Now there was a female sevak of Shri Gusainji, the daughter of a Seth, who lived in Lahore. On the advice of Chachaji, she gave poison to her husband. The sentiment of her account is spoken as follows.
Bhav Prakash (Revealing the Sentiment): She is a rajasic devotee. In the divine play, her name is “Raine.” She is the daughter of the gopa named Manasukha; therefore, she is of emotional form.
That Seth’s daughter was married in Lahore into the house of a non-devoted person. Previously, neither any Vaishnava nor anyone from the Vallabha lineage ever went there, nor was there any Bhagavad-dharma. That Seth’s daughter sustained herself for one year by eating raw chickpeas. This matter became known to Shri Gusainji. Then Shri Gusainji, out of compassion for her, sent Chacha Harivanshji there.
Chacha Harivanshji went and arrived in that village. There he camped in a garden. But for one whole month, there was no meeting between that Seth’s daughter and Chacha Harivanshji. Then Chacha Harivanshji began to ask for alms. Then he came to the house of that Seth’s daughter. There, that Seth’s daughter came out to give alms. When that Seth’s daughter saw the tilak and neck beads of Chachaji, she understood that he was some Vaishnava. Then that Seth’s daughter asked Harivanshji, “Whose sevak are you?”
Then Harivanshji understood, “This is the same girl.” Then Harivanshji said, “I am a sevak of Shri Gusainji.” Then that Seth’s daughter recognized Harivanshji, remembered Shri Krishna, and began to weep. She wept very much. Then Harivanshji asked that Seth’s daughter, “Why are you crying? What such sorrow do you have?”
Then that Seth’s daughter said to Harivanshji, “I am a sevakini of Shri Gusainji. My parents are also sevaks of Shri Gusainji. They live in Gujarat. But they married me here, into the house of this non-devoted person. The entire household is opposed to dharma. There is no proper conduct or practice. This is a mleccha land. No Vaishnava or anyone from the Vallabha lineage ever comes here. What should I do now? For one full year I have passed my days eating raw chickpeas.” Saying this much, she again began to weep.
Then Harivanshji consoled her and said, “Do not cry. For your sake alone, Shri Gusainji has sent me here. Therefore, now do whatever I say.” After that, the Seth’s daughter stopped crying. Then Chachaji said, “The Lord is very compassionate. Why would He not take care of his own devotee? Now all your sorrow will be removed. Have patience and do one thing—give poison to your husband.”
Then that Seth’s daughter accepted Chachaji’s words and gave poison to her husband. That husband died. Then everyone in the house began to weep. Then that Seth’s daughter said to all the people of her husband’s family, “Outside this village, there is a garden. There is a great saint there. If you go to him and make a supplication, that great saint will revive my husband. I have seen this in a dream.”
Then everyone went to the garden outside the village. There they went and supplicated to Chacha Harivanshji, saying, “If you revive that man of ours, we will give you the gift of life.” Then Harivanshji said to them, “If the entire household becomes Vaishnava, then your man will live.” Then all of them said to Harivanshji, “Whatever you say, we will all do. But you revive him, and bestow great compassion upon all of us.” Then Harivanshji gave charnamrit. They took it, poured it into his mouth, and gave it to him. Then he came back to life.
Bhav Prakash (Revealing the Sentiment): In this account, there is a great doubt as to why Harivanshji, such a Bhagavadiya, told the Seth’s daughter to give poison in this manner. He is all-powerful; in a moment, he could have made the entire household Vaishnava. Then why did he tell her to do such an action that goes against worldly conduct?
Here it is said that Chachaji knew the destiny and previous connection of this Seth’s daughter. In a previous birth, she was the daughter of a king. That king was very arrogant. He would not allow daughters to grow up in his house; whenever a daughter was born, he would have her killed by poison. Because he would have to beg others for her marriage and be humiliated, he acted in this way. Thus, that king also gave poison and killed this daughter in that birth.
That same king, in this birth, became her husband. Now, in this birth, this Seth’s daughter would kill him by giving poison. This matter was known to Chachaji. Therefore, in order to complete this destined karma, Chachaji told the Seth’s daughter to act in this way. Otherwise, this act would still have had to occur later. Therefore, he said this. Afterwards, Chachaji remembered the Lord and gave charnamrit. Therefore, that man received a new birth. In this way, the destined karma of both was erased. Such are Bhagavadiya devotees—so compassionate that they erase the destined karma of many lifetimes in a moment.
Then Harivanshji said to all of them, “Now all of you bathe, come wearing untouched, new, clean clothes, along with that man. Then I will make you Vaishnavas.” Then the entire household, along with that man, bathed, wore new clean clothes, and came to Harivanshji and submitted, “Now please bestow your grace and compassion upon us and make us all Vaishnavas. By your grace, our man has lived. You are indeed a great saint.”
Then Chachaji, out of compassion for them, bestowed names upon all of them and made them Vaishnavas. Then all of them became extremely joyful. After that, Chachaji said to all of them, “Now do exactly as this daughter-in-law tells you. Then you will be well.” In this way, he instructed everyone, and Chachaji departed from there and came to Shri Gokul. Afterwards, Chachaji told Shri Gusainji all these matters. Hearing this, Shri Gusainji became very pleased.
Thus, that Seth’s daughter was such a greatly favored Bhagavadiya recipient of Shri Gusainji’s grace that she made her entire family sevaks and uplifted them. And Shri Gusainji could not bear her suffering; therefore, He Himself, out of compassion, sent Harivanshji to her. Therefore, how much of her account can be narrated?