Question: We have heard that one result of taking charanamrita is akala mrtyu haranam – freedom from untimely death. How to understand devotees’ dying in accident or due to sudden illness or other unfortunate circumstances?

Jayapataka Swami: Maybe they didn’t take charanamrita! So by taking charanamrita, some of the benefits are stated. Akala mrtyu haranam. So we don’t know exactly what is akala – untimely death. Maybe our death is meant to be at a certain age, so it is not actually...