Kathamrita Volume II - Swami Vivekananda

Sreenath, Rakhal Haldar and several otherdevotees come in. Dr. Sreenath holds a copyof the Gita in his hand. Rakhal, Sashi, theYounger Naren and the other devotees are inthe room. The doctors hear the news ofThakur’s illness.Dr. Sreenath (to his friends) — We are allsubject to prakriti. Nobody can evade the fruitof his actions! One has to reap theprarabdha [4] !Sri Ramakrishna — Why, when one repeatsGod’s Name, meditates on Him and surrendersto Him…Dr. Sreenath — Sir, where will the effect ofprarabdha go – the effect of one’s actions of somany earlier births?Sri Ramakrishna — Certainly one must, tosome extent, reap the fruit of one’s actions. Butby virtue of the repetition of God’s Name, a lotof the bondage of actions is dispelled. Maybeone had to be born blind in seven birthsbecause of his actions of previous births. Butafter a dip in the Ganges, which bringsliberation, maybe this fellow remained blindfor the rest of his life, but he was not bornanother six times.Dr. Sreenath — But, sir, the holy books saythat there is no way to free oneself from the