Even decades after his death, Mahatma Gandhi is remembered not just as the leader of India’s independence movement, but as a living symbol of truth, integrity, and non-violence. However, the evening of January 30, 1948, remains one of the most debated moments in Indian history — when Nathuram Godse shot Gandhi during his prayer meeting. While many describe it as a political assassination, others view it through a deeper and more philosophical lens — the law of karma.

Gandhi firmly believed, due to his inner spiritual discipline, that he could live up to 120 years. On the day of his death, he was 79 — still in excellent health, mentally sharp, and spiritually vibrant. He had just completed a fast and was moments away from delivering yet another message of peace when the bullets were fired.

According to the law of karma, Godse’s act was not merely violence against Gandhi — it was a karmic violation against himself, his family, society, and the moral fabric of the nation. Karma teaches that every intentional wrongdoing returns — not as punishment from the outside, but as an inevitable reaction from within. Godse was eventually executed — but the deeper damage was far greater: generational trauma, moral injury, and a stain on the soul of a newly born nation.

The essence of karma says:
“The first person harmed by an act of hate — is the one who commits it.”

Had Godse risen above his anger and ego, history may have been different — perhaps he, too, would have become a voice of change. Gandhi’s vision was far beyond political freedom — he dreamed of building India into a global moral power: a nation free from religious dogma, caste-based division, and corruption.

Had he lived, Gandhi would likely have spent the next five decades fighting for spiritual independence after political independence — creating a society rooted not in power, but in pure conscience.

Yet, as the law of karma reminds us — one violent decision is enough to change the destiny of millions.