The Boat fell in Yamuna river in Gokul
(Yamuna Boat Tragedy)
I have been seeing for a couple of days that people are talking about the Yamuna boat tragedy, which took place on the 10th of April. Seriously, I did not know about the incident in the past because I keep myself away from social media and all, but seriously, when I heard this news and saw the misconceptions occurring among the devotees and the non-devotees, I thought, Let’s talk about this matter and clarify all the confusions.
The auspicious incident or game of karma
There is one controversy going on among the devotees and the non-devotees: why did this incident happen to the people who went to Vrindavan? Vrindavan is the home of Krishna (the God), and if they had gone there, then why did they lose their lives? In defence, devotees are also making defensive actions against them, but personally I am also not finding any convincing answers from devotees; that is why I am writing this blog.
Devotees do not have karma
Yes, it is there. I know it’s hard to believe that devotees don’t undergo karma, but we’ll cover that in my next blog. Here, there are also devotees who lost their lives while singing “Radha Radha” before they died. This material-life argument comes from the atheistic class that does not chant Radha Rani’s name. Why did they have to die? Why did God do wrong to them? So let us understand this in my next paragraph
‘Good’ or ‘bad’ is like assuming our false Dad
Let’s say you went to the theatre to watch a movie, and there you saw that my hero was getting beaten by the villain, and then you left after the interval. You did not wait to watch the rest of my movie. You said, ‘Oh, this is a very disappointing movie because the hero is getting beaten.’ I will not go inside to watch movie.’ But in reality, as we all know, after the interval, the hero beats the villain; he achieves his glory, and the movie ends. Therefore, the story is complete. But that person who watched only half the movie did not understand the whole story. The same is the case here: those who are saying that God has done wrong with them
People do not know the complete truth. Those who have died, have they seen where they have gone after death? They think that when a person dies, everything finishes, but the reality is we know that after the body, the soul travels from body to body. Even if the body seems to be finished, the soul does not, so those who are saying that God has done wrong with them – do they really know where they are exactly now as souls? Do they know where a person goes if he leaves his body in the Yamuna? If you do not know, then kindly shut your mouth and read the next paragraph.
Where did they actually go?
Honestly, I also do not know where they have exactly gone because I am not Krishna, but I can predict from shashtras where they might have gone. But one thing is 100% sure: that they have not gone to hell. But why so? Because it is mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita, “na me bhaktaḥ praṇaśyati”, that my devotees never perish, this is guaranteed that they have not gone to hell. But the question is still the same: where did they exactly go? there are many scriptural references and examples that have one achieve the supreme abode just by taking the name of Krishna
So they were chanting Radha’s name during their final time, so there are very high chances that they have gone to Goloka, the spiritual kingdom of God. They also have some further advantages which also help in their achieving a supreme abode.
Advantages as follows:
- Leaving the body in the Yamuna, which is one of the purest.
- Leaving the body in Vrindavan Dham, which is the home of my God.
- They died while doing sadhu sang.
cc madhya 22.54
Sadhu-sanga, “sadhu-sanga”, sarva-shastra kaya
Lava-matra sadhu-sanga sarva-siddhi haya
So after considering all the above evidence, it is confirmed that they must have gotten the highest achievement of human life, which is Goloka Vrindavan.
Was their killing necessary?
People might argue that, okay, this can be understood – that their death was not a normal death – but still, death is death. Why did Krishna kill them? Was it necessary? My understanding is yes, it was necessary because nowadays we see that so many people are using dharma. for bad purposes, either to gain followers or to impress the opposite gender, and on the other hand, people now are treating Vrindavan as Goa and coming to Vrindavan only for fun, not for sadhu sanga or for learning the art of bhajan; it’s simply material perception, enjoyment and exploitation. So Krishna is the leela purushottam, so this is the leela of Krishna to keep these people away so that they become fearful to come to Vrindavan and remain away. So this is our Krishna; what does he do? Only he knows.
Ignorance Breakdown – The mouth is shut now
This blog of mine is a slap on the face of those who criticise Krishna for the incident above, but if they read this blog, then they would be awakened from their sleep. As an admin of Prabhupad Ashraya, it is my duty to rectify the controversies of Sanatan Dharma, so I tried to do so in today’s blog, and I hope I might have cleared your doubts, but still, if you have any doubt regarding this topic, then kindly write in the comment section, or you can directly contact me through the ‘Contact Us’ page of our website. I will be glad to respond to you and clear your doubts.
