Vairāgyam jñeyam-aprītiḥ Śrī-Kṛṣṇetara-vastuṣu | Jñānam ca jīva-māyeśa-rūpāṇām suṣṭhu vedanam || And to have no love for any object other than Lord Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → The characteristic of vairagya: to have dislike, distaste, and indifference towards enjoying objects and things other than Lord Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → Attachment, love for sensual pleasures, its absence, not having love for sensual pleasures is called vairagya. A devotee who... Rañjayati iti rāgaḥ. We feel happy in our mind. Even if we cannot express it outwardly, our facial expression changes in our mind. What happens to us when someone praises us? And if they criticize? From within, we feel like this, from within, we feel disturbed. That is called attachment. Rañjayati iti rāgaḥ. That means it makes us very happy from within. Do you know what happens when a dog is eating a piece of bread? Its tail wags like this. The tail does not stop, so we should not wag our tail, we should tie it and then do that. When what we want happens, or when someone praises us, we should tie that tail at that time; it should not wag so that no one knows. Whatever is to happen within will happen, but that tail tells on us like this. When it wags, it tells that this Mahatma has become very happy. So, even if we do not have it, we still have to tie it; whatever is wagging must be tied. To have dislike, distaste, and indifference towards enjoying objects and things other than Lord Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → That is what happens in praise. Saints do not need anything else, so this is their only support. To have dislike, distaste, and indifference towards enjoying objects and things other than Lord Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → His heart does not become pleased by acquiring them. He has a hunger to attain God, so he does not blossom so much in this. Maharaj said that just as when one has chewed lemons or tamarind and the teeth have become sensitive, one swallows a grain of cooked rice. To sustain the body, one has to eat, so one swallows it, but it is not tasteful. Similarly, one makes a living and gets by with the objects of this world, but does not remain attached to them. Then Maharaj says call it vairagya. Vairāgyam jñeyam-aprītiḥ Śrī-Kṛṣṇetara-vastuṣu. His mind does not agree with objects other than God. A devotee who has developed deep affection and love for the form of Lord Shri Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → How many divisions are there? How many divisions of vairagya are there? There are four. Which four are they? Does anyone know? Yatamāna, vyatireka, ekendriya, vaśīkāra. Vaśīkāra, vaśīkāra. There are four types of divisions. What is called yatamāna? It means to make an effort. Making an effort to let go is called yatamāna. Let's say, "A lot of my time is being wasted, so let me reduce wasting time a bit." If we waste two hours every day, "Now I will waste one hour." So, to reduce it, he is said to have made an effort to renounce the world, hence yatamāna. Yatate iti yatamāna. One who constantly makes an effort to be free from the world, constantly makes an effort, is called yatamāna. What is called vartamāna? Vartate iti vartamāna. That means to constantly make an effort. To make an effort until the last breath is called yatamāna. Yatate iti yatamāna. Yatate is said to be a present participle. Present participle means to keep making efforts. Whether it happens or not is in God's hands, but to be free from the world, he fights with it all his life by making new experiments to reduce attachment in the places of attachment. You know about that Mulji Bhagat, right? Mulji Bhagat was from Gundasara, so if he wanted to go to his farm, one path went around the village, going around the whole village. And there was another shortcut. It went through the backyard of someone's house. So Bhagat would walk from there. Because he walked from there, the people living there must have had some issue with Bhagat. So they would abuse Bhagat. Or speak weak words to him, like "He is like this and like that." So the other devotees had a lot of respect for Bhagat. And they would hear it. And they said, "Bhagat, why do you walk there? They are all weak people. You should walk from this way. We all feel pained when they speak those weak words to you." And nothing could be said to them. So Bhagat said, "You all praise me and respect me, so I feel very good. But what happens when someone abuses me? That is why I go there to practice. And does anything happen to me within?" So that is called yatamāna. Bhagat indeed had a lot of vairagya, but to show everyone whether anything happens to him or not. What happens when someone criticizes us? What happens when they do not criticize us but praise someone else sitting next to us? Then what happens to us? How does our face look? So keep that in mind. And if one keeps trying to keep it balanced, then it is called yatamāna vairagya. If something we like or dislike happens, and even in that we maintain balance, then it is called yatamāna. We should keep trying like that. Shastriji Maharaj writes in that cassette, right? "Asanga-śastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā." Cut it down with the weapon of detachment. Swami is talking about it. A Kothari there in Vartal had given Swami a book, a book of Vachanamrut. And at that time, Swami must have been reading one book in his daily worship. And another book, the books of Nirnay Sagar Press were highly praised. Even now, this Shikshapatri is from Nirnay Sagar. And its binding and everything was highly praised. There were hardly any errors, it was like that. So he gave Swami such a book of Vachanamrut. He had a lot of respect for Swami, thinking he is a good sadhu. Swami was young then, studying at that time. "Take this book, keep it." So Swami said, "Bhagat, I have the book. I have Vachanamrut." "But this is very good, please keep it." Saying so, he forced it upon him. Then Swami could not say no; how could he say no to an elder? It would be insulting. Otherwise, it would seem like, "He has become a tail of vairagya." So Swami took it in his mind. Having taken it, sometimes finding an opportunity when Bhagat was sitting and talking to someone, Swami went back and placed it at his seat. Then he found out, "Hey brother, why did you put it back?" Swami said, "Bhagat, I already have it, I have the book." So at that time, Swami used to say, "Asanga-śastreṇa dṛḍhena chittvā." The matter may be small. 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