Then how unique and influential must that God be? By thinking in this way, the greatness of God is understood in the heart of the jiva. The sun is the presiding deity of the eyes. Therefore, the power to see light in the eyes must also be believed to have come from God through tradition, and it has come. Just as both the illuminating power and the burning power in the sun have come from God, in the same way, the illuminating power and nourishing power in the moon, although obtained through the sun, have also come from God through tradition. The qualities of sweetness, coolness, nourishing capacity, etc., in the moon, all those extraordinary qualities have come from God. It is all God's influence, as propounded in the Upanishads and other scriptures. If God's influence is shown directly, it is the nature of the jiva that if it connects directly with God, then in that... God does not have to take any credit for it. God's work is being done, isn't it? God's work is being done when the jiva connects. That is why God has entangled everything in this maya. Then whoever searches gets the benefit. If it is obtained directly, this jiva would not understand. Would we value something that we have obtained directly? If one has obtained it by sweating, suppose God has given us a direct platform to worship God, then where is its value? But if they have wandered and stumbled and then found a platform, its taste is different. So if God says directly, "This is my light, here, look at it," then he would say, "No problem, if it is yours, let it be, I will come when I need it." But if he searches, "What is in the sun is mine," then his intellect is also tested. So God also put effort into it. And if he does it with effort and if he gets it, and God has also put His influence, He is also present. So God gives credit to others and God does the work Himself, so if someone is a mumukshu mumukshu A person in search of moksh. Tap to open in glossary → And only if he recognizes Him in this way will he benefit. If they recognize Him directly, it is beneficial to them; if God introduces Himself directly, it will not benefit them. If he recognizes Him on his own, then he will benefit. If God says, "I am like this, I am very great," would anyone believe it? No one would believe it; in fact, some might run away. God says, "I am small," and if from that someone feels, "I want to find God's greatness," then if he gathers it from all around where it is scattered, he will enjoy it very much. So even if this jiva wants to make an effort, God has put it in, and if he obtains it by making an effort, he benefits. In reality, even then, God is the one who does it, but the jiva feels in his mind, "We obtained it by making an effort," so there remains an attachment to it. And if it was obtained directly, then... 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