By Avayanga Das
We all are fortunate and blessed to be a part of International Society for Krishna Consciousness “Family of Srila Prabhupada”. We keep immense faith in mercy of Lord Krishna and his arrangements for his devotees. Of and on we get to know about the real life experiences of devotees, and today I am taking an opportunity to share such an experience with you. It was experienced by a devotee recently. It was a usual Sunday for Madhava (name has been changed on request). After meeting his weekend chores, he headed for Iskcon, East of Kailash, New Delhi on his bike. He could feel some mechanical problem with his bike but careless for such an issue he continued his ride to meet Sri Sri Radha Parthasarthy. After darshans he attended IYF Class, Gaura Aarti and Bhakti Vriksha. The day was about to end for Madhava and he walked towards parking area. To the heights of his surprise he found a mechanical glitch in his bike. He couldn’t start his bike even after putting many efforts. First he thanked god for not letting this glitch interrupt his ride from home to temple, otherwise he would miss his IYF class. It was 9:30 p.m. and he had to travel a long distance, so he decided to park his bike inside the temple and go home by bus. Monday was a working day for him and he could not think of a possible situation to visit temple and get his bike repaired. It was also difficult for him to leave his bike till next weekend. He decided to look for a mechanic around and started to drag his bike. Generally he takes the way that goes to Okhla flyover but his inner conscious asked him to take the other way that goes to Greater Kailash. Unaware of the way and possibility of finding a mechanic he continued dragging his bike. After going little further, he was glad to find a bike mechanic in his workshop. The mechanic (Abdul Khan) was about to close the shop but agreed to attend Madhava’s call. Abdul said “I close my shop by 8:30 p.m. but today I stayed back for some work”. Later he found that Magnetic ignition coil was damaged and had to be changed. It was late night and not possible to arrange that spare part to repair the bike. Madhava decided to leave his bike with the mechanic for repair and will collect it the next day. All of a sudden Abdul realized that he had a spare coil kept for one of his customers who was supposed to come for his bike repair. Because he did not turn up during the day, the unused coil kept safe with him. He asked his helper to get the new coil and change it with the damaged one. Abdul asked for Rs. 200 from Madhava for repair. Madhava put his hand into his pocket to get the money and realized that his wallet was missing. He was in such a position where he didn’t know what to do. He informed Abdul that he didn’t have money. Abdul asked him to call someone and arrange for money if possible, but nothing worked. Helpless Madhava was upset and opened the front zipper of his jacket, which would reveal his bead bag hung in his neck. Abdul looked at that and asked if he belonged to Iskcon. Madhava replied positively. Abdul took over the charge of this conversation and started telling him about one of his very good customers who is an Iskcon devotee. He said his name was “Amit Ghosh”. Madhav’s eyes shined and said “I know Amit Ghosh Prabhu, he is my dear friend”. Abdul asked him few things about Amit Ghosh Prabhu. After Madhava confirmed and gave details about Amit Ghosh Prabhu, Abdul was very happy. He offered him a chair to sit and said “Now you don’t worry about the money, you have given reference of such a person that I need not to worry about my money”. Please take your bike and pay me when you visit Iskcon next time. Madhava couldn’t say anything but thanked him many times and started for home. He had no words to express his gratitude for Krishna. He offered his heartiest obeisance to his beloved lord many times. His was simply amazed by experiencing Krishna’s Arrangement.
Hare Krishna!
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