Then Shriji Maharaj said, "It is true that there is a lack of vairagya." But it appears to us that whatever ang a person develops as they progress in satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → But nothing other than that happens. And through satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → And when one develops a particular ang, upon developing that ang, their mind becomes somewhat bewildered. Just as a lustful person's mind becomes bewildered by lust, and a wrathful person's mind becomes bewildered by anger, and a greedy person's mind becomes bewildered by greed, similarly, their mind, upon developing an ang, becomes bewildered. Then, in that state of bewilderment, whatever ang... "Becoming bewildered upon developing an ang" does not mean that they become bewildered at the moment the ang is developed. After the ang is developed, when the activities of lust, anger, etc., occur, then they experience bewilderment. For example, Maharaj said that while developing conviction in God, one develops an ang. While developing conviction, when one joins satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → It is only by remaining within that ang that conviction is developed; that is Maharaj's word. If one does not come into the ang—first the ang, and then conviction. If one does not come into the ang, conviction is not developed. So, does ang mean a kind of state? No, Maharaj—in that commentary, this is exactly what is said. Ang means one's own special inclination. Maharaj called that ang. Maharaj says that even before coming into satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → Maharaj gave His own example, "When We were young, Our ang was to go for darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → So, it is called a kind of inclination. Based on past samskaras, whatever inclination we have, which comes naturally to us—like when Maharaj was young, they tested His inclination, right? They placed a book, a peacock feather, and all these things in front of Him. So, without any logic, where do we end up going? Without logic, where do we go and attach ourselves? So, it means that there is some past samskara in it. Everyone has some past inclination and samskaras. So, even after coming into satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → So, rather than attaching to what is in front, what kind of force is there from within? There is an internal force towards it. So, in that, Maharaj mentioned the selection of three things. One is dasbhav, brahmabhav—atmabhav meaning brahmabhav—and pativrata bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → "Other than this, I want nothing else." No analyzing whether this is good or bad. "Other than this, I want no other"—that is called the vow of a pativrata. So, if naturally it happens to someone that they develop a distaste for everything other than Maharaj, a distaste for other avatars, a distaste for other murtis of God, and a greater inclination only towards Maharaj, then that is called the vow of a pativrata. And either they practice dasbhav. When is the vow of a pativrata possible? When one is completely satisfied within satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → For example, let's say we consider, "Brother, we have found this organization, and that is fine." When does a person feel that way? When they are fully satisfied. When they have complete satisfaction here, and they have the conviction in their mind that, "No, no, whatever is needed for our moksha, we are getting all of it. Now we have no need to go anywhere else." After that, they develop the vow of a pativrata, "I want nothing else." In the vow of a pativrata, there is a certain firmness. "Nothing else," like that. Yesterday, when I was listening to a discourse, a very nice point was made. That the Pandavas had lost in gambling, right? So they lost everything. King Yudhishthir lost his kingdom and everything. He lost his four brothers, lost himself, and then lost Draupadi. So then a big trouble arose. There was an uproar, a commotion was created in the entire assembly. So Dhritarashtra saw that the situation would get ruined. So he immediately called Draupadi. "You ask of me, whatever you want to ask, ask for it." So Draupadi asked, "Let our Yudhishthir not remain bound; release him." And then he said, "Ask for yet another boon." So she said, "Release these four brothers. And give them back their weapons, chariots, and everything." "Fine, that is given." "Ask for a third boon." Draupadi said, "Now I will ask of my husbands, I will not ask of you anymore." "Now I do not want anything; I will ask my husbands for that. I only asked this to get them released." I did not ask by surrendering to you. Since you offered, I asked to get my husbands released. Now, whatever I ask, I do not want to ask of you. So, that is called the vow of a pativrata. Nothing other than the husband; similarly, nothing other than Maharaj—then that is the vow of a pativrata towards Maharaj. They do not like anyone other than Maharaj. And their mind is not pleased anywhere else; they are fully satisfied in Maharaj, "Now I have no need to go anywhere else leaving Maharaj"—then that is the vow of a pativrata. And Maharaj said almost the same for dasbhav, right? That they only like to serve Him. "His only" meaning not anyone else's. They only like to serve Him. They consider His word better than anyone else's, "There is none like His." When they feel that way, then they have developed dasbhav. And brahmabhav—"I am distinct from this world." And, "My matching is with God." Then that is called brahmabhav. So, first that happens, and then conviction in God is developed—that is the implied meaning Maharaj has given in this. That when conviction in God is developed, even if there is not much preparation beforehand, before conviction in God is developed, this happens first. After this happens, then the other happens. Suppose someone does not have past preparation. And suddenly they developed conviction in God. Upon coming into satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → So Maharaj says that one's ang—meaning in that commentary it is written that before conviction in God is developed, this ang is developed. And after the ang is developed, then conviction in God is developed. After conviction is developed, bewilderment occurs. After conviction is developed, Maharaj says—meaning, the word written here is like this. Certain tones of the Gujarati language are worth understanding. That "upon developing an ang, bewilderment occurs." So, it does not mean that bewilderment occurs at the time of developing the ang. 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