Swami, there are two platforms for Maharaj's seva. Is anyone coming to your place or not? There are two platforms for Maharaj's seva. In one place, more seva is done, the platform is big but easy, and in another place, the platform is small but a bit difficult, so which of the two should be selected? If more seva is done, that is good, and find out which seva pleases God more. There is no small or big seva. There is no small or big in seva. Which seva pleases Maharaj? Alaiya Khachar's elder brother was a Darbar, and he felt in his mind that he had developed vairagya. At that time, they were considered kings and emperors, they were Darbars. So he felt in his mind that he wanted to join Maharaj's seva. He went to Maharaj and said, "Maharaj, make me a sadhu." Maharaj said, "Do you want to become a sadhu or do as we say?" "Maharaj, I want to..." He must have been a true mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → "So you plow his field. His children are small, so plow his field. You plow his field for him." So he got to work. Now, the Darbar of that time was called the village lord, and at that time, there was a lot of up and down. These farmers were all called his subjects, and being a Darbar and doing his work is considered very, very difficult. Only he could do it, no one else could. Can we do it? We cannot do it. If we were told at this moment that from tomorrow, Nayan Swami will order and you have to fold your hands, then? Then we wouldn't do it. We would make others fold their hands instead. So Maharaj told him to plow the field, and then he plowed the field. He must have plowed the field for two or three years. Then Maharaj said, "Call that bhagat, call him." Maharaj went there and said, "What is your wish now?" "Maharaj, whatever you say. I had come to become a sadhu to you." So Maharaj said, "Come, come, now you have plowed the field enough. Tell Kashidasbhai to keep the plow and come with us." He made him a sadhu. And then in a short time, he got a chance, so he was made the Mahant of Vadtal. So which seva is big? Is becoming the Mahant of Vadtal a big seva or plowing Kashidasbhai's field a big seva? Huh? According to Maharaj's command. That's it, it should be what pleases Maharaj. At that time, Maharaj might not be physically present to command. So we can understand what pleases Maharaj, that he will be more pleased with this. If this is a difficult seva, he will be more pleased with this, or if that is a lot of seva, he will be more pleased with that. If a person is a mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → Without Maharaj's seva, do not keep vasana even for Shvetadvipa and other abodes. Even if one goes and stays in the most excellent place, the jiva does not grow. Such are the talks of Gunatitanand Swami. This is Gopalanand Swami's talks. Even if one goes and stays in the most excellent place, the jiva does not grow. Maharaj has said this indirectly in the 78th Vachanamrut of Pratham Pratham First. Tap to open in glossary → karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → The power of karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → Even if one goes and stays in the most excellent place, the jiva does not grow. It is only in the association of a good sant sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → What a severe sadhana one performs... If one is an ekantik devotee of God, peace is attained even in a forest, and otherwise, even if stayed in a good place, it is not attained. Rather than what severe sadhana one performs, whose sadhana, meaning whose upasana one performs, becomes more effective in growing. These are all myths. These are beliefs held by everyone. On that, in reality, Gunatitanand Swami and Gopalanand Swami have struck a hammer. Whether it is a myth that one who performs a very big sadhana is big, or who is big? Huh? There are two of you, brother, let's say Swamiji is Saral Swami, he performs Rishi Chandrayana, and Rishi Swami performs Dand Chandrayana, so who do you consider bigger of the two? Huh? It depends on who they are doing it to please. Performing a big penance, a big task or a small task, there is not much to it. But who are they doing it to please, and how is that? So, In Swami's talks, it was mentioned one day, right, whether Shukadevji is big or Sanakadik are big? Which is big? Who is the elder brother? Huh? You, brother Harivandan Swami, and you are there, who is the elder brother among you? Who is called the elder brother? Huh? Do tell, so we know who it is. So between Shukadevji and Sanakadik, who is bigger? Who is the elder brother? Tell. Huh? Shukadevji. You said Shukadevji is the elder brother? He is the younger brother. Those four were born earlier, born before everyone, and Shukadevji was born later. But still, who attained more? Shukadevji. Why? He worships 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 → Do you know what 'dhara' is? Huh? Then that's good. In your part, does 'dha' or 'hana' come? Rather than what severe sadhana one performs, whose sadhana, meaning whose upasana one performs, becomes more effective in growing. Who one worships, for whom one performs sadhana or puts in effort to worship, that is of greater importance. It is not just about the place, Swami has spoken about the place. But these are also myths for everyone, "How much I did, that person did nothing." "So why not with me, pleased only this much with me and so much pleased with him." Rather than what severe sadhana one performs, whose sadhana, meaning whose upasana one performs, becomes more effective in growing. Our jiva grows based on whose sadhana it performs. For example, Sanakadikji and Shukadevji. Rather than how high quality virtues one has in oneself, on which center one applies them, the result depends on that. One may have very good virtues, but where to apply them? One may have high quality skills, high quality virtues, but where to apply them? It depends on that. The peace of one's jiva or the liberation of the jiva does not happen by high quality virtues or high quality skills. It does not happen by high quality intellect. It happens based on where one applies them. Was Karna's quality high or Arjun's quality? Huh? Karna's. Still, whose jiva attained peace? Karna applied all his qualities to Duryodhan. He surrendered to Duryodhan, and Arjun surrendered to God. That is how the benefit comes. "Look at my virtues, look at our effort," there is nothing like that. Foolish people often put in a lot of effort. They call it smart work, right? Smart mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → How high quality virtues one has in oneself... This is hard mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → 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