— Śrī Śrīla Shyām Dās Bābā Mahārāj
Bhagavān alone is the only protector of us all. When all material arrangements for our protection become failure, then His mercy alone can become our shelter. I want to give two examples in regard to this.
Once, the major general belonging to Hitler’s military group was inside the fighting jet plane up in the sky to fight with enemy and suddenly the plane was attacked by the opponents and started falling down. He could realize that today is my last day of my life because the plane was about to crash down in the area of the enemy. Then he started praying cravingly from heart in the following way– “If at all there is any Supreme Divinity, please save me now in this dangerous condition.”
By some divine arrangement the plane crashed on the German side, which was really almost impossible to happen, because it was supposed to fall on the English side, which would have created a far more dangerous situation for him. The man remained in a coma for several weeks. When he finally regained consciousness then his first question was — “Where am I at present?” He was assured about his safe landing in his motherland when the plane crushed down. In this way we can see that his life was protected by the divine arrangement by the Supreme Lord.
This way we can keep faith that Bhagavān can protect us if we have hundredth percent surrender unto His Lotus Feet. Here in this context we can give another example which happened long ago (appeared in Newspaper). Once, a large ship capsized in the middle of the ocean. Among all the passengers there was one man who was feeling helpless to get support because he was not a good swimmer, but somehow the man remembered Kūrma-deva and prayed sincerely for self-protection. Really a miracle happened suddenly, a huge turtle appeared on the surface to protect that man, and finally he was protected by taking shelter of that tortoise.
Again we can remind you about the recent plane crash took place at Ahmedabad (India), there in spite of the complete plane crash only one passenger was saved by the Supreme divinity.
Such incidents clearly show that when all material strength, intelligence, and support etc. all become useless, then only we can depend upon Bhagavān for His causeless mercy to get protection. Those who sincerely remember Him, even in helplessness, are never abandoned.
tasmin praviṣṭe ’sura-kūṭa-karmajā
māyā vineśur mahinā mahīyasaḥ
svapno yathā hi pratibodha āgate
hari-smṛtiḥ sarva-vipad-vimokṣaṇam (ŚB 8.10.55)
Just as the dangers experienced in a dream disappear when the dreamer awakens, the illusions created by the jugglery of the demons were destroyed by the transcendental prowess of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as soon as He entered the battlefield. Indeed, by simply remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one becomes freed from all dangers.