Question: I have heard in Srila Prabhupada’s lecture that if a devotee could not be able to remember Krsna at the time of death, Krsna can deliver that devotee. But in case of Jada Bharata, he took birth as a deer and undergone three lifetimes to reach Krsna. How can I understand maharaj about this?

Jayapataka Swami: You see at the time of death Bharata remembered the deer. The deer was licking his face and he was thinking, ‘oh, who is going to take care of my pet? My poor deer! Mother’s dead and she is depending on me.’ So he was thinking about the...