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Story 40 Savitri
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PRABHUPĀDA: So, at
least to have a guarantee
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that our next life is
going to be human life,
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everyone should take…
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They’re Kṛṣṇa conscious.
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From mundane
profit point of view.
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There is a story: Sāvitrī-Satyavān.
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Sāvitrī-Satyavān.
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It is not a story; it is historical
fact that one gentleman…
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He was a king’s son: prince.
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His name was Satyavān.
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But a… He was to die at a
certain age, his horoscope said.
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But one girl: Sāvitrī…
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She fell in love with that boy.
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Now, she wanted to marry.
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Her father told her, “She…
He [will] die at certain age.
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Don’t marry.”
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But she was bent; she married.
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In course of time the boy died:
say after four or five years,
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and the girl became widow.
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So, she…
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She was so staunch lover that she
won’t let the dead body go away.
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And, the Yamarāja, who takes away
the body or the soul after death…
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So he came to take the soul away.
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So, this chaste girl would not allow
the husband’s body [soul] to go away.
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Then Yamarāja told, “It is
my duty that I should take.
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You give it up.
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Then…
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Otherwise, you’ll
be also punished.”
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So she gave.
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And she was following Yamarāja.
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So Yamarāja became compassionate.
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So Yamarāja became compassionate…
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And he benedicted her:
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“My dear girl, you go home.
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I give you benediction;
you will have a son.
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Don’t cry for your husband.”
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Then she was again following,
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and when Yamarāja said,
“Why you are following me?”
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“Now you are taking my husband.
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How can I have my son?”
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Oh, then he was in dilemma;
he returned her husband.
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So similarly, this is a technique.
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If you take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness,
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then your husband or this
human form of life is guaranteed.
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