And first, point out the flaws in the five sensory objects, and speak of them as being full of misery and untruth. And then, bringing the testimony of the Satpurush, speak of the glory of Shri 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 → 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 → Akshar Akshar 1) Imperishable. In his personal form, Akshar serves Bhagvãn in Akshardhãm, and takes birth on earth as His ideal bhakta (sat-purush). Both forms are human in appearance. In his impersonal form, Akshar is the dhãm of Bhagvãn called Akshardhãm. In his all- pervading anvay form, Akshar is called Chidãkãsh. Tap to open in glossary → Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → We do not know much about that example. But Maharaj said, as Swami wrote, when there is devotion with greatness, what is that person's state? Then, Sanakadik went out of their own state. Going out of one's state has two meanings: one is going down, and the other is going up. So, Sanakadik went up. They lost awareness of boundaries. They lost awareness of even boundaries, such was their experience of glory. And if one falls down from their state, that is not good. That cannot be called glory. Maharaj has written an entire Vachanamrut on conviction with glory, hasn't He? Loya's third Vachanamrut is like that, where He gave examples of all those who had conviction with glory. Mataji, Mataji meaning Jamkubai. She was a princess of Udaipur, and how she escaped, how she came to Maharaj. That cannot be said to be the work of an ordinary person. That happens only when there is glory, when one fights alone without caring for anyone. That is why Maharaj has given everyone's examples in it, and each one is such that Maharaj said no one else could do it. An ordinary person cannot do that. In the region of Junagadh, in Khorasa, there was Raja Dangar, and he was an Ahir devotee from Maharaj's time. So, it occurred to him, he was very full of glory. So, when those sadhus passed by, and his wife did not give them provisions, he felt hurt in his mind. If one creates a dispute, one cannot succeed against anyone. Especially against one's wife, one can never succeed by disputing. So, he thought in his mind, "We are working hard for the liberation of our soul, and if a single morsel does not reach the mouths of hungry sadhus, then why should we remain in this worldly life?" Having thought so, and the stories about his wife are long, he persuaded her, settled everything, and went to Maharaj, saying, "Here, Maharaj," and piled up all the jewelry, "and make me a sadhu." Maharaj said, "Do you want to do as We say, or do you just want to become a sadhu?" "Maharaj, as You say." Maharaj said, "Parvatbhai's young sons are small, so drive his plow." Parvatbhai had farming in three villages. So, their borders, the fields of both of them, were close to each other. This Raja Dangar's field and Parvatbhai's field were close to each other. So, he started driving his plow. And he left his own. Now, is that any less difficult? To leave one's own home, and, "Hey brother, if you just wanted to drive a plow, it was going on there too, wasn't it, with the plow?" Wouldn't people from other villages say? "If you wanted to drive a plow, then what did you gain by going to Swaminarayan? And here you had your own home, and there you are driving a plow like a laborer for someone else, so what benefit is that to you?" But still, he had no doubt in his mind. So Maharaj says, for one who has conviction with glory, what is it that they cannot do? There is nothing that cannot be done. For one who has conviction with glory, it happens; otherwise, it does not. Maharaj related another such incident of this brother, Alaiya Khachar, who was actually the ruler of Moda. These were Ahirs, but he was a ruler, a ruler named Motabhai. He had come to Maharaj. To be a ruler and attain detachment, while ruling and having a household, to attain detachment, how great is that? Here, even when one has nothing, one cannot let go. If we want to make the children of very rich people devotees, it becomes very difficult, doesn't it? If they are ordinary, it happens. But if they are very wealthy and have comforts, running cars, then they are not allowed to leave. And he was a ruler. And he attained detachment and went to Maharaj. "Maharaj, make me a sadhu." So Maharaj said, "Do you want to become a sadhu, or do you want to do as We say?" So Maharaj made that ruler drive a plow in... what is the name of that place? It is a nearby village. Maharaj made him drive his plow. That devotee is very great, I forgot his name. He made him drive his plow. He drove the plow for two or three years, and then Maharaj called him. "Now, what is your wish?" "Maharaj, as You say. I had come to You." So Maharaj made him a sadhu and named him Aksharanand Swami. And then, when the temple of Vadtal was built—the temple of Vadtal was built by Brahmanand Swami—and Maharaj made Aksharanand Swami the mahant. 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