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Bonding of Karma (Bandha)
doctors in the best hospital of the state. Doctors were hopeful. They did not warn us about the danger. Otherwise, we could have taken him to the USA for the treatment. Due to technical reasons, I don't see any possibility of any next child in my family. I feel guilty for not providing proper treatment to my grandson. I feel guilty for the death of my grandson. I feel guilty for the sufferings of my daughter-in-law..."
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Regarding the current status of his daughter-in-law, he said, "It appears my pain is many times more than that of my son or daughter-in-law. Even my daughter-in-law consoles come."
After speaking all this, when he looked at me for some helpful tips to reduce his sufferings, the train was very noisy due to high speed. I told him to wait for the reduction in the noise. This wait gave me some time to think. I thought Anantji has already contacted many renowned saints and scholars who might have consoled him with the words such as: 'Your grandson died but his soul is immortal', 'Everything happens as per the wishes of the Superpower', ... I contemplated that such valuable words have not worked for Anantji, therefore, he needs some more powerful, logical, and explicit messages from the scriptures to lift the load of guilt from his head. Suddenly, I recalled these stanzas of Acārya Kundakunda, and I tried to convey the message of these stanzas to Anantji in an appropriate way. Before presenting these stanzas of Acarya Kundakunda to Anantji, I weighed pros and cons and made sure in my mind that this gentleman is not going to pick up any wrong meaning from these stanzas.
With some introduction, recitation and explanation of some Samskṛta and Hindi verses from Hindu and Jain tradition I mentioned the following points:
(i) You know very well that the soul is eternal. Your grandson's soul is also eternal.
(ii) You have made efforts as much as you could think of. But
