Jailer

Author(s): Abhayshekharsuri, Sujata P Kapadia
Publisher: Harshadray Private Limited

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2. KARMASATTA The only authority to punish
Question: In the wordly court, it is often seen that if the jailer is insolent, he may take advantage of the prisoner’s helplessness and may slap him a few times even if the court has not ordered him to do so. He may make the prisoner do some of his personal work. Is the same not possible even with our neighbour or any other person causing harassment to us? Karmasatta may not have punished us as we may not have committed a crime and yet it is possible that the neighbour may have wished to harass us. Wouldn't he be considered evil at such a time?
Answer: No soul can subject another soul to any punishment which has not been ordained by Karmasatta. This should be etched onto our hearts. Only Karmasatta has the right to punish and no one else. However superior the authority, power, wealth or intelligence of any soul, however much he may wish and try to pester another soul but if Karmasatta has not ordered the other soul to be punished, even that superior authority can do nothing to harm him. The story of Aghat Kumar is an infallible example of this.
Once there was a country called Avanti whose capital was Vishalanagari. It was being ruled by a King named Sughatit. The name of the royal priest of that country was Jnanagarbha. Once when the royal court was in session, a servant came in and whispered something into Jnanagarbha's ear, hearing which Jnanagarbha's eyes
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