Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Here, I will answer that question. When a devotee, free from the identification with the three bodies made of Maya, remains solely as the soul and contemplates on the form of God, and by the strength of that contemplation on God, he experiences the state of upasham, then by the strength of that upasham, the five sense-objects do not become the cause of his birth and death." The three bodies made of Maya. To them. Free from their identification, remaining solely as the soul, if one contemplates on God, then at that time, he gets a great momentum in it. When he contemplates on God, a great momentum comes in it. That momentum, who applies the brakes to that momentum? The three bodies. The three bodies and their attachments, and the attachments to the five sense-objects, they apply the brakes to it. That, in one of the... I was reading that, in which book did we take? Nyaya Siddhantanjan. Siddhantanjan, Nyaya Siddhantanjan, in that, there was a very nice explanation of intellect. Intellect means knowledge. In knowledge, there is a great momentum. There is extreme momentum. In a fraction of a second, wherever the object may be, it makes contact with it. Therefore, there is no object as fast as it. The muktas, in a single moment, make contact with infinite millions of universes. Contact means they realize it. There is so much momentum in knowledge. But why is it not so in the knowledge of this human? There is an obstacle. It has become covered. Contraction. It has contracted. He has kept performing such actions, so his knowledge has contracted. Otherwise, there is extreme momentum and an extreme capacity to realize. What we cannot realize even with our eyes, all in all, knowledge has the power to realize such things. The fruit of knowledge, what is the fruit of knowledge? What is the fruit of comprehension of knowledge? Just as when a crop ripens, what is its fruit? What is the fruit of the harvest? Softening. Softening. To make it soft. To make it soft. If it is cooked, it becomes soft. If rice is cooked, it becomes completely soft. Similarly, what is the fruit of comprehension of knowledge? Breaking of the obstacle. Breaking of the obstacle, and therefore, realization. Realization, completely or clear realization, meaning the capacity for extremely clear realization is in knowledge. And if there is the longest obstacle, to eliminate it in a moment. To realize it. Yogis, whose obstacle to knowledge has lessened, in a single moment, they see objects in other universes just as they see them here. Maharaj says, as if they hold it here, they hold it with their hand. That is called their divine power, a siddhi siddhi Wealth. Riches. The siddhi are shown to bhaktas on their way to Akshardhãm, to test their love for Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Then Muktanand Swami answered it as he understood, but a proper resolution was not reached. Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Here, I will answer that question. When a devotee, free from the identification with the three bodies made of Maya, remains solely as the soul and contemplates on the form of God, and by the strength of that contemplation on God, he experiences the state of upasham, then that devotee..." When there is extreme momentum, he experiences upasham. If there is extreme momentum in the contemplation of God, he experiences upasham. In this world, anyone who gets a momentum for something forgets everything else; that is called upasham. Forgetting everything except one subject, he experienced upasham. He experienced upasham in that one subject. The meaning of upasham is to forget everything except one. Not forgetting everything. Forgetting everything is not upasham. That is called sleep or unconsciousness. Upasham means forgetting everything except one. "When a devotee, free from the identification with the three bodies made of Maya, remains solely as the soul and contemplates on the form of God, and by the strength of that contemplation on God, he experiences the state of upasham, then by the strength of that upasham, the five sense-objects do not become the cause of his birth and death." "Just as when a river like Mahi or Sabarmati flows between its two banks, elephants, horses, and trees are all swept away, and none can remain stable; similarly, even if very attractive pleasures are perceived by the senses of one who has attained upasham, when he turns his vision inward, he forgets them just as one forgets things seen in a past birth in this birth. Such forgetfulness occurs to him. A devotee who behaves in this manner is said to have attained upasham. The greatness of that upasham is extremely vast." "And those ignorant men and women in this world, who have extreme love for each other before marriage, and then after marriage, they are kept awake and made to travel for three nights and three days," "and then if those two are brought together, due to sleep, they are not able to enjoy the pleasure of each other's form or touch; and even if they are embracing each other, they sleep as if pieces of wood are tied against each other, but they do not experience any pleasure in the five sense-objects. If they, during the state of ignorance, have attained upasham in deep sleep, and still have no awareness of any sense-objects;" "then how can the five sense-objects affect one who is wise and has attained the state of upasham by meditating on the form of God? They certainly cannot. Therefore, for one who has attained the state of upasham, the five sense-objects do not become the cause of birth and death." Then Nityanand Swami asked, "The remedy you mentioned for attaining the state of upasham, which is to become the soul and meditate on God, is extremely difficult; therefore, please tell us another easy remedy besides that." Then Shriji Maharaj said, "Firstly, if one understands the extreme greatness of God, and secondly, if one has extremely intense faith in serving and having darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → He will not attain the state of upasham. If he performs service with momentum but is proud, then he will not attain the state of upasham. The reason is that he got diverted, right? All service becomes for the sake of pride. And in this world, that happens, it becomes for pride and worship. Darshan Darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → Worship, all of that becomes for the sake of pride. Therefore, he does not attain upasham. Even if he performs it with momentum. Does it with momentum, does more than everyone else, still he does not attain upasham. Maharaj said so. There is only pride. Because there must be a very great pleasure in pride. In all other things, the pleasure must be less. There is great pleasure in pride. No such 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 → Who does not exist, whose mind does not like pride. There is no such person. 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 → That one does not get elated when praised. 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