In the sacred hush of Brahma Muhurta—those serene pre-dawn hours when the world still sleeps and the soul feels closest to Lord Krishna—a simple cab ride to the railway station became the setting for one of the most touching book distributions of June 24, 2015. The driver, Ved Prakash Sharma, carried a name steeped in Vedic heritage, yet the timeless scripture had remained untouched in his life… until that morning.
As we neared the station, I offered him a copy of the Srimad Bhagavad Gita.
“Though I have been born in a brahman family, I have never read Bhagavad Gita before,” he shared quietly. “My father used to tell me to read it, but I ignored…”
“But why, Ved Ji?” I asked gently.
“Somehow I am not interested…”
I looked at him with understanding. “Are you interested to drive the car day and night?”
“Absolutely not… It’s very painful, and I don’t even get sound sleep sometimes.”
“But still you are running this car.”
“I have to…”
“Exactly,” I replied softly. “Similarly, you have to read Bhagavad Gita to get out of the innumerable pains that this body has been carrying from time immemorial. I know your job is such that you hardly get any peaceful time. Still, if you can manage—even on a daily basis—to read the Gita whenever you are waiting for a client, it would be great. Maybe only two or three verses, but that would be enough for the day.”
“Please read Bhagavad Gita on a daily basis… Please, Ved.”
He looked at the book, then at me, and gave a gentle nod. “Ok sir… I will try to read…”
I am thankful to Ved Prakash Sharma, who will now be making the best use of his waiting moments by reading the Gita while his passengers are yet to arrive!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, whose Bhagavad Gita, As It Is, turns even the busiest, most tiring schedules into opportunities for eternal relief.
This Brahma Muhurta encounter carries a tender, powerful message for every soul—especially those whose days are filled with relentless duty: You may not feel “interested” in the Gita at first, just as you may not feel excited about another long shift behind the wheel. But necessity teaches us discipline. The body demands fuel, rest, movement; the soul demands nourishment too. And unlike the pains of material existence that repeat endlessly, even a few verses of Lord Krishna’s song can begin to dissolve anxiety, fatigue, and the weight of lifetimes.
Ved Ji’s cab may keep moving through traffic, but now his heart has a quiet place to rest—in the waiting moments, in two or three verses at a time. That small daily practice is enough to start the journey home.
To every reader whose life feels “too busy” or “not the right time”: Lord Krishna doesn’t ask for hours of leisure. He asks for sincerity in whatever moments you have. A verse while the meter runs, a page during a break, a line remembered between fares—those fragments accumulate like drops filling an ocean of bhakti.
Have you ever found unexpected “waiting time” in your day that could become sacred reading time? Or rediscovered interest in something you once ignored? Share your thoughts below—your small story might encourage someone else to say “Ok sir… I will try” today.
More divine early-morning and roadside awakenings coming soon, all part of the journey toward a book filled with these sacred, simple yeses to Lord Krishna.