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If souls are not reformed, is it justified to kill the souls as a last resort?

[Ms. Purnima asked: Padanamaskaram Swami; it is said that in the end of this Kali age, God will incarnate as Kalki and will kill all the people with the help of an electric sword given by God shiva. You also said that God will incarnate in human forms till the end of Kali age and preach this spiritual knowledge, You said that He will kill the souls, which are not reformed by His spiritual knowledge. My doubt is that if cure cannot be done is it justified to give death to the patient as a last resort?]

Swami replied:- Who told you that Kalki is killing the souls in the end of Kali age? When the disease is not cured by several types of treatment, the last resort is treating the patient with high power electricity, the sword given by God Shiva is called as electric power sword (Vidyut Khadga). This sword has the highest power, which is greater than atomic energy. Kalki is treating the brains of the souls, which are not reformed by spiritual knowledge, with the help of very high powerful electric shocks. Mad people are given electric shock. When the heart stops, finally electric shock is given. By such highest power of the electric sword, all the brains lose all the bad qualities. The souls become very pure and are born as the population of Satya yuga or Kruta age. Hence, Kalki is not killing the souls, which are to be reborn in the next Kruta age. Therefore, God is always the kindest and will never kill any soul. Do you say that the doctor is cruel when he/she is treating the patient with electric shock to cure the disease as a last resort? Similarly, you should praise the kindest God and shall not feel Him as a cruel personality. The important point that you shall note here is that Kalki is only killing the body and not the soul. The body is said to be like your external dress in the Gita (Vāsāṃsi Jīrṇāni…).

We are observing that death is inevitable for any living being and hence, you need not blame Kalki for the deaths of living beings as if He is giving death for a living being for the first time. Even if Kalki does not kill, death is inevitable for each living being. Since the soul is eternal, death is not for the soul, but death is for the physical body, which is like the external dress for the soul. This philosophy is very well explained in detail by God Krishna in the 2^nd chapter of the Gita.  He only purifies the soul for the next Kruta age. He only removes the dirty external dress, washes it thoroughly and gives it as a new dress for the soul. Bad qualities are associated with the soul and the associated body also becomes dirty. When your body gets sweaty with a bad odor, your associated dress also becomes bad giving the same odor.

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