Sadguru Sadguru A great sant. Tap to open in glossary → Swaminarayan Hare, Swaminarayan Hare. Swami has said that how should we understand the power that resides in Shriji Maharaj? So, all human beings, animals, and others are extremely drawn to Shriji's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → And whose power resides in the devotee, in time, in the name, and also in the word, thus, a lot was said in detail. I understand. What is the essence of what was said? There are two types of power. One is the glory of God, and the other is the attraction in the form of God. So, power is in everyone. Power is present even in the smallest of objects. I said earlier, how should we understand the power that resides in Shriji Maharaj? What? Maharaj has extraordinary power, that's what I mean. There is no such substance in infinite crores of universes that, upon seeing it, others are attracted to it. They get drawn into it. Where is such a substance? Can there be such a person? If there is a very great Siddha 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 → Naturally. It is like that in God. That is His inherent quality. Maharaj has given the example of a magnet. A magnet has an inherent power to attract iron. Therefore, this is called the inherent quality of God. It is called the quality of His form. It is not in others, not even in the liberated souls. Not even in Akshardham. Such a quality does not exist. Therefore, there is a distinctiveness in the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → So, what is extraordinary power? To create infinite crores of universes. That can be created by Prakriti 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 → Others can also create by the grace of God. But then, by God's grace, this does not happen. That even if he sits and does nothing, the entire universe is drawn in. That doesn't happen. Such a quality exists only in God. That is to attract others as well. To draw the life out of others. Not by effort. When he sits, it's done. Such extraordinary power resides in God. There are many such qualities in God. Which are called inherent qualities. Even if he does nothing, he is still called that. Maharaj has given many such examples. That there is gold and other metals. So, gold, it never gets It doesn't rust. It is not affected by the environment. Gold is not affected by the environment. All other metals are affected by the environment. What does Maharaj mean by giving such an example? The murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → There is a distinctiveness in the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Gold is not affected by anything. So, Maharaj did not show distinctiveness in value, but in its nature. Diamonds are more valuable than gold. There are many other metals. They will be better than that. But Maharaj gave the example of gold. And everyone can understand. How many other metals would there be? A diamond would not get old. Then I don't know much, we have to ask the diamond dealers. Whether a diamond gets old or not. But Maharaj gave the example of gold for that reason, so that everyone can understand. Everyone understands. Once an article came in Safari. Of gold and mercury. Mercury and gold have some difference of one degree in their composition. If one increases or decreases, mercury becomes gold. So, in the olden days, those who practiced mantras and tantras would call upon mercury. If one wants to make gold from mercury, they can. So, but in that one degree, how much difference is there? It's just a one-degree difference in composition. So, due to that composition, the composition of gold is such that the weather does not affect it at all. Similarly, the natural composition of God is such. That no substance in this universe can affect it. Shukdevji and all of them are effectless. That is by his intellectual power. And it is by his effort. If he doesn't make an effort, he won't remain like that. God does not have to make such an effort. That if I want to be happy, then happy. Maharaj, on the contrary, said that if he goes into Maya, he makes Maya Brahmrup. He himself is not affected, but he affects others. It affects the objects of the world and makes them Brahmrup. Such a unique quality is in God, so no one else No one can be compared to God. Tat srushta srushta srushteshu kon va khandit deh deh Body. Tap to open in glossary → The scriptures have said that. That the creation of Brahma, the Prajapatis, and the creation of the Prajapatis, all this world, means Tat srushta srushta srushteshu. Three have been taken, three creations have changed. In that, who is the unbroken body, Bhuman? Yosheen mayehah Maya. Maya. This atmosphere, this substance, whose constitution does it not affect? It is said that the sage Narayana is dead. The sage Narayana is not affected by anything, no one else should act foolishly like that. Do not be proud. That it doesn't affect me. God does not have such an effect. Even if you bury gold in mud for a hundred years, it Gold itself can say that nothing affects me. A hundred hands make a difference, from this hand to that hand, from this to that. Even then, it doesn't become second-handed. When it becomes second-handed, the value decreases, right? Gold's doesn't decrease. It passes through a hundred hands, a thousand hands, a lakh hands. Then its value is not lost. Touching it does not affect anyone. Nothing happens to it. Such is this second quality of Maharaj. What? That it attracts everyone. That is a natural quality in Maharaj, in God. Vyasa Bhagwan, he had the body of a rishi. And his body had a lot of hair, his body smelled. Even then, he had that quality. To attract others. That quality of God Takes avatar on Earth, avatar on Earth. Avatar. When God takes an avatar on Earth, does that quality appear then, or does it appear in Dham? No, no, no, in Dham there is no question of it. If he is in Dham, then he comes here, God doesn't bring anything new from there. But these qualities that have been described, they are present in the avatar state, he already has all those. There, all the qualities like God are also present in the liberated souls. That one is in my sadharmya. Yes, they were in my sadharmya. But it is said that the worldly affairs are forbidden, that much is said. That in God, there is one thing that is not in others. Otherwise, everyone has qualities. But in the state of worldly existence, in the state of avatar, God has such qualities. When he takes an avatar, his body is not like the body of others. Even if others are Siddha Purushas, their body is perishable. Ramanujacharya has said that even if liberated souls have come in a body. Then they have to leave their body and go. Even if God comes on Earth, he doesn't have the compulsion to leave his body and go. Sometimes his body also leaves, sometimes he leaves his body, that is his play. He does not need to leave his body. There is no part of Maya in his body. There are no elements of Maya in his body. It is said so. That is called his inherent quality. This is called the inherent quality of God. No one else comes with him, no one else comes to God. That's why Maharaj said this, Swami said that how should we understand the power that resides in Shriji Maharaj. So, what is the meaning of extraordinary power? So, all human beings, animals, and others, upon seeing Shriji's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → And they are unable to perform their own actions. God makes them so dependent. Moreover, whose power resides in the devotee, in time, in the name, and also in the word. God told God to do this, but then he didn't do it. So, all the divinity in it gets lost. Nothing remains in it. Then no matter how great he is. So, there is distinctiveness in his word and in his name. To understand the name of another and the name of God as one in both. What is that called? It is called an offense. It is called Nama-aparadha (offense to the name). The letters of God's name, in which if there is 'sa' or 'va' in Swaminarayan, to understand another 'va' like that. That is called Nama-aparadha (offense to the name). But now that is not accepted, all the letters are the same, they are of no use anywhere. It is said that all these are useless, isn't it? So it is like that. But the letters that are in Maharaj's name. Those letters and other letters are different. Just as Maharaj's murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Then, up to Prakriti Purushas, it's fine, and even if there are liberated souls, it's fine. The bodies of liberated souls are divine. But still, not like this. If there is no distinctiveness in this, then how can the relationship of master and servant remain there? So, there, you say that it attracts everyone only when it is here, but it also attracts there. There, it attracts all the liberated souls. Ittam bhut bhut A physical element from which the sthul body of Virãt- Purush (the physical world) is formed. There are five bhuts in total – pruthvi, jal, tej, vãyu and ãkãsh. They are collectively called the five bhuts or five mahã-bhuts. Tap to open in glossary → Atmaramasya munayo nirgranthah pyurukrame. Kurvanti ahaitukim bhaktim ittham bhut bhut A physical element from which the sthul body of Virãt- Purush (the physical world) is formed. There are five bhuts in total – pruthvi, jal, tej, vãyu and ãkãsh. They are collectively called the five bhuts or five mahã-bhuts. Tap to open in glossary → Why are all these people drawn in? Like the form. No cause. There is no cause there, that it was like this, so they were drawn in. That is his nature. There is no cause in nature. A cause-shown notice will come, asking you to show cause why you were absent. Show cause notice. Huh? Show cause notice. Show cause. State the reason. Show cause notice, like that. Show cause, like that. Why there? Why is this drawn into it? Show the reason. So Vyas Bhagwan refused. Vyas Bhagwan said that Ittham Bhut Bhut A physical element from which the sthul body of Virãt- Purush (the physical world) is formed. There are five bhuts in total – pruthvi, jal, tej, vãyu and ãkãsh. They are collectively called the five bhuts or five mahã-bhuts. Tap to open in glossary → God is like that. Because there is no one else like that. And only God is like that. 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