Tonight this injured dog died under our care after spending three days with us. He wasn’t supposed to be here with us, but another one of those strange arrangements happened. Three days ago, late in the night around 1 am, I went outside our main gate to check on some of the regular dogs who visit our temple, because one had appeared sick earlier in the day.
I saw this new dog who in the night looked exactly like one of the regular temple visitors, Tunglu. I noticed he had been hit by a vehicle, and his back legs were paralyzed. There were also some minor wounds on his body that didn’t look too serious externally.
Mistaking him for Tunglu, I thought I should pick him up and lock him in the goshala so that he could recover in a peaceful environment. At the time I didn’t understand how serious his condition was. I carried him to our goshala, and set up a place for him with food and water where he could sleep peacefully.
The next morning I saw Tunglu running around like normal, and that’s when I figured out the dog I had brought in wasn’t who I thought he was. It turns out he was a new street dog who I didn’t know and had just picked up by accident.
For the next three days we tried our best to take care of him, but he would not eat any food at all. He drank water a few times, but ate no food. He also could not move his hind legs and had no sensation below his waist. A vet came and tested with a needle to see if he had any feeling, but below his waist he could not feel any sensation.
We gave him charanamrita from the temple with his water, and he was able to hear the kirtan for the three days he stayed with us. We really thought he would recover, because the external wounds did not look that bad, but I suspect he had internal injuries.
Last night I spent around 10 minutes petting him and talking to him, and he tolerated me while I applied medicine on his wounds. He still would not eat anything. Early this morning I was surprised to see he had passed away in the night, after having spent three days with us.
Now we will bury him in the temple garden along with tulasi and flower prasadam from the temple. What a strange arrangement for him to accidentally show up at our temple and receive the blessings of Lord Krishna in his final days.
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These stories of Love are so blessing to read, especially with all the dark things going on in the world.
Thank-you.
OM Shanti
How do we develop pure hearts like u people ?when will the filth inside ll go?
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. He is indeed a Blessed Soul. Om Shanti.
The dog was obviously in a lot of pain with internal injuries and traumatised (apart from the external wounds) having been hit as you say by a vehicle. Did the vet give him any pain killers to relive the pain and make the dog comfortable?
In the state the dog was in, how could the dog even eat any food? Because the dog could not feel the needle it does not mean that he was not in awful pain and suffering internally. May the dog’s soul rest in peace.
Very surprised, May be dog’s reached to vaikunth dham