wait for his signal. The Guardian
agreed.
After some time Birbal came to the lake with King Akbar. At Birbal’s signal the Guardian slipped the dummy doll into the lake.
As
soon as King Akbar saw his grandson being throw in a lake, he jumped
into the lake’s cold water to rescue his grandson. He swimmed very fast
until he could catch his grandson. When He catch his grandson he
realized that it was just a wax doll.
Birbal
commented, “Your Majesty, why did you jump into cold lake to rescue
young Prince while you have so many guards and servant at your service?”
King replied “Oh, I have hundreds of them but my grandson is precious one, so I couldn’t stop myself.”
“Now
you see ,Your majesty, that’s why Lord Krishna, who loves each of his
devotees , comes to their help Himself” Birbal replied.
As always King Akbar agreed with Birbal smilingly.
Moral of the story: Just Surrender to Krishna and Chant His names. Always remember Krishna and never forget Him!
In Bhagavat gita 12.6.7 Lord Krishna says,
ye tu sarvāṇi karmāṇi
mayi sannyasya mat-parāḥ
ananyenaiva yogena
māṁ dhyāyanta upāsate
teṣām ahaṁ samuddhartā
mṛtyu-saṁsāra-sāgarāt
bhavāmi na cirāt pārtha
mayy āveśita-cetasām
Translation:
But
those who worship Me, giving up all their activities unto Me and being
devoted to Me without deviation, engaged in devotional service and
always meditating upon Me, having fixed their minds upon Me, O son of
Pṛthā – for them I am the swift deliverer from the ocean of birth and
death.
Purport:
It
is explicitly stated here that the devotees are very fortunate to be
delivered very soon from material existence by the Lord. In pure
devotional service one comes to the realization that God is great and
that the individual soul is subordinate to Him. His duty is to render
service to the Lord – and if he does not, then he will render service
to māyā.
As
stated before, the Supreme Lord can be appreciated only by devotional
service. Therefore, one should be fully devoted. One should fix his mind
fully on Kṛṣṇa in order to achieve Him. One should work only for Kṛṣṇa.
It does not matter in what kind of work one engages, but that work
should be done only for Kṛṣṇa. That is the standard of devotional
service. The devotee does not desire any achievement other than pleasing
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. His life’s mission is to please
Kṛṣṇa, and he can sacrifice everything for Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction, just as
Arjuna did in the Battle of Kurukṣetra. The process is very simple: one
can devote himself in his occupation and engage at the same time in
chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare
Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Such transcendental chanting attracts the
devotee to the Personality of Godhead.
The
Supreme Lord herein promises that without delay He will deliver a pure
devotee thus engaged from the ocean of material existence. Those who are
advanced in yoga practice can willfully transfer the soul to whatever planet they like by the yoga process,
and others take the opportunity in various ways, but as far as the
devotee is concerned, it is clearly stated here that the Lord Himself
takes him. The devotee does not need to wait to become very experienced
in order to transfer himself to the spiritual sky.
In the Varāha Purāṇa this verse appears:
nayāmi paramaṁ sthānam
arcir-ādi-gatiṁ vinā
garuḍa-skandham āropya
yatheccham anivāritaḥ
The purport of this verse is that a devotee does not need to practice aṣṭāṅga-yoga in
order to transfer his soul to the spiritual planets. The responsibility
is taken by the Supreme Lord Himself. He clearly states here that He
Himself becomes the deliverer. A child is completely cared for by his
parents, and thus his position is secure. Similarly, a devotee does not
need to endeavor to transfer himself by yogapractice
to other planets. Rather, the Supreme Lord, by His great mercy, comes
at once, riding on His bird carrier Garuḍa, and at once delivers the
devotee from material existence. Although a man who has fallen in the
ocean may struggle very hard and may be very expert in swimming, he
cannot save himself. But if someone comes and picks him up from the
water, then he is easily rescued. Similarly, the Lord picks up the
devotee from this material existence. One simply has to practice the
easy process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness and fully engage himself in
devotional service. Any intelligent man should always prefer the process
of devotional service to all other paths. In the Nārāyaṇīya this is confirmed as follows:
yā vai sādhana-sampattiḥ
puruṣārtha-catuṣṭaye
tayā vinā tad āpnoti
naro nārāyaṇāśrayaḥ
The
purport of this verse is that one should not engage in the different
processes of fruitive activity or cultivate knowledge by the mental
speculative process. One who is devoted to the Supreme Personality can
attain all the benefits derived from other yogic processes, speculation,
rituals, sacrifices, charities, etc. That is the specific benediction of
devotional service.
Simply
by chanting the holy name of Kṛṣṇa – Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa
Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare – a devotee
of the Lord can approach the supreme destination easily and happily,
but this destination cannot be approached by any other process of
religion.
The conclusion of Bhagavad-gītā is stated in the Eighteenth Chapter:
sarva-dharmān parityajya
mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja
ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo
mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
One
should give up all other processes of self-realization and simply
execute devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That will enable one
to reach the highest perfection of life. There is no need for one to
consider the sinful actions of his past life, because the Supreme Lord
fully takes charge of him. Therefore one should not futilely try to
deliver himself in spiritual realization. Let everyone take shelter of
the supreme omnipotent Godhead, Kṛṣṇa. That is the highest perfection of
life.
Srila Prabhupada mentions in the purport,
Krishna
clearly states here that He Himself becomes the deliverer. A child is
completely cared for by his parents, and thus his position is secure.
Similarly,
a devotee does not need to endeavor to transfer himself by yoga
practice to other planets. Rather, the Supreme Lord, by His great mercy,
comes at once, riding on His bird carrier Garuda, and at once delivers
the devotee from material existence.
Although
a man who has fallen in the ocean may struggle very hard and may be
very expert in swimming, he cannot save himself. But if someone comes
and picks him up from the water, then he is easily rescued.
Similarly,
the Lord picks up the devotee from this material existence. One simply
has to practice the easy process of Krishna consciousness and fully
engage himself in devotional service.”
So
we have to just follow this and Raise our hands surrendering to Lord to
pick us out of this Material world. Unless we raise our hands how can
Lord pick us up?
Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare
Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.
