When a devotee becomes greedy for worldly desires, he has to be suppressed under the shadow of other petty people. Therefore, to maintain the respect of one's Ishtadev, one should reduce their expectations. Live a life where you do not have to be suppressed by anyone. Giving a fitting reply to those who criticize is the duty of a devotee. People say that a Sadhu should have equal vision, but that is not the opinion of the scriptures. Because Narad, Sanakadik, Dhruva, and Prahlada, they only took the side of Bhagwan and Bhagwan's devotees. No one took the side of the non-believers. Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → In Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → It is not based on justice like 'if it is like this, one should do this, and if it is like that, one should do that.' It is based on partiality. If there is a devotee of Bhagwan and a non-believer, does Bhagwan weigh justice between them? Or who is a gentleman? Does Bhagwan look at that, or does He look at gentlemanliness? Bhagwan indeed shows partiality. All the devotees of Bhagwan also maintained partiality; they took the side of Bhagwan's devotees. Maharaj said that, right? Just as Bharatji renounced his mother, Prahlada renounced his father, the Gopis renounced the company of their husbands, King Bali renounced his guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → People say that a Sadhu should have equal vision, but that is not the opinion of the scriptures. Is it called justice to renounce one's mother? Bharatji renounced his mother. And what kind of mother? She had created a fuss for his sake. She had created a fuss for Bharatji's sake. And then if he renounces her, how much glory or fame is that? His mother accepted widowhood for him, did everything, did whatever she had to do, and yet Bharatji renounced her. For what reason? Why did he renounce her? Huh? Lord Ram's... She was not a devotee of Ram, that's why. Only one thing, that she was not a devotee of Ram. Otherwise, what was her fault? But since she is not a devotee of Ram, I do not want her. She is a mother, one who does much good for him and takes his side a lot. If someone takes our side, shouldn't we take their side? We should take theirs. What to do? If someone takes our side a lot, and saves us from trouble, should we take their side or not? If they give guidance and save us from trouble everywhere, and make us completely safe from difficulties, should we take their side or not? What do you do? What would you do? According to that, what do we do? If someone saves you from a great calamity, saves you, what do you do? Should you take their side or not? Huh? Do nothing at all? Just sit like that? Then who will take your side next time? If you just sit like that, who will take your side? What do you do, brother? Sadgun Saheb, what do you do? Huh? Keep it a little bit quiet. Then is he called a gentleman or not, if he does not take their side? If someone saves us from a great calamity, and Bharatji was saved from a great calamity by his mother. Yet Bharatji did not keep her company, did not take her side. And he took the side of the one who put him in great trouble. He took the side of the one who put him in great trouble. What did Kaikeyi think when she asked for these two boons? King Dasharatha made all those pleas at the end, at the time of his death. What did he plead with Kaikeyi? What did he plead? Huh? Why do you need to send Ram to the forest? You want the throne for your Bharat, right? The throne has been given to Bharat. And I myself say that we will not give the throne to Ram, and Ram also says no. But why send Ram to the forest? Why? So what was Kaikeyi's calculation? Huh? To save Bharat from a great calamity, that's why. Similarly, if someone saves us from a great calamity, then? Huh? Then what do you do? What would you do? According to that, what does he do? He hasn't even moved, so then... If someone saves you from a great calamity, what do you do? Then whose side do you take? The one who saved you from the great calamity, or someone else's? Ram said that a Sadhu should have equal vision. And if someone saves you from a great calamity, shouldn't there be gentlemanliness? Is a Sadhu a gentleman or not? Huh? One who does not acknowledge a good deed done, then? He is called ungrateful. So Bharatji did exactly that. Or what did he do? Bharatji did such a thing that he did not acknowledge any deed of Kaikeyi. Why did Kaikeyi do all this? Why did she create this trouble? For Bharatji. For Bharatji, so did Bharatji acknowledge anything? He acknowledged nothing. He did not even speak to her for the rest of his life. He did not call her mother. He did not call her mother at all, saying 'you are not my mother from today.' So should a Sadhu have equal vision or not? Huh? What to do? What to do? Do nothing. What does Sadgun Saheb say, what to do? Should there be equal vision or not? Huh? Or not? Or should there be? One of the two? Or in between the two? People say that a Sadhu should have equal vision. Equal vision and wisdom, between those two... there is a conflict. There is a conflict. If one maintains equal vision, then one cannot maintain wisdom. And if one maintains wisdom, then one cannot maintain equal vision. So is equal vision greater or is wisdom greater? Does wisdom make a person a Sadhu, or does equal vision make them a Sadhu? What makes them? Huh? Not equal vision? In this, it is said that a Sadhu needs that; where is it said that a Sadhu needs wisdom? Huh? What did Maharaj say? What did Maharaj say? He didn't say anything at all. 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