Bhavanti bhāvā bhūtānāṁ matta eva pṛthagvidhāḥ. Since the chapter on mental states and divine glories is being discussed here, the opposing emotions like fear, aversion, and infamy, which are flawed, the desire to eradicate them from the heart is considered a manifestation of God's power or His divine glory. To eradicate infamy, like that. To eradicate fear. Fear and all those are negative qualities. Infamy and others like that were mentioned, right? Aversion. Emotions, feelings. Aversion. All those are negative qualities. They are negative traits. Negative. To completely eradicate them from the soul, that too is God's divine glory. Maharaj is telling us the same thing, isn't He? What is the present state? To eradicate negative emotions. Yes. The emotions are negative. Like, being free from pride (nirman), free from attachment (nirmoha), free from taste (nisvada), free from worldly affection (nisneha), free from greed (nirlobha). Maharaj says that if one practices these five attributes, he becomes like God Himself. Many such things have been said. It is difficult. So, when the examination of sadhus takes place, then Maharaj described these characteristics of sadhus. These five attributes should be present. Maharaj has said the same in the Shikshapatri, right? What is mentioned in the duties of sadhus in the Shikshapatri? Jetavyāścāntarā... oh, Jetavyāścāntarā arāya. Sarvendriyāṇi jeyāni rasanātu viśeṣataḥ | That... no... Strī-straiṇa-saṅgādi-varjyam jetavyāścāntarārāyā | Maharaj described that as the extraordinary characteristic of a sadhu. And a sadhu is said to be next to God. Then, after becoming a sadhu, one has to become like God. That's why, see, everyone becomes like God after becoming a sadhu. So, once one becomes a sadhu, he is said to be next to God. So, attaining a status like God, that is His divine glory. It does not come without this. All these are negative qualities. They are negative qualities, so it cannot be without them. That is God's divine glory. It is even greater than that. Maharaj mentioned 30 characteristics of a sadhu, 6 characteristics of a sadhu. 64 characteristics, 39 characteristics, compared to all those mentioned, Maharaj has stated five very profound ones. If those five are present, one becomes like God. But to completely uproot them from the soul, Maharaj says that. Maharaj did say that the seeds of lust and other desires are burnt away. He said so. So it must be happening, right? But it is very difficult. Because it is God's divine glory. Who is said to be free from pride (nirmani)? No desire for respect. What? No desire for self-respect. No desire for self-respect. Who is it? If someone has no desire, is he called nirmani? To me, someone is completely worthless, insignificant, to him if he desires self-respect, how can it happen? He might not be getting it anyway. And perhaps he believes, "I don't want it." then? Then he is not called nirmani. Then he is not called nirmani. But he doesn't have this desire, so? When all qualities are complete and there is a desire to serve others, then one is nirmani. One becomes nirmani through the desire to serve others. Whether one received less respect or more respect, compared to that, if one serves others and has such a desire, then he is called nirmani. And serving others is very difficult. Serving others is difficult. Especially when we want to do things our way. In service, one has to do what the other person wants. That's why it is said, "maunān mūkaḥ pravacanapaṭur vātulo jalpako vā |" "dhṛṣṭaḥ pārśve vasati ca sadā dūrataścāpragalbhaḥ |" "kṣantyā bhīru ryadi na sahate prāyaśo nābhijātaḥ |" "sevādharmaḥ paramagahano yogināmapyagamyaḥ |" Even yogis do not know how to do it. See. It is not like that. Why? If one serves, either he becomes mute or he becomes talkative, a chatterbox, that's what happens. Now, a mute person has to become one of the two. One has to become one of the two, right? What does 'mundhado' (mute/stubborn) mean, brother? Swamiji would immediately ask, "Explain what 'mundhado' means." Yes? He doesn't listen to anyone. He only does what he wants. Even if 10 people give opinions and advice, "Brother, Sahebji, please make this much change," he won't do it. To listen to no one, not even to a well-wisher, that is called being 'mundhado'. Yes? He doesn't speak, like that. He listens, when someone says something, he doesn't speak back to him. But he doesn't do it. When he doesn't do it, then he is called 'mundhado'. Just because he doesn't speak, he is not called 'mundhado', like that. But he doesn't do anything. He doesn't make any changes. So, "maunān mūkaḥ |" So that is also a blemish. And it is also guidance. It is both a blemish and guidance. Then, should one chatter back? Not to speak, but to change, like that. So he is not called 'mundhado'. He is also called mute. Silence is a duty, silence is a virtue, and here silence is also called a flaw, like that. But one should change quickly. There is no need to speak. "maunān mūkaḥ |" "pravacanapaṭuḥ vātulo jalpako vā |" If we chatter on and on, then? It says so. This one is a chatterbox. So, should one be a chatterbox? Then what to do? What to do? Yes? To speak where it is necessary to speak, that is service. To speak where it is necessary to speak, that is service. "dhṛṣṭaḥ pārśve |" 'Pārśve', like that. 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