Why does the sacred water not remove all sins and diseases of all people?

[Priests say that the sacred water (Teertham) removes all sins and diseases. Yet why are all people who drink it not relieved of their diseases.]

The Gita says “Nadatte Kasyachit Papa” which means that the Lord will not take away the sins of any soul. The verse recited by the priests while serving Teertham, says that all the sins will be removed. This contradicts the verse of the Gita. The verse of the Gita is a greater authority. Another verse says that one has to undergo the results of all his deeds whether good or bad (Avashyam anubhokthavyam). Therefore at the time of taking the sacred water a certain person might have completed the result of his sin, which had come in the form of disease [he had already suffered the punishment for his sin adequately, so his disease got cured on drinking the sacred water]. Others may have to continue with the disease because the sin was not completed. Therefore the theory of the verse of the priests is wrong.

We do not doubt the power of the Lord. But we say that the power of the Lord is not in the Teertham. The power of the Lord cannot fail in any case. Even the sun and fire, which are controlled by God, do not fail in their powers. The sun always removes darkness. Fire always removes cold. Of course the incarnations of Lord Datta clearly show the transfer of sins of His devotees on Him and Lord Datta suffers the sins of His real deserving devotees. Therefore neither your worship nor the sacred water is powerful without the will of the Lord. The will of the Lord to undergo the punishment for your sins comes only when you have proved to be a real devotee by serving Him practically without aspiring for any fruit in return. The Lord has given the judgement and He is only giving the results of your deeds. He will not contradict His own judgement. The Dharma deva (Divine Judge; Lord of Justice) is only His external dress. He is the internal person in all the forms of deities. Therefore He cannot contradict His own judgement in the form of another deity. Once in a college, a head of the department resigned from his headship and the resignation letter was sent to the college principal. But the same head was also the principal. The head went to the principal’s office and rejected his own letter! This incident actually happened in an engineering college, in which I was also serving as a professor. The Lord will not cut such a joke. The present tradition makes the Lord to be such a joker.