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Question: When is the Child's Prayer Answered?

Hare Krishna!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Srila Gurudeva and Srimati Gurumata!

namo om visnu padaya krsna prestaya bhutale
srimate sankarsana dasa adhikariti namine
namo prabhupadanuga prema-murti krpatmane
gauradesa-vikasartha-uttama bhakti varsine
My Dear Srila Gurudeva,
In Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 3, Chapter 31 prayers of the child in the womb are described. When the child is sincerely praying for deliverance from his mother's womb, promising to engage in devotional service when he his released, why does he forget his prayers when he is pushed outside of his mother's womb? Why is maya, servant of Krishna overpowering a living entity who is praying? When will the Lord answer his prayers?

Thanking you for your mercy

Your insignificant servant in the dust of your lotus feet,

Guru Vandana devi dasi

Answer: When He Accepts a Spiritual Master

From: Solferino, Mauritius

My Dear Disciple Guru Vandana,

Please accept my blessings.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Srila Prabhupada explains:

"As long as the child is within the womb of his mother, he is in a very precarious and horrible condition of life, but the benefit is that he revives pure consciousness of his relationship with the Supreme Lord and prays for deliverance. But once he is outside the abdomen, when a child is born, maya, or the illusory energy, is so strong that he is immediately overpowered into considering his body to be his self."
(from purport to SB 3.31.20)

Maya is able to overpower him because instead of praying for pure devotional service in any condition of existence he is praying that his external situation may be changed.

This prayer for deliverance he made within the womb is answered when by the grace of Lord Sri Krishna he comes in contact with a bona fide spiritual master who teaches him to pray for pure devotional service in any condition of existence, even if it means taking birth after birth to serve the mission of the Lord.

I hope this meets you in the best of health and in an ecstatic mood.
Your ever well-wisher,

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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