Fwd: Bhagwaan's Justice and Compassion

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Hare Krsna

 

If you become conscious of Me, you will pass over all the obstacles of conditional life by My grace. If, however, you do not work in such consciousness but act through false ego, not hearing Me, you will be lost.

GITA 18:58

 

There could be one doubt, that if a devotee of Bhagwaan (God) never takes a fall, then why did Bhagwaan say to Arjuna, when accepting Arjuna as His devotee, that if due to egoism, you do not listen to what I say, then you will take a fall (Gita 18:58) ? The answer here is, that if a devotee does not listen to Bhagwaan due to egoism, then he will not remain a devotee and he will take a fall; but this is not at all possible that a devotee will not listen to Bhagwaan. Bhagwaan was only scolding and scaring Arjuna. In reality Arjuna had already accepted Bhagwaan's words, and he had not taken a fall (Gita 18:73). He who with an inner sentiment of desiring something, does some good and auspicious work, then according to his actions, he will attain heavens, this is the justice of Bhagwaan; and thereafter by awarding him the fruits of his actions in terms of causing him to experience pleasure and

enjoyment, he exhausts his fruits, and purifies him, and this is His compassion. Similiarly, he who does inauspicious actions, sending him to hell and birth in the 8.4 million wombs (of various species), that is his justice; and there causing him to experience the suffering, he purifies him, and draws him toward Himself - this is His compassion. Similiarly anyone who is ill for a long time and undergoes much difficulty and suffering, and thereafter, when he becomes well again, then that individual gravitates and likes talks about Bhagwaan (God) and His Name etc. In this manner, according to one's deeds, the coming of the illness is His justice, and it's fruit in theform of increased engagement and interest in God, is His compassion. Man commits sins, injustice, etc. out of his own will, and he has to suffer the consequences, fruit of his actions, in the form of imprisonment, fines, penalties etc. against his

will. In this, based on the actions performed, the punishment is the justice and intermittently realizing that he has committed a crime, and therefore he has to undergo the punishment. If he did not commit a crime, then why would he have to suffer the consequences ? if such a thought arises, if one becomes alert - then that is Bhagwaan's compassion. To send favorable and unfavorable situations and circumstances, according to one's actions, that is Bhagwaan's justice; and by not becoming happy or sad in these favorable and unfavorable situations, man attains liberation - this is Bhagwaan's compassion.