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Shri Datta Swami

Posted on: 02 Jun 2021

               

Is it a sin if a devotee intoxicated with devotion does adharma?

[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, I was reading about Bhakt Kumbara who was a Potter by profession. While chanting God's name and curing clay with his feet, he accidentally tramples his child and kills him. You taught us that we should vote for God against Dharma in Nivrutti when God competes with our highest worldly bond. But here, it didn't appear like a test of God which happened to Bhakt Siriyala who was asked by the guest (God) to sacrifice his son. If a great devotee who is intoxicated with devotion to God does something against Dharma, then it is not considered as sin. Isn't it? Please enlighten me. - At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Thrylokya]

Swami replied:- That devotee did not kill his child during a regular test as in the case of the second devotee and hence, the case of the first devotee is not God’s test. It is intoxication of devotion. Even the intoxication of wine can do such killing of the child. Since the intoxication is about God, it is not a sin. It is divine plan to relieve the devotee from the strongest world bond with children.

 
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