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Stories told by Śrīla Prabhupāda
<< 31 Judge who was overseeing one court case >>
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| Once there was a judge who was overseeing one court case. The state prosecutor was making his arguments, big long arguments and then the defense lawyer he came forward and he presented his side and back and forth, back and forth they were arguing. After the judge heard the initial description of the case than he lost interest in the whole thing and he was sitting on the bench, he was just sleeping, like this he was sleeping. And these two lawyers they were arguing back and forth, so the court clerk he saw that the judge was dozing so he thought: “I’d better to do something”. So he walked up to the judge and gave him a little poke. He said: “Your honor, you’re dozing off, you’re not being attentive to this case.” The judge turned and said to the man: “It’s all right, I’ve already decided. They can say what they want but I know what my ruling will be.” And then he went back to sleep.
| | The moral is that the defense and the prosecution could say what they want, but as far as the judge was concerned, the case was already decided. In the same way, Yamaraja has already decided what will happen to you after you die. No one can manipulate your karma. In other words, no amount of arguments, no amount of pleading: “But I meant to do better” is going to change Yamaraja’s verdict.
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