Question: In regard to ajñāta-sukṛti, is it possible for someone that has no intention to be Kṛṣṇa conscious, to become a devotee involuntarily? By the mercy of devotees or Kṛṣṇa Himself? A mouse in a temple approached a burning lamp that was about to get extinguished. At that moment, his moustache which caught fire, lighted the lamp again. And he died due to fire and because of this he was promoted to Vaikuṇṭha. How can the Lord seemingly favor one and not the other? Is not Lord Caitanya changing in a way, the statements made by Lord Kṛṣṇa in Bhagavad-gītā?

Guru Maharaj: You seem to have offered an answer to the question.  If you are in the right place, at the right time, even if you accidentally offer a service, you will still get the benefit. So why do you consider that as a contradiction?Kṛṣṇa is all auspicious. If you think of Kṛṣṇa positively, negatively, still it is auspicious. If you do worship of Kṛṣṇa consciously, it is auspicious, if you do it accidentally, it is also auspicious. So, we are trying to encourage you, to do it consciously. But even if it is done accidentally, it still works. So that way if you distribute prasāda to a person, he or she may take it as food,but you know it is prasāda,so they get the blessing,like this, we want to give everybody the mercy.
02-July-2020 in Śrīdhām Māyāpur, India