Shikshapatri Shlok Shlok A verse from shãstras. Tap to open in glossary → number 73. api bhuri phalam 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 → dharme petam bhavet yadi acharyam tahitan neva dharmah sarvartha dosti. And even if an action yields great results, if it is devoid of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → , it should never be performed. Because dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → alone is the giver of all purusharthas. Therefore, one should never abandon dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → for the greed of any fruit. If there is any work that brings financial gain, but if it is contrary to one's swadharma, then it should not be done. Because dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → itself is the giver of all one's desired objects. It is not that those who practice dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → do not get enjoyable objects or means of enjoyment. It is said in Moksha Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → that work without dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → , even if it is very beneficial from a worldly perspective, but a wise man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → would not do such work. Because in this world, that work is not said to be beneficial. It has also been said in the Parashar Smriti in the past that whatever worldly happiness or otherworldly happiness there is, it is all obtained only by practicing dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . A person who fallen from dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → is destroyed. The happiness of God alone is not obtained by dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → alone. Otherwise, all the happiness of this world and the next world is obtained by practicing dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Anyone who has attained happiness now, worldly happiness, is as a result of having practiced dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → in the past. And if practiced now, one gets it in the future. There is no happiness anywhere in this realm of nature without dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . It is not found anywhere without dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Sometimes, if one has done some dharmic work in the past, then as a result of that, one enjoys happiness now. If one abandons dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → now, then one will have to suffer its consequences later. So, whoever wants happiness in the long run, they must practice dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . One should not desire any enjoyment by abandoning dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Someone might have practiced dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → in the past and gets worldly happiness in this world. So, is there no samskara of having practiced dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → ? Even now, they practice dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Samskaras do remain, but when immediate temptation comes, it does not let those samskaras remain. Maharaj said that as much strength as there is in samskaras, there is equal strength in each of place, time, action, association, mantra mantra 1) A repeated word or phrase. 2) A sacred verbal phrase repeated in prayer, or meditation, such as ‘Swãminãrãyan’. Wicked people use mantras to cast evil curses. Tap to open in glossary → , scripture, initiation, in all of them. So if those adverse influences come, they blow away the previous samskaras. They do not let their strength remain. So a person gets greedy and does not look at dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → or adharma adharma Unrighteousness. Immorality. Sin. The opposite of dharma, which causes dharma to decline. Tap to open in glossary → . Especially the greed for wealth and women, those two temptations do not let a person remain in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Extreme greed. Everyone has normal greed. These worldly people are happy with two objects. And if both are equal, they are happy, and if not equal, they are unhappy. But normal. If there is extreme greed, then they cannot practice dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . So Maharaj has commanded only those who have samskaras of greed and practice dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . He has not commanded those who practice dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → and have no issue with dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . That is not the subject here. Those who practice all dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → but sometimes fall into temptation. So that they do not fall into temptation. It is said that happiness related to God is not obtained by dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Maharaj said that by transgressing commands, one gets misery. So that is in this world. By transgressing God's commands, God's devotee gets misery. So that dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Command is dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → itself. All commands are in the form of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Maharaj has commanded in all this Shikshapatri, all of them are within the limits of Shrutis and Smritis, and He has commanded only that. For us, Maharaj's command is the great dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Nishkulanand Swami Nishkulanand Swami Disciple of Sahajanand Swami (Swaminarayan Bhagwan) and author of the Bhaktachintamani, as stated in the scripture's own closing colophon at the end of every chapter. Tap to open in glossary → said that Maharaj's command is dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → , the words of Dharmasut. In the commands Maharaj has given, He has woven all dharmas into them. So we do not need to go and see what is said in which Smriti, like Parashar Smriti or Yajnavalkya. This Satsangi Satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → Jivan is read in the evening, so much comes in it. And all the essence has been extracted and told. That was all. If one practices the commands of Shikshapatri, does one not get the happiness of God? It does come. If one practices Maharaj's commands, then both things are included. Maharaj's bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → is included and dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → is also included. If one only practices the commands of Smritis, then only dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → comes in it, but it cannot be considered direct bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → of God. Because one practices the commands of Smritis and scriptures, it cannot be considered direct bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → . Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → is helpful 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 → . But it is not called direct bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → . And if we practice Maharaj's commands, if we do as Maharaj said, then we have directly performed Maharaj's bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → as well, haven't we? Dharma Dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → is included in it. It happens like that. Then often they say that for the work of God's great mission, if some small or big dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → is being violated, then that dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → should not be violated. Okay. Keep contentment. When discontent increases, even if it is mission work, it is still God's mission work. So one should keep contentment. This arises from discontent, and that discontent is the discontent of this world. Maharaj said in the Vachanamrut that if the whole world wants to become satsangi satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → , let it be, and if it is big, let it diminish. By God's will. So we have to make human effort. We should make full human effort as much as our capacity allows. Still, if it does not come, it is not that we should make effort even by violating dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Remaining in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → , remaining within Maharaj's limits, we should make human effort. God gives a lot many times. If we remain in dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → , remain in Maharaj's commands and make human effort, God gives more than we expect. But this world is such that Na vittena tarpaniyo manushyah. It is an Upanishad Upanishad Collection of philosophical texts written by the ancient rushis, that primarily revolves around the discussion of the nature of the ãtmã, the world, mãyã, and reality. Of the 108 Upanishads, ten are considered to be the ‘principal Upanishads’ upon which philosophers and ãchãryas have written commentaries. Tap to open in glossary → quote. A jiva is never satisfied with these things, women and wealth. One who is worldly-minded is never satisfied. One who wants to go to God's abode, who wants to please God Maharaj, gets contentment. It is not that they don't, if they keep in mind to go to God's abode, they get contentment. So Maharaj said that in extreme discontent, one should not violate Maharaj's commands. Violation of dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → . Even if it is mission work, it is Maharaj's mission work, what else is it. 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