lead me Krishna

yes, If it is ordained by Fate.. or the holy rules of Karma that I should be kicked, I shall receive the kick..

but the Divine being, who is ever merciful, although He cannot flout the rule of Karma, can always form a buffer between the leg that is kicking and my body which receives the kick.. so that the intensity of the kick is very much reduced..

In fact Krishna always does that.. and true, that is the reason for our abiding faith in him..

and millions of hands raised heavenwards will not be gratitude enough..

That is why we ask... Karuna Cheyvaan enthu taamasam.. Krishna..കരുണ ചെയ്‌വാന്‍ എന്ത് താമസം കൃഷ്ണാ Krishna, why is there so much of delay in showering your mercy..

.

The Vaishnava Sharanagathi is based on this principle.. the devotee and the Acharya on behalf of the devotee prays to Narayana and the Mother Sreedevi confessing that aparadhams have been done deserving the severest punishment, but the doer of the wrongs is not capable of surviving the full punishment..

and therefore the deities, especially the Mother should consider the case with mercy and by the intervention of the Mother, Sriman Narayana should reduce the punishment and grand Vaikuntam..

What a sublime idea..

We human beings, especially believers just place all our hopes in the infinite mercy of the Lord..

Otherwise, we are beyond any hope..