Fearlessness II: Protection

Looks like Krishna is upto His little games again! After my last post about being fearless, in the next 2-3 days I received an email from a friend about Krishna's protection. 'Coincidences' like these are really not uncommon! Krishna enjoys playing with us like this. I'm sure some of you have also experienced this. Things just happen, bits of highly relevant information come your way, or sometimes your thoughts materialize... and all you can say is, "Wow, great timing!" Our glorious Mastermind is behind all of this! Here is the email I received:

Whatever we have manufactured, pratikaram, counteraction against danger, that will be also failure if Krsna does not sanction it. That is realized by Prahlada Maharaja. He says "My dear Lord, people have manufactured so many pratikaram, counteraction." But tanu-bhrtam, "Those who have accepted this material body, they are simply manufacturing things to counteract dangers. But even though they have all this counteracting machine or counteracting agents, still, without Your sanction, this counteracting machine or agent will not be fruitful." So similarly, Arjuna is being protected by Krsna. So even though Arjuna is not well-equipped, apratikaram, still he will be saved. Because Krsna is there.

 

A person is suffering from some disease, some fatal disease. If you think "I shall engage first-class physician and I shall supply first-class medicine," if you think, "Then the patient will be saved," no, that is not possible. That is not possible. We have got many experiences like that. Then no rich man would have died. Because he has got money, he can employ first-class physician, first-class medicine, and simply by engaging such things, counteracting, pratikaram, he cannot be saved. There are many examples like that.

 

Therefore real pratikaram is Krsna. Real pratikaram is Krsna, counteractive. So better we take shelter of Krsna as Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja [Bg. 18.66]. You must always know that no counteraction will be beneficial for us unless we are protected by Krsna. So therefore our business is fully surrender to Krsna and seek His protection.

 

- Srila Prabhupada Lecture (BG 1.46-47 :: 1973)