Do any of you Vaishnavas remember that shlok shlok A verse from shãstras. Tap to open in glossary → Why even talk about the sutras of Kaumudi? All of them jump around like that all day, but when they sit in the discourse, they become so sluggish, oh! As if a load of ten maunds has been placed on them, like what will happen? Will this person live or not? Then we feel that we will have to take him straight to the hospital from here. Because of this... Yes, tell me, who was speaking? Yes Swami, when there is no one to tell us, it is a bit difficult to control our nature, so what should we do then? Keep someone to tell you. We are here to tell you, so keep us. That is our job. Keep someone. Isn't it said in Swami's talks? Tell someone to tell me. If I make a mistake, tell me, and if they don't tell you in fifteen days or a month, then you should feel bad that why didn't you say anything recently? We should... It is written in Maharaj Swami's talks, five good sadhus and five good devotees, to have intense affection for them, that is the meaning of it. If we have told a good person, they will tell us. So if there is no one to tell us, we should say that you tell us. Someone should tell us. Not everyone is like that to tell us. They will say that you are very good, you are very good. But if there is someone who points out our bad habits, they will tell us. So we should tell them. Then there will be no problem. Similarly, the senses also do not get tired and rest from the sense objects. Get maximum work from them that pleases God. Learn to get work done. We should learn to get work done from our senses that pleases God. Sometime during the day, ask yourself how much work was done today to please Maharaj? How much did you remember God? To please Him, how much service of the saints was done? How much service of the devotee was done? Do that. Do not keep the target of changing the nature alone. When Shastriji Maharaj fell ill in 1975, the doctors reported that Swami had taken more work from this body than its capacity. He has taken extreme work. When Swami fell ill, the pain was not being diagnosed. There was one Bakshi Sir in Rajkot, Dr. Bakshi. He was very famous in the whole of Rajkot. So he examined, did all the reports... They went to Jaslok in Bombay, very big doctors did the reports. Then they all gathered and made a decision that Swami has taken so much work from his body, senses, and mind that his senses and mind are completely broken down now. So now Swami needs rest. Then Swami was to rest... Lonavala was arranged. It was a bungalow of some acquaintance of those wealthy people, we had been there once. All that... right now no one is at home. Even our cowshed would be better. It is such a bungalow. So Swami went to rest in that bungalow. Swami went to rest and on the way, he fell into a deep sleep. Such a deep sleep, don't even ask. He had just gone to that environment. So he must have disconnected from everywhere. He went to rest. And Swami got well, without any medicine. So he had taken so much work. So take work from the senses and mind that pleases Maharaj. Do not talk much about getting tired. I am tired, so much burden is on me alone. The one who wants to please, the one who wants to please God, has to do all this. The doctors reported that Swami had taken more work from this body than its capacity. Otherwise, no disease is diagnosed, there is no disease either. Now at this age, he needs some rest. The logic of the senses is like toothpaste. Just as much as you squeeze the toothpaste, that much paste comes out, and if you don't squeeze it and let it lie, after some time it dries up and becomes like wood and becomes useless. Then it even pulls out the teeth. Then it is not even worth giving teeth. If it is completely empty and some strong person squeezes it, enough paste comes out to last for one or two more days. It runs for two days then. As much as you squeeze, paste comes out of it. Senses are also like that. If you take work from the body and senses by putting more pressure, they will give more the next day. The next day their strength itself increases. Today you took work by putting a little pressure, today if you were turning five malas and turned the sixth mala by force, then tomorrow you won't get tired turning six malas. If you did this much service today, then tomorrow this much strength comes in you. And if you left a little today, then tomorrow it becomes three-fourths strength. This is the nature of the senses. This is the nature of the whole body and everyone. That as much as you take work from them by putting pressure, that much more work they give. And as much as you leave them free and keep them loose, their strength decreases. Similarly, if there is someone who takes work from the senses by squeezing them, work does come out. Moreover, suppose the capacity of the seeker is of one horsepower. Strength is measured in horsepower, right? Humans don't have horsepower, but even if they do, let's assume that there is a strength of one horsepower. Moreover, suppose the capacity of the seeker is of one horsepower and today you do not make him work, then the next day it does not store and become of two horsepower. It does not store in that. It becomes two horsepower, but how much does it become the next day? It becomes ninety percent. It doesn't even remain hundred percent, because you gave rest for one day. So it becomes ninety percent. And if you take a little more work, if you took 110 percent work, then the next day it normally becomes 110 percent. This is the nature of the senses. There was a lecture by Chetan Chetan That which possesses chaitanya (full of consciousness). Tap to open in glossary → What do genius people do? They do a little extra. They do five to ten percent more than their capacity. They take the load and... they do it for a long time. For a long time, not like they created a stir for one day and then did not even look at it for a year, they don't do that. That is for a long time. "Satu dirghakala nairantarya adara satkara sevito dradha bhumi." In that Yoga Sutra also the formula to become a genius is given. The one who wants to become a genius then "Satu dirghakala nairantarya adara satkara sevito dradha bhumi." So if he becomes a genius person, does five-ten percent more than his capacity, does it for long life, and does it with interest. Then genius results will definitely come in him. No matter how smart or skilled he is, he won't become a genius. If he does this, even if he is a dullard, he will become a genius. All these geniuses who became famous in the world were all dullards, they were leaders, they were kicked out. Bill Gates was kicked out of school. No one even kept him. That Disney, what is his name? Walt Disney. Walt Disney, he was not getting success anywhere. He was the leader of dullards like us. So even then he did something that no one in the world could do. He conquered a new field. That is called a genius. And those geniuses are all like having an itch in the brain, those who have an itch in the brain are pedantic. They can do all the work only on paper, if this happens then this happens, if this happens then this happens, they keep making crooked figures. They don't understand anything in work. And those who are the leaders of dullards and who are passionate, they understand the work. Genius and pedantic are both opposite. Either pedantic or genius. Moreover, suppose the capacity of the seeker is of one horsepower and today you do not make him work, then the next day it does not store and become of two horsepower. It doesn't happen to anyone. Today we slept the whole day, so tomorrow double strength will come, it doesn't happen like that. If you slept the whole day today, then tomorrow at least for half a day you will feel like sleeping. If you don't make it work for a few days, it becomes of zero horsepower. It suddenly becomes zero from that if you stop for a few days. Then the horse only kicks its legs. It doesn't carry anyone. It does not store, so as much strength to serve God has given to someone, to him whichever field's mastery and skill one has, that today's skill should be used today. Then he gets one and a quarter times the next day. If he doesn't use today's fully, then tomorrow he gets three-fourths. Nature has put such a rule in this sense and mind. To everyone, no one is excluded from it. Therefore, as much strength to serve God has given to someone, he should use it today itself. If he uses it in good work today, then God will give it with a little increase the next day. He gives him a little reward that take, you used it yesterday, so today since you are using it properly, I will give you more. The next day He will give it with a little increase, He won't let it run out, on the contrary, He will give it with an increase. Senses are like horses, their calculation is such that if you make them work tomorrow, they will give more work and if you don't make them work, then even when needed, they will stand up and stand as zero. Therefore, Swami says to use them a little more in the work of God's pleasure and tire them out for today, then tomorrow they will be ready with more strength. Swami says along with upasham, meaning while remembering God, do not get tired of taking work from them. Make them remember Him, make them do bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → By upasham they are truly controlled, not just by exercise. Exercise should definitely be done, to maintain their strength, exercise should be done, but if you want to control them, then by upasham, meaning learn to remember God. Do service while remembering God, do service while pleasing God, then his senses and mind will be well controlled. Do not get tired of taking work from them while remembering God. All the Nand saints and great saints have done the same. Swami says that if we remain free and then practice, it doesn't happen like that. If I remain free, I will sing kirtan kirtan Divine songs about Bhagvãn and His charitras, usually sung to the accompaniment of musical instruments. Tap to open in glossary → kirtan kirtan Divine songs about Bhagvãn and His charitras, usually sung to the accompaniment of musical instruments. Tap to open in glossary → If I get free, I will sing. Then it will never be sung, he won't be able to sing. While doing service only, the practice of bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → So they are shooing away flies with a swatter, they are not doing bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → If someone does, it is a good thing, but otherwise, the practice of upasham, Gopalanand Swami said that it happens like this. AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. Devotional and technical terms with no precise English equivalent (kirtan, satsang, vasana, samskara, and similar) are kept as their plain transliteration rather than force-translated. Not human-proofread., AI-translated, unverified · Source details