Once Lord Vishnu came to visit Lord Shiva at Kailasa; he left Garuda (His carrier, the half-man half-bird) at the entrance.
Garuda's eyes fell on an arch, it had a beautiful small bird sitting there at the entrance of Lord Shiva's place.
He wondered...
Such a beautiful creation he thought, the one who made these majestic mountains, rivers and trees also made this small little wonderful creation.
At the same time Yama (God of
Death) also entered the abode, noticed the bird. He stopped there and looked at it intensely a while.
At the same time Yama (God of
Death) also entered the abode, noticed the bird. He stopped there and looked at it intensely a while.
Garuda thought that with Yama so intensely looking at it with brows raised, it is the bird's time to leave. He promised himself to protect that bird, he was filled with pity. He took the bird in his talons, rushed to a forest miles away and left the bird on a rock next to a brook,
came back to the entrance.
Yama came out and Garuda asked him, "While going in you saw a bird and got pensive, may I ask why?"
Yama replied: "Well, when my eyes fell on the little bird, I saw that it was to die in a few minutes, swallowed by a python, far away from here in a forest near a brook. I wondered how this tiny creature would traverse thousand miles separating it from its destiny in such a short time. There are no such serpents here, high on Kailash and I was briefly puzzled. Then I forgot. Surely it must have happened somehow.”
Yama smiled and walked away.
Did he know Garuda's role in this?
Is Garuda to be blamed for his right intent that led to a wrong outcome?
Karma is that, you do your duty with best intentions. What happens with someone else is their Karma. The bird's time was up.
Yama came out and Garuda asked him, "While going in you saw a bird and got pensive, may I ask why?"
Yama replied: "Well, when my eyes fell on the little bird, I saw that it was to die in a few minutes, swallowed by a python, far away from here in a forest near a brook. I wondered how this tiny creature would traverse thousand miles separating it from its destiny in such a short time. There are no such serpents here, high on Kailash and I was briefly puzzled. Then I forgot. Surely it must have happened somehow.”
Yama smiled and walked away.
Did he know Garuda's role in this?
Is Garuda to be blamed for his right intent that led to a wrong outcome?
Karma is that, you do your duty with best intentions. What happens with someone else is their Karma. The bird's time was up.
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