#FoodForThought There was a woman named Subhadra who lived with her hunter husband in the forest. They did not have children for many years. They offered a lot of prayers and did austere penance and finally they were blessed with a son. They brought him up with so much love and 
care. Unfortunately one day a snake stung their son and he was struggling for his life. The wife was distraught and called to her husband. The husband searched for the snake which stung his child, brought it and told his wife that he would slay its head immediately. The wife said
That is not going to bring back our son’s life. But the hunter said, by killing this I can prevent it from stinging others and killing them. The wife said but there are so many other snakes in the forest, what are you going to do about them. As they were arguing the snake said
Hey hunter stop trying to kill me. There are three of you here. But why did I choose to sting your son and not you both? That is because I was ordered by Mrithyu God to harm the child alone. Therefore it is not my fault said the snake. The hunter asked the snake, who is Mrithyu
Mrithyu appeared immediately and said, it is not my fault either, Kaala asked me to give the instruction. Tge hunter asked who is Kaala? Yama Dharmaraja appeared before them. The hunter asked him are you the reason for the snake biting my child? Yama Dharmaraja replied, no it is
Not me. I did the bidding of Sriman Narayana. Now He appeared before them. The hunter asked the Lord, are you the cause for my son being bitten by the snake. The Lord says, those who are born have to die. Your son had to die in this manner. This is ore ordained. I just was
instrumental in executing it. The hunter became very angry. He said, each one if you is giving an excuse. I am going to kill the snake, so saying he reached for his knife from his bag, when a snake which had slid into the bag but his hand and he fell down struggling to breathe.
The wife immediately ran outside, plucked some herbs, made a concoction out of it and poured it in her husband’s mouth and he recovered instantly from the poisonous snake bite. Those gathered there smiled. Bhagwan said, your wife had the knowledge for the remedy to snake bite.
Yet when your son was bitten by a snake why did she not try to save him? Death by a snake bite was his destiny. At the same time when you were bitten by a snake you survived. That is your destiny. Each one’s destiny is based on their Karma! No one else is responsible.
Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam🙏🏻
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