One who desires their own liberation, for them, other than God and God's Sadhu, there is nothing else in this world that is a source of happiness. Therefore, just as a soul possesses self-identification (atmabuddhi) towards its own body, similarly, one should maintain self-identification towards God and God's Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → Then they will experience great happiness and great liberation; both flows will come. Maharaj said this. 'Becoming ecstatic, let us enjoy great bliss,' 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 → It is not that the task is accomplished only when one goes to the other world. Even here, 'Becoming ecstatic, let us enjoy great bliss,' even in this world, and in God's abode, there they certainly enjoy it. Therefore, just as a soul possesses self-identification towards its own body, similarly, one should maintain self-identification towards God and God's Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → paksh paksh To be in favour of someone. Loyalty. We must always take the paksh of Bhagvãn and His bhaktas. Tap to open in glossary → And while maintaining that side, all these are said to be nails of steel (vajra vajra The vajra is a weapon that is as long as a trident carried by Indra. A chihn on Swãminãrãyan Bhagvãn’s right foot. Performing dhyãn on this chihn helps a bhakta overcome his inner enemies, and removes the desires for material pleasures, which enables the mind to focus on Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → What was the previous point mentioned? Atmabuddhi. To maintain atmabuddhi, then it is not that it loosens for a moment, becomes slack for a moment, or becomes like that for a moment. A steel nail in a steel earth. There is no shakiness in it. If a nail is driven into the ground, this is not just a nail in the ground; Maharaj called this a steel nail. To weld it, meaning in modern language, it is welded. Even welding can break, but this does not break. Therefore, just as a soul possesses self-identification towards its own body, similarly, one should maintain self-identification towards God and God's Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → The side should not die, like that. Let all else die, but the side should not die. And one must not let dislike (abhav) for them arise. And one must not let weariness arise towards God's devotee. Abhav means weariness. That, 'It has been many days now, so some change is needed.' Do you like change or not? 'Now, the same thing has been there for so long, if one wears the same clothes, if the food is rotli and shak, then after a week, on Saturday, is change needed or not?' Change is needed. So in this, Maharaj says not to bring change. If it is a steel nail, once driven in, how can there be any change in it? And one should firmly maintain the side of God's devotee. And while maintaining that side, whether reputation increases or decreases, or whether honor or insult occurs, or whether the body lives or dies, but under no circumstance should one abandon the side of God and God's devotee. Nor let dislike for them arise. And one should not hold the body and the body's relatives as dear as God's devotee. A devotee who behaves in this manner, even the extremely powerful enemies like lust, anger, etc., cannot defeat them. And that which is God's abode of Brahmapur, Due to that deficiency, those defeat him; the body-consciousness (dehbhāv) defeats him. Because of that deficiency, dehbhāv defeats him, and the internal enemies defeat him. They cannot do it to the other one, Maharaj said no. Even if they have not performed austerities, even then they cannot do it. Ultimately, it is a matter of His control, isn't it, Maharaj? If one has this faith, they will certainly perform austerities for Maharaj, it is not that they won't, but even if they haven't done the other. Where did the Gopis perform Chandrayan vows? Or did they ever perform Dharna-Parna vows? Still, whoever sings of them, lust, anger, etc., melt away from their heart. Vyas Bhagwan gave such a boon. If someone sings of them sincerely, from the heart, honestly, then they honestly depart from their heart. And in that which is God's abode of Brahmapur, God always resides as a personal form (sakar 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 → that, 'What if upon dying I become a ghost or spirit, or what if I only reach Indralok, or what if I only reach Brahmalok?' 'What if I remain far away,' like that. 'I will go right there, I will go right there.' He does not remain far. He gets its resonance from right here. If he speaks weakly from here, then some arrangement comes up, a rest area comes in between, right? In America, when everyone is walking along the road, a rest area comes. So they stay to rest. And in that which is God's abode of Brahmapur, God always resides as a personal form. And God's devotees also, having assumed forms in that abode of God, remain engaged in God's service. This was the other thing mentioned, dread (daheshat). Daheshat. When a person's heart lacks this thing, they feel dread. 'No, no, where will I go?' Not lust, anger, etc. Lust, anger, etc., then come because of this dread. But he feels, 'Where will I go? Will I go there or not?' There was that saying, 'A straw in the thief's beard,' right? A straw in that thief's beard. The king gathered everyone. Since he is a king, everyone would have beards, right? And if someone steals in the king's house, who would do it? Only the bearded ones would do it. So now, how to catch him? Then the king said, 'I have a magic stick. If I do this, then whoever has stolen,' he says he keeps a straw in the stick, a straw meaning a tiny twig. 'If I do this, it will stick to his beard, whoever is the thief.' Whoever is the thief. And the king did exactly this. So what action-reaction occurred in the assembly? Huh? Someone started shaking their beard. Who started shaking it? Those who were the original ones, like that. The others just 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 → So when a person lacks this thing, they feel dread that, 'Will we go there or not? Or will we remain incomplete?' If this is present, it does not happen. Then he feels, he feels, Maharaj said in another place that, 'Whoever connects with Me, they too will go right there. If anyone connects with Me in any way, they will go right there, nowhere else.' That is called resonance (rankār), and the other is called dread. This is called rankār. Even if touched by mistake, it starts to resonate. One who has a firm, direct, and proven refuge in that God, they should not keep such fear in their mind that, 'What if upon dying I become a ghost or spirit, or what if I only reach Indralok, or what if I only reach Brahmalok?' One should not keep such doubt in their mind. Because a devotee of God who is like that, they will certainly reach God's abode. Indeed, God does not let them remain anywhere in between. And one who is such a devotee, they too must firmly keep their own mind in the lotus feet of God. Just as if there is a steel earth, and a steel nail is driven into it, it cannot be uprooted in any way, similarly, one must keep their mind firm in the lotus feet of God. 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