FRUIT OF EVERY SPECIFICED ACTION CONNECTED

TO DOER ALONE

Parents Expect Property To Be Enjoyed by Children

O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,
[June 20, 2013 A devotee asked since the father, the departed soul,
gave his property to his son, the charity done by the son also must effect
the father, the departed soul. Hence, the ritual performed for the departed
soul must also protect the departed soul.]
Swami replied: It is true that in the ritual, the aim (Sankalpa) is
revealed as that this ritual is done for the departed soul to attain the abode
of God (Brahmaloka) apart from the welfare of the self. But, on actual
analysis, such effect is very little and can be considered almost nil. The
departed soul gave his property to his son due to the blind strongest bond
for his son (Putreshana). The aim of the father is that the given property
should be enjoyed by his son, grandson etc., as a chain. The aim of the
father is never that his son should do the charity. If such aim existed in
his mind, he might have himself done it during his life time. After the
transaction, the son becomes the sole proprietor of the property. The son
has full options to do the charity or to enjoy the entire property without
any charity. In such case, if the son does the charity, the total credit should
go to his son only. Every deed has a specified result and the fruit of the
deed is always connected to the doer only as per the ruling of God. The
son, being a limited human being, has no power to meddle with the divine
system at any place. It is said that the doer alone must reap the fruit of his
deed even after crores of births (Kalpakoti Shatairapi…). The doer, a
limited human being, may express his wish as the aim of the ritual. But,
the aim need not be fulfilled if it is not sanctioned by God as per the norms
of the divine mechanism of deeds (Karma Chakra) set by Him. The human
being has no power to fulfill his aim and finally the divine mechanism
alone takes care of everything.
The father may insist the son to do the rituals as per the tradition. The
reason for such instruction is not the charity to be done to a deserving
person. The only reason is that every human being fears that it may
become ghost (Pishacha) if the traditional rituals are not performed after
his death. Such fear alone provokes the charity. Otherwise, none wishes to
do the charity. Therefore, the charity insisted by the father based on the
fear cannot protect him after death. Even the son does the charity in order
to blindly protect the departed parents or for welfare of his family.
Therefore, the charity becomes a waste even if it is done to deserving
person due to impure aim of the deed. Moreover, added to this defect,
another clear defect is added, which is the lack of deserving receiver. The
present commercial priests do not at all deserve. Hence, the ritual is totally
wasted. You call all your relatives without analyzing their defects and
merits. Most of the relatives are undeserving like the commercial priests.
Therefore, the total ritual becomes useless even though the son has good
intention to do good charity. The deserving person is the life of the ritual.
The deservingness of the human incarnation is highest, which is beyond
our imagination. If you are lucky to get the God in human form, the
generated power of the fruit is also wonderful that it protects not only the
doer but also all the forefathers. But, such occasion is very rare. Therefore,
do not be hasty in doing the ritual on a specified date only involving
undeserving receivers. Such ritual generates negative results and it is better
not to do such ritual.
Whenever the deserving receiver is available, perform the ritual
irrespective of the specified dates because our ultimate aim is the positive
result and not the negative result. If there is Sun-eclipse on the specified
date, the ritual is postponed to a further date. For such small reason, if the
postponement is allowed, why not for the biggest reason, which is the
entire essence of the ritual? You hurriedly bring some bridegroom to your
daughter, since the priest told that a particular day (Muhurtam) is best. You
must first search the suitable bridegroom for your daughter and then
only approach the priest for the auspicious day to perform the marriage.