Service without pride and service without arrogance can please God. If a devotee of God becomes arrogant in service, due to any quality. There is a devotee who serves God, but there is no detachment in him. And if we have served God, then we have detachment. So, One should consider the devotee as superior. Hey, the devotee of God is superior. But even if he doesn't have detachment, He has a connection with God, right? He serves God, so we should become humble before him. God likes such service. There is no problem with service. Such a knowledgeable person is liked. That knowledgeable person is not liked. Maharaj said that there is a quality in a knowledgeable person. Among those three devotees, the knowledgeable one was called the best, but now there won't be just one knowledgeable person, we have all become knowledgeable. There won't be just one knowledgeable person. Then many will become knowledgeable. So, what kind of knowledgeable person does God like? That a humble knowledgeable person is liked. Service without pride is liked. There are many who serve. Only those who serve are counted. Those who find satisfaction in service are counted. But if another devotee comes to serve, Then he scolds him on his face. Then such a devotee is not liked. Humble. Maharaj likes a needy servant. Without pride and without arrogance means needy. Needy. Whose need? Of God's devotee. God likes a servant who has a need for God's devotee. Let him serve God. But he should have a need for God's devotee. What do I have to do with him? What do I have to do with him? We have received the best service of God. What do I have to do with him? Then Maharaj does not like such a devotee. Such a knowledgeable person is not liked. Such a devotee is fine. But such a knowledgeable person is not liked. No doubt that he has no other desire than God. But he is arrogant with God's devotee, isn't he? Then such a devotee is not liked. God is not pleased with such service. Either he serves God and also has other desires, then God will not be pleased with such service. He gives up all other desires. But he sits arrogantly before God's devotee. No one goes to God to be arrogant, because if one has a need for God's service, one understands His glory, so there is no question of being arrogant there. So where is the question of being arrogant, Maharaj said. Huh? Devotee Before God's devotee. Then call him a knowledgeable person. He understands the glory of God's devotee, and at least how much should he understand the glory of God's devotee? More than himself. He will respect him a little more than himself. So there is no problem. If he considers himself a little less than others, then there is a problem. He should respect him more than himself. Yes Knowledge Those with knowledge, detachment, and devotion say that devotees are complete. So how can he understand those who are less in qualities than himself, or how can he consider them less? He should be considered superior by the measure of his service. He himself does a lot of service. So he serves, right? He also serves. Then let living beings live. Serve and let others serve. Why should I not let others do it if it comes into my hands? Let living beings live. Which is important in that? It is a Vedic Vedic From the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → It has come from the Vedas into Gujarati. It is the principle of God's Vedas. Let living beings live. Living beings are the life of living beings. Both of them It's crossing. It's crossing. There is a living being, and in the world, it is believed that one living being depends on another. It eats it up. If he becomes rich, how does he become rich? By exploiting others. That's how it works in the world. But what principle did the Vedas state? That let living beings live. You have the right to live. But for your living, do not exploit others. Is it first to let others live, or first to live oneself? Letting others live is first. Then die yourself. Let others live. Huh? He can only live if he enjoys it. Why live? The purpose of living is different for everyone; a devotee of God has the service of God. So that the soul attains salvation. Human life. The Vedas say, 'Live.' So what to do? For moksha. And let live. Let him also get something in his hand. So which is the first in that? To live. If he lets others attain moksha, does he attain it himself, or if he lets others live, does he attain his own moksha, or does he attain it only if he lives alone? It's balanced. This is balanced. Maharaj also said that in the sixteenth Vachanamrut. In the sixteenth Vachanamrut of Vartal. That we don't get along with great people. We don't get along with great people. So what is our secret opinion? We are on the side of renunciation and devotion. The 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 → He said that, right? So Maharaj said that he likes one who does his own welfare or one who does the welfare of others. Do your own welfare and let others do theirs. Let living beings live. Let living beings live. Do devotion yourself and let others do it. Or if you do devotion, then quickly don't let anyone else get involved. That doesn't happen. Huh? Not like that. In this, there is service, right? In this, Maharaj gave the principle that serve and let others serve. Also make others do it. Also make others do it. For his welfare. Serve for our own welfare. And making others serve is for their welfare. If you obstruct others, then. If you obstruct others, then. The meaning of arrogance is just that. The meaning of arrogance is that if one considers oneself superior, then Maharaj directly took up the topic of God's devotee. There is no confusion with God; when another devotee of God comes on the platform, then this confusion arises. So then, if there is arrogance, give him more chance, give more importance to the devotee of God. So the problem is that. Then what if our service is lost? If our welfare is lost while doing for others, what then? It doesn't happen. Huh? It won't happen if his intention is good. If the intention is good, it won't happen. Some of ours become more. He does his own and also God's devotee's. With such a generous feeling, give more respect to the devotee of God. Even if he is arrogant, he does one of the two. And if he is not arrogant and is a servant of God. Then his own welfare happens and also others' welfare happens. An arrogant person cannot do it. An arrogant person cannot participate with anyone. We neither take anyone's service nor give it. What is that? It's arrogance. We neither take anyone's cooperation nor give it. We neither take nor give. That is a kind of arrogance. And if he takes from someone, then. He cannot be called selfish. It cannot be said. He is called needy, right? Huh? He is called needy, selfish. So it is taken for selfishness, and it is done humbly. And it is also taken for the sake of others, so that their good also happens. Not his own selfishness. We don't even have to take service for ourselves, it's for God. So if he takes his service for God, what's the problem with that? Himself He has to keep doing it himself. If he pushes him and throws him over, then only his welfare happens and not this one's. So there is a lot of balance. Don't let your own go, don't let your own go. And don't let others' go either. Maharaj has said that here. One should have a need for God's devotee. If one is knowledgeable and understands the extraordinary glory of God, then one thinks, 'Now I have done enough, I don't need anything more.' Don't do that. Then the need of God's devotee. One should have a need for a small devotee. Think about his welfare. If you have thought about your own welfare, then there is no problem if it has come into your hands. If it comes into one's own hands, otherwise Maharaj says it is called 'Kevalyarthi' (one who desires only his own liberation). We should think about ourselves, not about anyone else. It's a good thing to think about one's own welfare, that's what we should think about. But while thinking about ourselves. There is no such tradition 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 → Outside of 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 → Bharatji went to the jungle for his own welfare. But there is no such tradition 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 → 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 → Otherwise, it won't happen. If you are thinking about others and also exploiting them. Then your welfare will not happen. This is the tradition of 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 that is the tradition of welfare, that one worships. All the old histories are there. In that, he thought about his own welfare. Kings and emperors, Manu Manu Manu is responsible for overseeing the first stages of all life forms in the new cycle of creation and he lives for the entire cycle. Manu and his wife become the first parents for each cycle (Adam and Eve). In one day of Brahmã, fourteen Manus reign and die. The duration of the reign of one Manu is 306,720,000 human years, and is called a manvantar. Fourteen Manus are created and destroyed during one day of Brahmã. Tap to open in glossary → So he left all this and went to the jungle. If he goes to the jungle and thinks only about himself, then there is no problem. If he comes to 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 this is a unique situation of 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 → While staying 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 → While doing one's own welfare, one should also distribute it to others. And in that, one has to have a need for God's devotee. If some devotee is a little crooked or wrong. Then should one understand his glory, or should one understand the glory of someone who is equal? Huh? Maharaj said to have a need. So, should we have a need for those of very high quality, who are superior to us, or should we also have a need for those of lower quality? Those of high quality don't need to be needy. Yes, one has to keep it. Only then are we called humble, right? In this, there is a question of humility, isn't there? There, they say it just happens. Huh? There, they say there's a chance it might just happen. One should understand his glory. Easily, the glory in it. So then, should we understand the glory of someone who is of lower quality than us, or should we only have a need for those of higher quality? One should understand the glory of higher quality and have a need for this. On what basis do you say that one should have a need for him? Bring some support from the scriptures. That need means that there is a great desire and resolve to please Maharaj. If he does a little, he will serve Maharaj more, and Maharaj will be more pleased. So Gunatitanand Swami said that one has to have a need for someone in front of whom one would not even sit to urinate. And he has to be taken care of properly. Why? He wants to do God's work. He wants to please Maharaj. He wants to do the work of 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 → If 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 → What is that verse? Harer Gunakshiptamati Bhagavan Badarayana. Adhyagat Mahadakhyanam. Nityam Vishnu Vishnu The dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi. Tap to open in glossary → Vishnu Vishnu The dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi. Tap to open in glossary → Harer Gunakshiptamati Bhagavan Badarayana. Adhyagan Mahadakhyanam. Nityam Vishnu Vishnu The dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi. Tap to open in glossary → Vishnu Vishnu The dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi. Tap to open in glossary → So what does that mean? Did Shukdevji have a need, or did the listener have a need? Shukdevji kept it. Huh? Shukdevji kept it. Who joined? Did Shukdevji go to do 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 → Shukdevji went from his side. So both had a need. But the other one had a need, so Shukdevji didn't think that if he pressed his nose, his mouth would open. The other one had a need, yet Shukdevji also had a need from above, saying, 'Yes, no problem, you see.' If you have a need, then fine. But I also have it. I also have a need. So who is great? It is great to have a need even when not necessary. So Shukdevji is great, yet he also had a need, right? And in the welfare of others, Shukdevji's welfare, if Shukdevji does the welfare of that one, then his welfare is also done. If Shukdevji does the welfare of that one, then he also benefits, because that is the service of God, what else? Gunatitanand Swami used to have a need for those small people. And he would not be twisted by it. So what to do? When is Maharaj pleased? And if Maharaj, Gunatitanand Swami, kicks him, then. Maharaj is not pleased. Maharaj, what's the problem with that? Gunatitanand Swami says that if he was like that, what should I do? He If he was like that, what should I do with him? Gunatitanand Swami was not kept by Maharaj to straighten him out, but to drive the main path of salvation. So how can the path of salvation proceed if he kicks it? So he keeps it. So Maharaj has made a very good point. He should have a need for God's devotee. Let him be complete. He is greater than those three. He is greater than those three. But still, one should have a need for those three. And make him equal to them. Then God is pleased, otherwise God is not pleased. Let living beings live. Do your own welfare and also let others do theirs. Maharaj said to do for others. Also do for others. Not just do your own. Do yours and sit down. So not just that. Also do for others. Keep both in mind, keep both balanced. It's not like clinging to others. And it's not like clinging to oneself either. Keep both. And only then will there be welfare. This is the way 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 → If you want to go to the forest, then not both ways. If you want to go to the forest, then do your own and it's done. That's another matter. But in this 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 which is first, to do one's own and then others', or to do others' and then one's own? Both happen together. Do your own first. Your own first. And if he does for others, then his own becomes even better. It gets better. If he does his own and also does for others, then it becomes even better. Excessive support happens. It is called excessive support. There is no flaw in one's own welfare. Yes If there is some flaw in what he does on his own, then it becomes excessively supported. He does his own welfare and helps others who are on the path of welfare. He helps them. He has a need for them. He might not have a need. But he has a need for him. And to please God, he also helps him. Then his welfare becomes excessively supported. And God is pleased with him, whether the other one believes or not, it doesn't matter. God is very pleased with him. 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