The virtues of the virtuous, this is known as the ultimate fruit. Devotion to Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → otherwise, even the wise fall. If there is no 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 → if there is no such knowledge, or despite having knowledge, if there is any attachment or bondage to other things, even scholars learned in the Vedas and other scriptures fall into degradation. Degradation means a life form lower than human, or they even suffer the torments of hell. Prahladji has said that, brothers, he who remains engaged only in supporting his family, and never performs bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → then even if he is a scholar, he does not attain God. Because he is filled with feelings of 'mine' and 'thine', that foolish person attains a tamasic state. In virtues, resolve plays a major role. There is scriptural knowledge, or some skill of this world, or God has given wealth, or X, Y, Z, whatever virtues there may be, in that, his resolve plays a major role. Is his resolve auspicious or inauspicious? Is it selfish or to serve God? All these are means. Whether there is scholarship, scriptural knowledge, even vairagya for sadhus, righteous conduct, penance, in all of those, the fundamental resolve works. Behind that resolve and performing all those actions, if he has in mind that 'through this, I will get benefit in this world,' it gets arranged like that. In that, it is said about the scholar, right? that when they are studying, when they sit to study, they think, 'Let us study and get a good livelihood.' This is his fundamental resolve. That 'by studying, we will get a good livelihood.' If he is a householder, then in the way of pandits, and if they are sadhus, 'by studying, we will obtain it in this way.' 'We will obtain livelihood, respect, and greatness.' 'He is a pandit pandit Priest. Tap to open in glossary → or 'he is a Vedantacharya, so he gets a lot of respect,' 'so we should also do the same.' If that is set in the mind, then those virtues do not work for his liberation. That is why Maharaj said that they fall into degradation. They may acquire those virtues, but those virtues are of no use for their liberation. If we consider this world now, that, 'Brother, okay, these are institutions,' 'I am the mahant of this institution,' like that. But behind being a mahant, if he has in mind, that 'that mahant got a very nice car,' 'he gets respect,' 'he is praised,' 'all his conveniences are well maintained,' 'therefore, I am doing this.' Then he gets all those benefits. God does not become pleased. When Shastriji Maharaj established this Gurukul, he verified his resolve very thoroughly. In the end, he placed it before Maharaj, that 'if there is no selfishness of mine in this, only then let it proceed.' 'If my only desire is to serve You through this medium,' 'only then You let this proceed.' Then it becomes useful for his own liberation. And it also becomes useful for the liberation of others. He would have made such a resolve at the very starting point. We, in our own way, make such a resolve at the starting point, 'Brother, we should have some power, everything should be fine, and there should be abundance.' If he is a householder pandit pandit Priest. Tap to open in glossary → If they are doing business, they think, 'If we earn wealth, we will be praised, and that will happen.' All those are benefits of this world, which they get. That gets set in his mind at the starting point. If it is not set at the starting point, then he thinks, 'May this be useful for my liberation.' So, we see that story of Magniram, don't we? That Magniram was a seeker on all sides, and on all sides, he was thinking, 'How can I be liberated? How can I be liberated?' He heard from someone that, 'Goddess Sharda helps one attain God.' So he worshipped Goddess Sharda. Even if there is a good resolve in the beginning, still, if everything goes well, it can also change. In the beginning, we may be very intense seekers, and God arranges everything well, whether one is a householder or a sadhu. So then, the resolve changes again. Meaning, 'Now let us at least settle the things of this world properly,' 'that other thing will happen as it is meant to, the liberation of the soul will happen as it is meant to.' So, many times, in the beginning, we do not have any weak resolve. Weak means of this world; weak means nothing else, but weak means there is no resolve for this world. But, and we would be praying to God, 'O God, make me successful in this.' So God makes us successful; He is somewhat simple-minded, so He gets easily persuaded. And He makes us successful. Then another thought arises in our mind, 'Let us do this, let us do that, let us do a little of this worldly thing.' Then those means or all those spiritual practices and achievements, they do not become useful for his own liberation. That is why it is said that even if he is a scholar, he falls into degradation. Perhaps some scholar is a seeker and they studied for a good cause, studied to know the glory of God, but then, to speak in the flourish of scholarship, and when all his grand influence begins to show, so whether it is such scholarship, or wealth, or this position of mahant, or power, when all its grandeur begins to show, then a person's mind gets distracted. And it was not so before. So then this happens, as Maharaj said. Therefore, 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 → if it is true. If it is a 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 → And if it is true 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 → then he does not care for this world, it only does good for his next world. That, 'Brother, you have become a great scholar, but see, you are forgetting this much.' If he is a householder, 'Brother, you have got wealth and property, but keep this in mind.' So, if it is true 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 → And if 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 → So in a person's mind, in the soul's mind, when our capacity is not that much, so he cannot digest it. He cannot digest it, so then this world. That is why Maharaj said, 'The virtues of the virtuous, this is known as the ultimate fruit. Devotion to Krishna Krishna 1) An avatãr of Bhagvãn. He incarnated in the svarup of a cowherd. This is considered to be a greater avatãr than the others, as Shree Krishna possessed all of the powers of Bhagvãn, whereas other avatãrs possessed less power. Shree Krishna conveyed the message of love and humanity to the world. Also, He recited the epic poem, the Bhagvad Geetã, to Arjun in which He stated: ‘Whenever dharma declines and adharma increases, I shall incarnate myself as a human to save the holy, to destroy the sin of the sinner, and to establish dharma. I come into being from yug to yug’. 2) In the Vachanãmrut, Shreeji Mahãrãj also uses the name “Shree Krishna” to describe Bhagvãn Purushottam Nãrãyan. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → Even in that, devotion does not give a reminder. 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 → But it does not take long to get diverted from it. And if one has done true 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 → 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. 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