Pad number six. Know, O people, the mighty Lord Know, O people, the mighty Lord. Do not consider the strength of this jiva, it merely boasts in vain. Nothing can be done by anyone, O 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 → Know, O people, the mighty Lord Know, O people, the mighty Lord. That jiva, to attain happiness, gives away everything in charity. Its fame increases in this world, and everyone respects it. Know, O people, the mighty Lord Know, O people, the mighty Lord. There are japa, tapa, pilgrimages, and yoga, and one meditates by going to the forest. No purpose is served by this, just like a small, ugly wedding procession. Know, O people, the mighty Lord Know, O people, the mighty Lord. Leaving the strength of Maharaj, if anyone else tries to achieve something, Nishkulanand says it is fruitless, know that such strength is like a wedding procession. Know, O people, the mighty Lord Know, O people, the mighty Lord. Whatever work is done, it is done by the power of God. Not even a blade of grass moves by the power of the jiva. Such is the story of the Upanishads. And it is also shown in the scriptures. The jiva merely boasts a lot. But no work is done by any human or deity. It is said that without the will of God, not even a leaf can be moved. When a jiva gives away everything in charity to attain happiness, its fame greatly increases in the world. It is respected by people. Someone performs japa, tapa, pilgrimages, yoga, and meditates in the forest. But only as much can be attained from it as God wills. There is a story in the Upanishads. That the gods all won and the asuras lost. So, what do you call celebrating it? They started celebrating. They started celebrating victory. And there was a gathering for the celebration. The gathering took place, and discourses were given. Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Then Vayu said, "You sit down." If I am not there, what can you do? If there is no wind, Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → So, I blew once, and they ran away, he said. Then Varuna said, "I gave such a slap that everyone started shaking and ran away." They were talking like this. Inside, King Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → He was watching everything. There, this was all a private and very secret meeting. So, someone came to a door there. That I want to go meet the King. So the doorkeeper came and said, "Maharaja, but he said, 'You can't meet him now.' Right now, we have this very private celebration meeting. So, others shouldn't be allowed entry; who knows who it might be. So Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → So Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → Who are you? And so, the other one asked a counter-question, "Who are you?" So he said, "Don't you know me?" It comes in the newspapers a lot. In America, it's reported that Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → In summer. So you don't know him? I said, "I don't know him." What is your power? Oh, what should I tell him now? What should I say about my power? If I blow once, I can burn the universe. If I blow once, I can do this, I can do that. It's just a matter of one blow. If I blow, Girnar will become broken. It won't fall completely, but if you go and push it, it will fall, but it will become broken. So, he said, "Oh, you have such power." Not only that, not just in the world, but even in the Vedas, my name is there. Veda, huh? This is called Jataveda. And my name is very famous, even in the Vedas. Go to any scripture, go to the Vedas, go to the world, no matter where, nothing works without me. I am sitting inside the human's work. I am the one who gives life to humans. Oh, then you have a lot of power, it is said. He showed the card, look. That identity card. It's not that I'm just saying it; look, it's printed everywhere. So, he said that there must be a dry blade of grass, a dried-up blade of grass. Burn this. Now, don't make fun, don't make fun. If I go to burn this, people won't agree, or they'll say something else. He said, "Burn it if you have the power." So he told him, "I'll burn it." Saying that, he blew. Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → It ignited, but the blade of grass did not burn. 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 → The blade of grass did not burn, it just did not burn. So they came back and 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 Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → I don't understand anything. Then Vayu 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 → In defeating those demons, it was my role, not his. In that way, he was boasting falsely. Then Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → Go and investigate a bit. So he said, "Me?" So he asked, "Who are you?" He said, "I am Vayu." Your introduction. Vayurve Kshepistha Devatay. If there is a stronger deity than all, it is Vayu; he is stronger than all, isn't he? So Vayu is a strong deity, all of them. Then he gives his biodata and life story to so-and-so. In short. And then he said, "Well, your power seems to be considerable." But he said, "Blow away this blade of grass." A dry blade of grass. He put the same one that was there. Agni Agni Fire. Tap to open in glossary → So he said, "Blow away this blade of grass." And the wind, he said, went a little further back. And then, hissing, he came as a whirlwind and said, "Take this one too." He didn't mention it a second time. And they took it. I blew many times, but the blade of grass didn't even move. Vayu was surprised, "What is this?" So he made his eyes dusty for a moment. And a second time, he tried and tried, but nothing happened. Then he came and 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 Varuna came, and everyone said that they didn't understand anything, no one understood anything. The blade of grass didn't move, didn't get wet, didn't burn. What to do with all this? 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 → So there, instead of that Yaksha, God came and 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 → He stood up. So King Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → So God gave him a message that, "I have won." This is the power of all of you. A blade of grass doesn't move like that. What do we do when we are at home? Hey, the blade of grass doesn't move. If we are at home, the blade of grass doesn't move. Huh. Here, 100, 200, 500 people bow down and offer to Swami, washing his feet and placing them on their heads. All that is someone else's glory. One should always remember that. Then he gets the support of God. Nothing happens by our own power. If it is God's power, then it happens. Humans should not boast falsely. He called it support. If one boasts, one does not get support. Not even a blade of grass moves without God. When do we understand that not even a blade of grass moves without God? When is it considered to be believed? Even if success is achieved. In failure. If failure occurs. God gave it. Not like that. If failure occurs, take it upon yourself. Why? It's not that God doesn't exist. There is no failure before God. Where did it come from? From us. And if success is achieved, keep it on God's head. 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