Bhaumasura's son's Karma

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> > Does this mean that the boy, the son of Bhaumasura had to suffer bad

> > karma of his father? Is this how low of karma works?

>

> TRANSLATION

> [King Pariksit thought:] Due to my neglecting the injunctions of the

> Supreme Lord I must certainly expect some difficulty to overcome me in the

> near future. I now desire without reservation that the calamity come now,

> for in this way I may be freed of the sinful action and not commit such an

> offense again.

>

> PURPORT

> The Supreme Lord enjoins that brahmanas and cows must be given all

> protection. The Lord is Himself very much inclined to do good to brahmanas

> and cows (go-brahmana-hitaya ca). Maharaja Pariksit knew all this, and

> thus he concluded that his insulting a powerful brahmana was certainly to

> be punished by the laws of the Lord, and he was expecting something very

> difficult in the very near future. He therefore desired the imminent

> calamity to fall on him and not on his family members. A man's personal

> misconduct affects all his family members. Therefore Maharaja Pariksit

> desired the calamity to fall on him alone. By suffering personally he

> would be restrained from future sins, and at the same time the sin which

> he had committed would be counteracted so that his descendants would not

> suffer. That is the way a responsible devotee thinks. The family members

> of a devotee also share the effects of a devotee's service unto the Lord.

> Maharaja Prahlada saved his demon father by his personal devotional

> service. A devotee son in the family is the greatest boon or blessing of

> the Lord.

> SB 1.19.2

 

Can we say than that the Christian theory of us suffering do to mistake of

Adam and Eve is correct?

 

Your speculative servant,

Mahat-tattva das