And if one works in relation to the Hari Hari An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in His four-armed svarup to save an elephant from being killed by a crocodile. He cut off the crocodile’s head with His chakra. Tap to open in glossary → Mandir Mandir Temple. Sacred Hindu place of worship. Tap to open in glossary → they take refuge. Maharaj said that from this, dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Those devotees in the previous avatars who used to put in extreme effort, that much work is accomplished just by taking refuge in Maharaj. But don't consider that to be enough. That, 'Okay, our work is done.' When taking the 12th-grade exam, one should not hope to get 35% and consider it enough. No one will keep you anywhere with 35%, brother. Just that you pass with 35%. If we get 35%, that's enough for us. But who would keep someone with 35%? So, one should not hope that we only need to keep this much. Swami said that one should strive to become Ekantik. One should learn to make effort in devotion to Maharaj and try to become supremely Ekantik. It is possible in human birth, so it is possible. Do not be satisfied with little. If it is of this world, then be satisfied with little. In the path of God, contentment is an adversary. Good is the enemy of great. When they became good, that was the biggest obstacle for them. So, don't even become good. They became good and accepted it, so they became good. It is said that good is the enemy of great, so should one become good or not? One should become good, but if one considers oneself good, then it is the enemy of great. If one considers oneself good, even though one is still incomplete, and considers oneself good right there, then there is no greater obstacle than that. Maharaj says that one becomes careless, negligent. And something doesn't remain. Then Maharaj says, what is the biggest obstacle in devotion to God, bigger than that? One becomes negligent in satsang satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → Because they considered themselves good. Good people don't need anyone. We talked about it one day, didn't we? There is no teamwork among the devtas. Why? Because they are good. Everyone has accepted that we are good. And they have their own market value. Each one has a different market value, right? If Ganpati Dada is there, everyone has to call him for puja, otherwise he will turn his trunk and spoil everything. Hanumanji Dada also has to be called, otherwise he will wag his tail. So, everyone has their private value. So, because there is private value, everyone thinks that our cart is running. What should we do? We should all come together and do it. Why should one make tremendous effort? Our cart is running, and we are eating our bread. So, their teamwork doesn't happen. All the asuras, their teamwork happens. They all think that if we want to achieve something, we must all attack together, only then will we get the throne of Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → So, they all gathered, and they all have ego, everyone has ego. Everyone has a strong ego. But they suppress everyone's ego, and then they snatch it from the devtas, and then they show their ego. That our ego, our share, must be this much. We will not accept less than 35%. So they say, 'No problem, 35%, but if it decreases, if the percentage decreases when distributing, then come when we want to attack again.' So he says, 'He comes first.' No problem with that. So, they all work as a team, putting aside their ego. And all good people work as a team, keeping their ego. There is a story in the Upanishads, you've seen it, you've heard it, haven't you? There was a battle between the devtas and the daityas. And by the grace of God, the devtas won. So, they won, which means, what do we call it, celebration? To celebrate. They gathered. The devtas said that they had reserved a very nice Connaught Hall. And Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → And no entry for anyone else. Passes were given in advance. No one else is allowed entry. Except for the devtas. And only those who participated in the battle. If there are other devtas, they have to sit behind, in the back row. Their chairs remain a bit small. And everyone started celebrating. So God said, 'Let them all talk a bit.' It was still time for dinner, so everyone was singing praises. When all these fought, Pavandev said, 'I struck such a blow.' I struck such a blow. So, all those asuras, their beards flew off their faces, and some had their horns broken. Their clothes were nowhere to be found. And everyone fled. Then Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Dev Dev A demi-god who is given powers and responsibilities in the universe, and who lives in a higher lok. Devs are bhaktas of Bhagvãn and follow His ãgnã. Tap to open in glossary → What happens with just wind? I was with them, so they got burned. Then Varun Dev Dev A demi-god who is given powers and responsibilities in the universe, and who lives in a higher lok. Devs are bhaktas of Bhagvãn and follow His ãgnã. Tap to open in glossary → I struck them, and they fell, and they had trouble breathing, so they all fled. Such a commotion was going on. And all the praises were being sung. Then God assumed a form and came to the door. He knocked. He asked, 'Entry?' They said, 'No entry.' You won't get entry here. Right now, a very secret celebration is going on. So, no entry for you. So he said, 'Go and ask King Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → So King Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → He told Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Dev Dev A demi-god who is given powers and responsibilities in the universe, and who lives in a higher lok. Devs are bhaktas of Bhagvãn and follow His ãgnã. Tap to open in glossary → Who is it? Bring complete information. This is our secret meeting. So Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Dev Dev A demi-god who is given powers and responsibilities in the universe, and who lives in a higher lok. Devs are bhaktas of Bhagvãn and follow His ãgnã. Tap to open in glossary → So God had assumed a form and was sitting disguised. Who are you? So Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Don't you know me? I am Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Matrishva, huh? Jatavedo is there. Jatavedo. Matrishva. I have 108 names. You don't even know that. I haven't studied. And I don't know. So, if you have power. Tell me that. So he said, 'If I just blow a puff, I can burn the whole world.' Just like us. That if I take one round, I can fix everything. I don't take rounds, that's why. So God placed a straw. He placed a very dry straw, completely dried up from the summer of Chaitra Chaitra Tenth month of the Ãshãdhi Samvat year, normally falling between March and April. Tap to open in glossary → Burn this. So Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → And tell me what work you have. So he said, 'Brother, burn this, that's the work of a great person like us.' So Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → But nothing happened, the straw didn't burn. His beard might have burned, but the straw didn't burn. So Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → sat sat 1) True. Real. 2) Permanent, imperishable and unchanging. Is unbound by the past, the present, and the future. Tap to open in glossary → Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → Any news? So he said, 'I didn't find out anything.' And all of them, look, look, look. Didn't we say? His work is not here. One by one they went, and God kept the same straw. No one could move it, no one could wet it, no one could blow it away, no one could do anything. And then God manifested. So, God wanted to give the message that you all won with the help of God. So, have teamwork. Don't have too much egoism. Your individual special ego, bring it down a bit. And do teamwork in the name of God. So, the devtas cannot do teamwork. Why? Because they are good. Because they are good. They are good, so they cannot do it. And all the asuras can do teamwork, why? Because they are not good. Because there is no market value. In the market, he has no value; if he goes alone, there is no value. If they go together, everyone folds their hands. Everyone used to fold their hands to Ravana, didn't they? If they went together, it means, 'Brother, this whole army has come with him, so fold your hands, otherwise consider yourselves dead.' And even then, if they fold their hands, they still get two or three blows. So, they don't say anything a second time. So, that's their teamwork. When does teamwork happen? If one suppresses their ego. It's a straightforward matter. If one suppresses their private ego, then teamwork happens. Otherwise, teamwork doesn't happen. So, Swami wrote something like that. That become Ekantik. What hinders becoming Ekantik? Huh? Personal ego. No, no, good, good, goodness. What hinders becoming Ekantik? Goodness. I am good. There is no one like me. Compared to others, my market value is much higher. All these things hinder everyone. Those others are not like this, yet they are worshipped. And even though I am good, no one looks at me during worship. If there's seva, they catch me. Say, 'Do this.' And during worship, no one even talks to me. 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