Sanätana Gosvämé was a principal associate of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu. Before becoming a renunciate Sanätana was a prominent minister in the government of Nawab Hussain Shah of Bengal. However he decided to resign his position and ran away from custody. He was travelling with an assistant who carried with him eight gold coins. As they lodged in a roadside inn the owner came to know through an astrologer that the patron has gold on his person. That night the owner made plans to kill them both and take their gold. But Sanätana suspected that the owner was behaving in too friendly a way and decided to surrender the coins and in this way saved his life. Just five hundred years ago a common innkeeper in India had access to astrologer insights which were remarkably accurate.
Moving on to the topic of karma, we learn from the Bhagavad-gétä that only in the human form of life can we change our karma. How is it possible? Certainly it is humanly impossible but Lord Krishna assures that when we surrender to Him, He can change our karma.
