2. Until one becomes engrossed in work while doing it, complete success is not achieved. So, while working, should one focus on the work or contemplate on the Bhagavat bhav of nishkam bhav? Often, after starting work, one gets so engrossed that such spiritual thoughts do not remain. Nishkam bhav means not desiring anything for oneself. 3. Not desiring for oneself does not mean not paying attention to the work. Not paying attention to the work does not mean being completely indifferent to it, otherwise the work will not get done. And that cannot be called nishkam bhav either. 4. Nishkam bhav means doing the entire work for God, without desiring anything for oneself, and giving the best possible result. A person is pleased with the result. If I do it for you, or suppose a servant is hired, and that servant just walks around near the door, dressed in fancy, flashy clothes. 5. So then your work is done. There is joy in completing the work. So, work should be completed, and it should be done by asking someone else, becoming humble, in whatever way it is done. 6. Like, how is this done? That work is complete. Our only condition is that there should be no personal interest in it; that is called nishkam bhav. 7. It does not mean doing sloppy work, thinking it is vairagya or something. If one says, "I am a vairagi purush purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → purush purush 1) An akshar-mukta selected by Akshar-Brahm to ‘impregnate’ Prakruti for the creation process, from which countless pairs of Pradhãn and Purush are formed for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 2) Purush half of the Pradhãn-Purush pair, ‘conceived’ by Mul-Purush and Mul-Prakruti for the creation and sustenance of each brahmãnd. 3) Taken to be masculine in nature, Purush is the controller of Prakruti, and is also distinct from her. He is indivisible, without a beginning, and without an end. He is self-luminous, omniscient, imperishable, satya, kshetragna, and the cause of all the activities that possess a form. He also has a divya body. 4) Also called Mahã-Purush, Mul-Purush or Akshar- Purush. Tap to open in glossary → 8. If he himself does not work and just wanders around, it does not mean that he is doing nishkam seva. Nishkam seva means only this: there should be nothing for one's personal interest. 9. It does not mean being careless in work. Being careless in work does not mean that nishkam bhav is somehow crossed out. It happens if one does it. 10. Swami, one person does work with nishkam bhav, and another does work with attachment. Now there is a project, so the one who does it with nishkam bhav, does he get any extra benefit in making the project successful? There are two people, one does nishkam seva and the other does it with attachment. 11. And there is a project, so to make that project successful, what benefits does the one who does it with nishkam bhav get? So, joy. What benefit does he get? 12. The benefit is only joy. Not that, what benefit does he get from nishkam bhav to make the project successful? If I want to make a project successful, what benefit do I get by doing it with nishkam bhav? 13. I, bhagat, did not get much of a question in my mind. The fruit of one who does something with nishkam bhav is God's pleasure. Does nishkam bhav provide any extra benefit in making a project successful? 14. Huh? Does nishkam bhav provide any extra benefit for that work in completing the project? It does, because even if it fails, he does not get tired. 15. Nishkam bhav means that. He never gets tired of working for God. If one gets tired, it means we have deha bhav or swarth bhav. But if there is nishkam bhav, where does one get tired? 16. Look, Narsinh Mehta, playing the kartal, kartal, kartal, does he ever get tired, even if he has the kartal in his hands 24 hours a day? You, try playing the jhanj, how long can you play it? So, if one does it with nishkam bhav, it is natural for him. 17. Passion. What is passion called? What is passion called? 18. You know, right? So, how to find passion? For oneself. 19. Core competence. One's extreme core competence. How to find that? 20. One does not feel tired, one does not feel lazy, one does not get bored while doing any work. He never gets tired or bored in it. And even if it doesn't give a single penny in return, he still does it. 21. Even if no one encourages him, he still does it. Even if someone openly suppresses him, he still does it. Only then is it called core competence or passion finding. 22. So, this nishkam seva is a kind of passion. It is his hobby. And it is his core competence. 23. So, what is the benefit for him? He is not engaged for benefit. It is auto-inspiring. 24. He does not need anyone to inspire him in it. Because it arises from within him that he wants to do this for God. So, he does not need inspiration. 25. Inspiration is needed by those with selfish motives, if they want to do something for someone. Those with selfish motives do not need inspiration; they start working after eating garlic. And the other one is automatic. 26. Between these two, 'Klishyante antaritoh janah yashcha mudh tamo loke yashcha buddhe param gatah. Ta ubho sukham edhete klishyante antaritoh janah.' The one who is neither here nor there, all of them will face endless difficulties. 27. If you do this, this happens, and if you do that, that happens. You are explaining it properly. Arjuna was told, "You do this one moment and that the next. How many somersaults are you doing? Do it properly." 28. Did Arjuna tell God, "How many somersaults are you doing?" 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. 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