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Bhakti is partial while sajjanata is just | P. Mahant Swami | Satsang Chintan

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In Vachanamrut Gadhada Madhya 5, it is said that people say that a sadhu should have equanimity.

But that is not the opinion of the scriptures.

Because Narada, Sanakadika, Dhruva, Prahlada, and others have taken the side of God and His devotees.

But no one has taken the side of the unfaithful.

The exclusive devotion to God is partial towards God and His devotees.

The exclusive devotion to God is partial towards God and His devotees.

Devotion is of a partial nature.

Whereas righteousness is very dear to justice.

Righteousness, a righteous person and a devotee, a devotee, like that.

There are two.

In the world, that is the reputation of a righteous person.

Whose market value is higher?

Of righteousness, of righteousness.

He is very righteous, you know.

He doesn't even take his son's side. That's his righteousness. Prahlada's son and who was the other one opposite? They both had a quarrel. When they quarreled, the other party said, "If we want justice, who should we go to?" So they said, "Let's go to Prahlada. To your father." "Let's go to your father." So Prahlada didn't take his son's side. He was right. He was right and he was a devotee, so he kept it.

He was true and he was a devotee, so he kept him.

The exclusive devotion to God is partial towards God and His devotees.

In that, it is written in Tulsidasji's verse, and everyone has taken examples.

First, father Prahlada abandoned.

Like that.

That Tulsidasji has written and sent it everywhere.

First, father Prahlada abandoned.

It is somewhere that he did not abandon.

It is very good in the kirtan.

We wanted to do the kirtan, but it was left behind.

Maharaj has said it in that.

Then later, I wanted to do that story, but it was left.

The exclusive devotion to God is partial towards God and His devotees.

Devotion is of a partial nature.

Whereas righteousness is very dear to justice.

That righteousness is dear to justice.

Justice.

And in devotion, partiality is dear.

Partiality means taking the side of God's devotee.

Justice and partiality, these two are bitter enemies.

If one maintains justice, no one can be partial.

And if one is partial, there is no justice.

Now what to keep?

Huh.

What to do?

Huh.

Righteousness likes justice, they say, in the world, righteousness.

One who has worldly desires, he embraces justice.

In the world, what do people say to us? Maharaj has said this.

It came according to the opinion of Avat, didn't it?

That people, huh.

If I take sides, what will others say to me?

If I don't care what others will say to me and what they will say, then I will remain on their side, won't I?

There is justice in the party, isn't there?

If parents take the side of their child, then.

He goes to see justice.

He doesn't see justice, children are like that, aren't they?

But whose? Ours.

If it's someone else's, then.

He.

If it's someone else's, they are like that.

This is your nephew. Dhruva is doing that.

But otherwise, if it's his own child, he says, "Children are like that, aren't they?"

So he takes his side, he doesn't see anything good or bad in it, then he takes his side.

Huh.

Maheshji used to tell me that he gave me a statement.

Maheshji, that's the point.

His reputation is ruined, it cannot be called honesty.

God's devotees are like this.

What to do now?

He is honest.

He doesn't do anyone's harm.

But he himself takes his side.

He has honesty in himself.

At the time of taking the side of God's devotee.

Whether it is in him or not, he does not see that.

It does not mean that he himself would commit injustice.

It's not like he himself would commit injustice instead of taking the side of God's devotee.

But he does not see how just or unjust that devotee is; he takes his side.

Maharaj said to Darbar, "I am the protector of the principles."

So, this is holding on to one's own principles and doing it.

He himself follows the principles.

But he doesn't say, "If he is not in the principles, then I will not take his side."

So,

Let's say, if you are performing Chandrayan, then I will not serve anyone else; he doesn't keep such a thought.

If your Chandrayan is ongoing, then serve everyone well.

You complete the entire Chandrayan.

But now, I have this limited, so if I tell everyone, then that limited thing will happen, and the mental Chandrayan will be broken, won't it?

Not like that.

He does not see such things in a devotee of God.

He himself stays.

Because God likes it.

So, he himself follows the principles, but when it comes to helping God's devotee, he doesn't look at such things.

If he is not in the principles, then he is not considered a devotee, so what is the benefit of taking his side?

Principles are one thing, and a devotee is another.

Principle means dharma.

Some are devoted to dharma.

And some are devoted to a devotee, that's why Maharaj said it separately.

That there should be devotion to dharma like Yudhishthira.

And there should be devotion to bhakti like Arjuna, devotion to the form.

So, many times a person is very firm in dharma, but it doesn't happen that he has as much firmness in love for God as he has firmness in dharma.

So, Maharaj's point is that one should maintain firmness in dharma.

But more than that, one should maintain firmness in devotion to God.

And devotion is said to be when there is love for God and God's devotee.

So, one should take more care of that.

If there is no objection in dharma and devotion, then one should take care of it.

Maharaj's point is not that one should abandon dharma and then take the side of God's devotee; there is no such thing.

But give more importance to this.

Don't give that much more importance to the other.

If both cross, keep this one.

If both are crossing, then if you have to let the other one go, let it go, but keep this one.

God is there. What did Maharaj say? That truth, purity, compassion, peace, all these dharmas are based on God.

Based on God.

Does Lord Shri Krishna ever commit unrighteous acts to a person?

But now someone feels that God committed unrighteous acts.

Kill Putana.

So, they say, you shouldn't kill a woman.

No matter what, God kills them.

So, he committed unrighteousness.

Huh?

Shishupal was saying.

Shishupal was saying that Shri Krishna committed unrighteousness; he has been unrighteous since he was young.

So sometimes it appears that way.

So, he protects the person.

So, he sees devotion to the form like Arjuna.

And if he goes to uphold the moral principles, then like Yudhishthira, but Yudhishthira then would not have properly weighed Shri Krishna.

Shri Krishna brings about the welfare of the jiva.

He alone brings about his welfare; who else can?

Maharaj said that for this reason.

He takes the side of God's devotee.

But still, this discussion should not be done much in public.

Otherwise, they will say that all these devotees are like this.

We are all good.

In society, what is considered goodness? Goodness has value, devotion does not.

At God's abode, devotion has value, goodness is second.

It's not that it has no value.

Just as devotion has absolutely zero value in society, it's not that goodness has absolutely zero value at God's abode.

But he keeps it in the second step.

Instead of this,

The sentiment of सज्जनता (goodness) is there, but the worldly principles are everywhere, the worldly principles are everywhere.

One should not harm others.

Yes, one should not harm others.

And then, one should not differentiate between a devotee and a non-devotee.

One should treat everyone equally.

That is called सज्जनता (goodness).

Sajjanata (goodness) is good, and that is why Maharaj said that one should perform devotion along with dharma.

Dharma is the exposition of सज्जनता (goodness).

So it is dharma.

One should perform devotion with सज्जनता (goodness). It doesn't mean that if we worship God, we should completely abandon सज्जनता (goodness).

But if there is a crossing, if only one survives at the expense of the other, then what should be done?

One should keep devotion alive, so one should keep devotion alive.

Because it gives life to the soul, it gives life to devotion.

The unwavering devotion to God is partial towards God and His devotees.

Lord Shri Krishna showed so much partiality in the Mahabharata, and he did show partiality.

He made the truth false and the false true.

What did he do by doing that?

What did he do by doing that?

He took the side of God's devotee, he protected devotion.

He protected dharma.

What did he ultimately do by doing all that?

He established dharma on earth and enthroned dharma.

And he eliminated the unrighteous Duryodhana.

Now, all the means used to eliminate the unrighteous Duryodhana were not those of a good person.

What?

Did Yudhishthira consider him valid?

To remove Duryodhana's kingdom and to enthrone Yudhishthira himself, did they consider Yudhishthira valid?

They didn't, did they?

They did.

He said, 'Brother, the elephant has died, and how can it be said that Ashwatthama has died?'

Huh?

And such a lie should not be spoken.

So what was Shri Krishna saying?

He said, 'Speak, speak, just say it.'

Just say it, it's allowed.

Everyone will benefit from it.

If Duryodhana is defeated, it will be good for you. I am also here to do good for Duryodhana.

You speak.

And in that, will Duryodhana's good happen or will it be delayed?

Does Lord Shri Krishna do good or delay it?

He only does good.

So God does good for everyone, but if people can't see it, then one shouldn't rely too much on people.

There, people can't see it, those who establish dharma can't see it.

They can't see.

They can't see, they themselves can't see.

That's why there's a problem.

That's why Maharaj said that the meaning of calling it blind is that if it doesn't come into the mind's calculation, then how can I make it calculate?

For people, there is no value in devotion to God or in the salvation of their own soul.

For them, it's about being good in the world, if five people say it's good, that's what matters.

In the world.

God doesn't care if five people validate him or count him or not. If Jarasandha says that he didn't do it right or did it, then Lord Shri Krishna has no decision to make.

Or if Shishupala perhaps says that he did this and he did that.

Then God doesn't do anything like making improvements in it a second time.

So God doesn't have that, people don't have that.

The soul should attain salvation.

Devotion is of a partial nature.

Whereas justice is very dear to सज्जनता (goodness).

Devotion is fond of partiality.

And सज्जनता (goodness) is fond of justice.

Justice and partiality are at odds with each other.

If one goes to do justice, partiality does not remain.

And if one goes to be partial, justice does not remain.

Sajjanata (goodness) is filled with equanimity.

In the scriptures, there is talk of equanimity, that one should maintain equanimity.

Equanimity means one should have a perspective of justice.

If one has to give a judicial decision between two parties.

By telling such a story, should we become unjust or un-

To become a good person, it's not like that.

The essence of this story is not to let one's own soul's welfare deteriorate.

Do not let the welfare of your own soul deteriorate.

That is the essence.

And if the soul's welfare happens, it happens this way.

Devotion to God and the side of God's devotee.

Do not let that deteriorate.

Its meaning is not that this is being propounded, to maintain wickedness, to commit injustice.

It's not like that.

God's intention is not like that, God is the ultimate righteous one, religious.

There is no one as religious as God.

So, would God propound something like that?

But God's point is that one should not let the welfare of one's own soul deteriorate.

And to do this in this very birth.

If a judicial decision is to be given between two parties, a fair decision should be given impartially without favoring any party.

Then that gentleman

So, have you drawn a picture of justice?

Have you drawn a picture of the court?

With a blindfold, no one can see who this is.

He can only hear.

He is not supposed to see.

To see means discretion.

To see means to have discretion.

What is an eye? It is discretion.

This is a devotee, and that is the other one, it should not be counted like that.

He just has to listen to the voice, not look at anyone's face.

Just put it on the scale.

Put it on the scale here.

So, whoever becomes more, he should be given justice.

Justice goes towards the one whose worldly aspects are more inclined.

Justice does not go towards the one whose transcendental aspects are more inclined.

Devotion goes towards him.

Devotion goes towards the one who has more transcendental aspects.

So, he becomes his side.

If a judicial decision is to be given between two parties, a fair decision should be given impartially without favoring any party, then that person is considered a gentleman.

And there are many such individuals in society.

Even those justice-loving individuals, if they are making a decision between their own and others, then impartiality does not remain.

Then impartiality does not remain.

If justice is to be weighed in someone else's house, then impartiality remains.

Then impartiality remains.

This is considered right, and this is not considered right.

And if impartiality remains in someone else's house, then he is called good, he is called a gentleman.

But when one has to divide one's own and others' possessions, and then maintains justice, he is considered a greater gentleman than that.

He is considered a greater gentleman than that.

That he maintains balance within himself.

If his own interest is being harmed, if his own interest is suffering a loss, and even then, if someone else is benefiting in a just manner, then he says that this brother's is correct.

Then that is considered greater gentleness than the other.

Even those justice-loving individuals, if they are making a decision between their own and others, then impartiality does not remain.

When one sacrifices one's own interest for justice, then one is called a gentleman with an equal vision.

For others, many are very clever at weighing things equally.

There is not much specialty in that.

They also do not show favoritism, they are that good.

But these people, who do not even take their own side, are even better than that.

Here, the matter is one step further than that.

And that is that for someone else,

That much

He is so gentle and so just.

He knows, when taking the side of God's devotee, he knows.

That committing injustice is a sin.

Committing injustice is a sin.

And taking the wrong side, taking the side of a wrong person, is a sin.

But even then, if he is an extreme devotee of God, it is a virtue.

Here, the matter is one step further than that, and that is.

And God believes that.

Maharaj's belief is that,

And it is that they do not show partiality against justice for anyone else, nor do they show partiality against justice for their own self-interest.

Even then, he does it for the devotee.

He does it for the devotee.

Lord Shri Krishna is there.

He told Arjuna, "Kill Karna now."

You don't need to stop shooting arrows.

So how just was that?

Huh?

It wasn't just, it wasn't fair.

So God himself believes that.

Lord Shri Krishna himself believes that.

Maharaj himself believes that.

Other people don't believe it.

And the half-wits don't believe it at all.

The wise ones believe it a little, half-heartedly.

The half-wits don't believe it at all.

Those who weigh the justice of the people do not know.

So everything is equal, he weighs it equally.

They do not show partiality against justice for anyone else, nor do they show partiality against justice for their own self-interest.

So Maharaj says that those who have renounced the five worldly pleasures for God and are all united in one God, and God tells them to stay away from us.

So what to do?

Go away.

Go, he says.

And do not be greedy for the darshan of God.

But wherever he goes, the idol of God goes.

He who has abandoned his self-interest for his own sake and has a love for justice within him.

And even when their self-interest is involved, they do not waver from justice.

And when that person shows partiality.

So that partiality is even higher than justice.

That partiality is even higher than justice.

That partiality, what kind of God is he?

And what God is, based on that, he has weighed him.

So then, for the sake of another devotee of God, should he abandon justice and take a side or not?

In response, Maharaj has said that people say that a sadhu should have equanimity, but that is not the opinion of the scriptures.

In the past, great devotees have always sided with the devotee of God.

Therefore, one is equanimity, and the other is a biased view.

Even in a biased view, there are two divisions.

One is partiality for one's own self-interest, and the other is partiality for the devotee of God.

Equanimity is the path of the virtuous.

It is the opinion of a man devoted to justice like Yudhishthira.

Partiality for self-interest is the path of the wicked.

That is the view of Dhritarashtra.

And the view of taking the side of the devotee is the view of Shri Krishna.

So, to become like Dhritarashtra, or all the people of this world,

To become like the wicked or to remain in which side of Shri Krishna, that

People have to think about it.

Dhritarashtra and Lord Shri Krishna both will not come under the category of equanimity.

Yet, they will not be called equal.

Dhritarashtra does not maintain equanimity.

And Shri Krishna does not maintain equanimity.

So, should Dhritarashtra and Shri Krishna be made one?

They cannot be considered as such.

Both are at opposite ends, they are different.

Therefore, taking the side of God's devotee is the perspective of Lord Shri Krishna.

To take the side of one's own son is the view of Dhritarashtra.

Dhritarashtra and Lord Shri Krishna both will not come under the category of equanimity.

Yet, they will not be called equal.

Dhritarashtra's partiality is gluttonous, miserly, and filled with sheer wickedness.

It is drenched in delusion and invites degradation.

Whereas Lord Shri Krishna's partiality is not like that.

He is drenched in devotion and welfare.

Such partiality that a jiva does, he is one who destroys his spiritual well-being. He is one who destroys God's abode.

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