Verse Text
bhakta-prārabdha-vidhvaṁso, yathā śrī-daśame–
guru-putram ihānītaṁ nija-karma-nibandhanam |
ānayasva mahārāja mac-chāsana-puraskṛtaḥ ||197||
Translation
An example of destroying the prārabdha-karmas of the devotee is discussed in the Tenth Canto: Suffering the bondage of his past activity, My spiritual master’s son was brought here to you. O great King Yamarāj, bring this boy to Me without delay. He has been purified by My edict. SB 10.45.45
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The son was made a devotee by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, without performing sādhana, since he was the son of Kṛṣṇa’s guru.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Since the son was brought here because of his karmas to be suffered, how did he overcome that karma? “Bring him here. He has been purified by My edict.” What was the edict? By the Lord’s edict, he became a devotee. It is understood that he was made a devotee because of his relationship to Sāndīpani.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
A description of Kṛṣṇa’s power in minimizing the sufferings of sinful reactions is given in Brahma-saṁhitā as follows: “Beginning from the great King of heaven down to the ant, everyone is undergoing the reactions of past deeds. But a devotee of Kṛṣṇa is relieved from such reactions by the grace of Kṛṣṇa.” This was clearly proved when Kṛṣṇa went to the place of Yamarāja, the Lord of death, to reclaim the dead son of His teacher. Kṛṣṇa’s teacher had requested Kṛṣṇa to bring back his dead son, and to do so Kṛṣṇa went to the place of Yamarāja to claim that soul, who had been brought there by Yamarāja and was being kept under his control. Kṛṣṇa immediately ordered Yamarāja, “Be benefited by My order and return that soul unto Me!” The purport of this incident is that even a person who is under the regulative principles of the laws of nature, and is therefore punishable by Yamarāja under these laws, can be granted complete immunity by the grace of Kṛṣṇa.