BURN Your Bad Karmas in THIS Life Itself – UNTOLD Story to Change Your Destiny | Swami Mukundananda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaBDsB3cRJ4 The video narrates a story from scripture to illustrate the immense power of Bhakti (devotion) to destroy accumulated karma and change one's destiny. The Story of King Sumit and His Past Life • King Sumit was a prosperous and righteous ruler who possessed the power of jati smar (remembering his past life). • When asked the secret to his success by the sage Vibandhak, King Sumit revealed that in his previous life, he was a very sinful person named Matuli [01:13]. He was a thief, looter of temple offerings, and was eventually thrown out by his parents for his vices [01:32]. • While wandering, he came upon a deserted temple, which he began to clean and maintain [01:41]. He would perform dhwaja rohan (hoisting a flag on the temple spire) and take care of the deities [02:05]. • Later, a similarly sinful young woman, “Avakokila”, who was also thrown out by her parents, joined him [02:15]. They continued to serve the temple together; Matuli prepared bhog (offerings), and “Avakokila” would dance before the deities [03:02]. The Power of Devotion Over Karma • After many decades, both Matuli and “Avakokila” died and were immediately confronted by the Yamduts (messengers of the god of death) who intended to take them to the lower regions for their past sins [03:36]. • However, the Vishnuduts (messengers of Lord Vishnu) intervened, declaring that the power of their Bhakti (devotion) was so strong that it had decimated the accumulated stockpile of their past sins [03:45]. • The speaker then quotes a scripture which says, "just like a stockpile of hay can be burnt with a little spark, likewise is the power of Bhakti... it burns away the sinful reactions of your impious deeds of endless lifetimes" [04:16]. • Consequently, the Yamduts returned, and Matuli (King Sumit) and “Avakokila” were reborn with knowledge, wisdom, and a pious mindset [04:41]. The Three Types of Karma The video explains that everyone has control over their destiny through their actions (karma): 1. Sanchita Karma: The accumulated stockpile of karmas from endless lifetimes, which are accounted for by God [05:21]. 2. Prarabdha Karma (Destiny): A portion of Sanchita Karma that God assigns to be experienced as consequences in the current life [05:32]. 3. Kriyamana Karma (Free Will): The actions we perform by our free will in the present life. This is not determined by God but is entirely in our hands [05:54]. The key to achieving eternal welfare is to focus on Kriyamana Karma—what is in our hands—and use our self-effort to attract the divine grace of God [06:15]. Timestamp Transcript Segment [00:01] king Sumit was the ruler of the seven regions of the planet earth he was a king of the lunar [00:11] dynasty Chandra Vanshi Raja and in his kingdom tremendous prosperity prevailed where arts and culture flourished and the citizens were embracing [00:26] dharma there was so much of prosperity and welfare that it attracted the attentions of the celestials as well [00:37] and once the son of Kashyap Muni, Vibandhak, arrived with this curiosity how king Sumit had it all so wonderful in [00:50] his life and works he asked Sumit what was the secret of his prosperity and success, Sumit along with his [01:02] wife Satyamati were jati-smaras these are people who remember their past life so he related "Oh great sage in [01:13] my last life I was a very sinful person called Matuli in my youth itself I stole from men i [01:24] did not even spare women and children in fact I even looted the offerings made to the deities in the [01:32] temple i also had vices and finally my parents gave up on me and threw me out of my house [01:41] i then started wandering in the forest and arrived at a deserted temple i cleared up its floor cleaned up [01:54] the altar started tending to the garden lot of the temple and the years passed by I would every month [02:05] do a dhwaja rohan vrat where I would hoist a flag on the shikhar and take care of the deities in [02:15] my broken understanding until one day a young lady also arrived her clothes were tattered as she was in a [02:24] disheveled state i asked "Who are you?" She said "I am “Avakokila” but why have you come here young [02:35] lady?" She said "I have been thrown out of my house by my parents i beguiled the men i cheated [02:43] the women although I am a lady I had the vices of drinking and smoking and when my parents were [02:52] unable to correct my ways they threw me out." That then said king Sumit in my past life made two [03:02] of us we continued to take care of the temple, “Avakokila”would dance before the deities i would prepare [03:13] bhog offerings for them and continue with the dhwaja rohan after many decades our “Avakokila” was old and one day while [03:24] serving the deities she collapsed on the floor dead, in grief from her separation I also collapsed and suffered a [03:36] spot death and then we saw the Yamduts arrived and they wanted to take us to the Nether regions for [03:45] the sins we had committed but before they could do so the Vishnuduts also came and intervened and said "Look [03:54] whatever be the accumulated stockpile of their past sins the power of their bhakti was such that it decimated them all [04:16] Srimad Bhagavatam says just like a stockpile of hay can be burnt with a little spark likewise is the power [04:28] of bhakti it burns away the sinful reactions of your impious deeds of endless lifetimes so consequently the Yamduts [04:41] returned and I and our “Avakokila” were reborn in this world with knowledge wisdom and a pious mindset so Vibandhak muni [04:58] blessed them understanding how they had transformed their life by their devotion this option is available to all of us [05:12] we are where we are in this journey of endless lives as a consequence of what we did in the [05:21] past so the karmas of endless lifetimes are accounted for by God they are called “Sanchit Karmas”. When he sends [05:32] us down again he takes a portion of that and says "My child these consequences of your own actions you [05:44] will have to bear in this life they become our “Prarabdh” for life however apart from that “Prarabdh” or in other words, the destiny [05:54] that we are born with, we have the ability to do karmas by our free will this is called “Kriyaman” karmas [06:05] “Kriyaman” karmas are not determined by God it is in our own hands what we get in life is a combination [06:15] of both “Prarabdh” and “Kriyaman” karmas so way to achieve eternal welfare is to latch on to the “Kriyaman” karmas, what [06:29] is in our hands and to make the best out of it so we have understood the importance of selfeffort [06:40] to attract the divine grace of God