One who can shoot arrows with the left hand as effectively as with the right hand is called 'Savyasachi'. Not just someone who is left-handed. The purpose of becoming a mere instrument is to perform effort while being free of ego. In battle, the purpose is to apply full strength to one's duty while remaining free of ego. To apply full strength to one's duty and not desire the fruit. Not desiring the fruit does not mean that if it comes, it must be given to someone else. One should not be anxious for it, nor should one fight for it, thinking, 'Only I should get this and no one else.' God gives the fruit of an action to the person who performs that action. Just do not be impatient. Would God give the fruit of one person's action to someone else? God never does that. Whoever does it, gets it. They also get the glory. They also get the fruit. And they also attain moksha. But if one desires only moksha, those other two are also attained. If one desires those other two, then moksha is lost, and those may or may not be attained. In this, God said, 'I have already slain them beforehand.' You only have to be a mere instrument. So, in the same way, Maharaj's mission is to take 100 crore vessels and lead the jivas to Akshardham. So, at that time, it was already done, it is already done and... It is not already done. God says, 'If you do not do it, someone else will.' That work is bound to happen. Instead, if you become the instrument, you will attain moksha. If we do not become the instrument, will someone else do it or not? Then God will inspire someone else. He will enter someone else and do it. Instead, we should become the instrument and earn God's pleasure. That is why. God's work, which God has willed, is bound to happen. Who becomes the instrument in it? They benefit, that is all. One who has learned how to be an instrument, their work is done. And if one becomes stubborn, God says, 'No problem, I will find someone else.' God will find someone else. And for God, doing the work is child's play. He only has to inspire someone; God does not have to make any effort in it. But this jiva would attain moksha if it walks a bit straight. The purpose of becoming a mere instrument is to perform effort while being free of ego. In battle... To perform effort while being free of ego means one has become a mere instrument. In battle, the purpose is to apply full strength to one's duty while remaining free of ego. That is why God said, 'Do not be motivated by the fruits of action.' What does that mean? 'Your right is to work only, but never to its fruits. Let not the fruit of action be your motive.' What is the meaning of that? Do not keep repeating, 'I did very well, I did very well.' Do not be proud. 'Let not the fruit of action be your motive' means... Do not be proud of it. 'Nor let your attachment be to inaction.' Again, if someone points it out, do not sit with a sullen face. If someone has done well and someone says it is not good, then? We might be very good, and if someone calls us bad, then? Then what should we remember? When we were monkeys, we must have looked like pigs. So, instead, accept it now. They might have said it remembering our past. The purpose is to apply full strength to one's duty while remaining free of ego. One should not be proud or rejoice even in victory. In doing so as a mere instrument, from one's own side... Do not celebrate victory. Happiness... what is that festival called? Celebration. Celebration. Do not celebrate. If it is there, no problem, take as much as needed. But do not celebrate. If you celebrate, what do you have to... what do you have to do? You have to keep a holiday. You have to take a day off. For celebration, for the prior preparation, seven or eight days, and then to celebrate, you have to take a day off the next day. Celebrate on the day it happens. And the next day you have to take a day off, right? So God says, 'Do not take a day off.' Do not take a single day off. That is what is called selfless seva. If you take a day off, it does not remain selfless seva. If we do not celebrate success, what if we do not recognize those who contributed to the success? Tell them, 'You have a share in this.' Talk to whoever is involved. It is not that they will only feel it if you take a day off or celebrate. Give them credit. What? Give them credit, so they feel, 'Brother, we did it.' The issue is only about credit and feeling. Whoever has a share, give it to them all; we have no problem. But you are worried about all the shareholders, right? Give them credit. Give credit to others. Even if it is ours, give it to others, saying, 'Brother, it happened because you did it, otherwise it would not have happened.' See, God said so, right? I want to give all the credit to you. Mere instrument. 'They have been slain by Me.' I have killed them myself. Still, the credit goes to you, yes. I want to give you the credit. 'Be a mere instrument, O Savyasachin,' meaning I want to give you credit, 'attain glory,' so you take the glory. I want to give you credit. So that is God's nature. He gives credit to others. 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