Valiyo the robber, Ajamil, Joban Pagi, Valero Varu, etc. were like that. But in circumstances like someone's distress, association with a holy place or holy men, awakening of past impressions, respect, grace of a saint, etc., that can also happen. Now, a doubt also arises that those who have been doing bhajan bhajan Worship. Tap to open in glossary → The solution to that is that here 'ananyabhak' does not mean contemplating like a continuous flow of oil, but it means 'na anyam bhajati', meaning he does not worship anyone else. In one, he has developed faith that, "Now, I do not want to use my own wisdom in this. I will do as He says." Even if his faith, his firm faith has come, then it is done. It is not that Joban Pagi practiced the continuous flow of oil vow in a single day. But he felt that, "Swaminarayan is God, and other than Him, I have no refuge. Whatever happens." So, that is the resolve. "Samyag vyavasito hi sah." "I have committed many sins. Now I want to serve Swaminarayan. I do not want to do anything else." Such is his resolve, he has made this decision. That is very proper. That makes him a sadhu. "Sadhureva samantavyah." If there is good conduct but no resolve, then he cannot be made a sadhu by that decision. If there is resolve but no good conduct, then it makes him a sadhu. Maharaj said in that 14th Vachanamrut of Vartal, Ramchandra Vaghmodiya asked that question, "Maharaj, even if someone is extremely sinful, he gets samadhi." He has made a resolve that, "This is right, God is right." He developed an extreme appreciation for God's Swami. He felt that, "Oh, I only committed sins in my life, and I did this today, but this was left out. Now I want to do this." He made such a resolve, so he became a sadhu. The sadhus who were sitting did not get samadhi, but he did. His soul, his soul got attached to Maharaj. Samadhi is fine, that is another thing. But on seeing Maharaj, his soul got attached. To Maharaj's 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 → The reason for attaching and not attaching is resolve. There must be a decision, right, that "I want to attach." There is no decision from within the soul that "I want to attach somewhere." So, even if they are very good, they keep wandering. And if these others are there, even if they are weak, they succeed. No decision is made from the soul that "I want to attach to God's service, I want to attach to God, meaning I want to attach to God's service." Such a decision is not made at all. Further, there is that verse of Shukadevji, then I saw it in that commentary. It was there. It was in Tatparya Chandrika. "Jnanam cha jnanam cha vyavasayashcha dvau parapratipadakau. Vyavasayadrite brahman nasadayati tatparam." "Jnanam cha vyavasayashcha dvau parapratipadakau." They are the ones who establish the Supreme Soul. Here, 'jnana' means scriptural knowledge. If it were that other knowledge, Maharaj has called the wise one His own soul. But here, 'jnana' means scriptural establishing knowledge, all that. "Jnanam cha vyavasayashcha dvau parapratipadakau." Both of them point to the Supreme Soul. But what is said in the second line? "Vyavasayadrite brahman nasadayati tatparam." "Vyavasayadrite jnanam param na asadayati." If one has not made a resolve, if he has not decided that "I," here resolve means "I want to join God's service," such is the resolve. Conviction is knowledge, and that conviction, meaning what conviction to make in knowledge? So, sometimes great scholars are still wandering around, and those others have finished wandering and gone. And those who had no knowledge succeeded. Our Kothari Swami, Narayan Bhagat, even if you consider Jogi Swami, where was Jogi Swami a great knower of scriptures? But he had decided that "We want to join Maharaj's service." So, he made that resolve. "Through this body it is fine, but through this soul, I want to serve God." He made such a resolve, so even if there is no knowledge, it is fine. "Jnanam cha vyavasayashcha dvau paro pratipadakau para pratipadakau." But "vyavasayadrite jnanam na param asadayati." He cannot attain God. There may be knowledge, the best. They may be great scholars. Still, they cannot attain God. And those without knowledge also attain Him and go. So, it is not that all those without knowledge attain Him, but what is the reason for that? Decision. Call it conviction, or whatever you call it, or call it resolve. "Vyavasayatmika buddhih ekeha kurunandana. Bahushakha hyanantashcha buddhayo'vyavasayinam." One who has not made such a decision for God, for him there is so much, "I have to do this, do this, do this, do this." "I have to grind the whole jar of grain." 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