If Krishna willing...

Verse 1.17.20 (Mohan Prji):

* Nice instructive verse.
* Different people have different theories as to why somebody is suffering. Same is being told by Dharma personified to Maharaj Parikshit.
* SP has put in so many points in this purport.
* One point we will be looking more into is
- Why does He put some into difficulty and not others?
* So how can one develop faith that the Supreme Lord puts us always in the best possible situation.
* By associating with those who have faith.
* DS must be uninterrupted, unmotivated too, whether sorrow or happiness, it must continue.
* Eg: Naradamuni as a small child, no father, and in some time lost his mother too. But he did not stop, he very enthusiastically continued forward to search for the Lord and finally he became the best devotee.
* Another Eg: Pandavas, Queen Kunti was faced with so many problems. She never lost her faith, she continued performing her DS, continued her devotion to Krishna.
* Then, Prahalada Maharaj's example.
* And recently, look at the life of Srila Prabhupada. Until he established ISKCON, every attempt of his was a failure, but he continued.
* Every difficulty in our life, 6 months down the line we will see that this was the best thing to happen to us.
* So very important is to control the mind just when we are in the difficulty, then when we are out we will know that it is for my benefit only that Krishna put us into this.
* SBSST: Whenever we take up any activity, "If Krishna willing, we will do it". That consciousness will always protect us since one always remembers that it is only Krishna's will that makes or breaks things for us, for our benefit.