Prarabdha Karma - the inevitable

This is a small story which emphasizes that the Prarabdha Karma is inevitable;

It so happens that Lord Yama visits Sriman Narayana in Vaikuntha. At the entrance to his right he finds Garuda the vehicle of the Lord who acknowledges him and to the left he sees a small sparrow. Looking at the sparrow Yama make a surprise gesture and walks inside

The Sparrow who saw Yama making a surprise gesture thinks that his time is up and Yama is going to take him away to Yamaloka and it starts trembling. Seeing this Garuda tells the sparrow not to worry and he would help it. Garuda who could fly at the speed of wind asks the sparrow to sit on his back and take it to far Gandhamadana Parvatha.

He then tells the sparrow not to worry and get back to the entrance of Vaikuntha. After sometime Yama comes out and finds the sparrow missing. Garuda who was proud of what he had done, asks Yama what he was searching for. Yama enquires about the sparrow. Garuda tells him now that the sparrow is not there he cannot take it to Yamaloka. Then Yama asks Garuda to tell where he had taken the sparrow to. Garuda tells him he has left the sparrow on the Gandhamadana Parvatha.

Listening to this Yama is amazed to the intricate design Lord Sriman Narayana has made and tells Garuda that when he came to Vaikuntha he was surprised and wondered how the small sparrow which was supposed to be killed by an eagle on Gandhamadana Parvatha at a very few minutes would reach there.