One should have the same sentiment as Radhaji and Lakshmidevi. So, what kind of sentiment did Radhaji and Lakshmidevi have? Of pleasing. There is extreme pleasure. By what I do, God is pleased. I have no other target in this. Radhika and Lakshmi Lakshmi A devi (goddess) who is the wife of Vishnu. She is the devi of wealth. Therefore, money and gold is also called Lakshmi. She eternally remains in the sevã of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → God is pleased with me. If they do seva, why do they do seva? To please God. It is not seen in history that they performed any yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → Radhaji and Lakshmidevi. Everyone performed penance, didn't they? How much penance did Lakshmidevi perform? They have all performed penance. Otherwise, they do seva. Seva is yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → It is selfless service. By performing one's own duty, one attains perfection. That is yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → When does yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → They perform svaha. Yesterday we talked about svaha. They perform svaha. Svaha, not mine. I have become a mahant, so I have become one to perform svaha. Not mine, nothing of mine should increase, nothing of anyone else should increase. So, svaha, not mine. That means, in karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → And surrender to the Supreme Being. To utilize for the benefit of the Supreme Being, to utilize for any reason. That this is for the benefit of God. He does the same by performing yagna yagna Sacrificial worship. Ceremonial ritual performed as a form of worship to seek the good favour and receive the blessings of the devs. Different items, such as ghee, grains, wood, and spices, are offered into a sacred pit of fire in accordance with strict scriptural niyams with the chanting of mantras that are prescribed in the Veds. Tap to open in glossary → He does the same by performing penance. Lakshmidevi performed penance, so God, be pleased with this. Similarly, when we perform seva, God is pleased by it. People just have to be told to be happy. Everyone tells us that, don't they? We receive so many gifts and presents, saying, "To please you, to please you." I am waiting to see when I will start to be. We are waiting to see when to be and when not to be. So, if one does it for God, it is considered a lot. God is the indweller in the mind, and to do something that pleases Him, that seva is penance, isn't it? Seva is double penance. Similarly, when we perform seva, God is pleased by it. People just have to be told to be happy. Everyone tells us that, don't they? We receive so many gifts and presents, saying, "To please you, to please you." I am waiting to see when I will start to be. We are waiting to see when to be and when not to be. So, if one does it for God, it is considered a lot. God is the indweller in the mind, and to do something that pleases Him, that seva is penance, isn't it? Seva is double penance. That penance is called single penance. And seva is penance, which means to make the body suffer. To give the body a little wear and tear, isn't it? So in this, the body also suffers, and God is pleased. And other devotees of God are also pleased. If one serves someone, they are pleased. And when we perform penance, no one else is pleased. Only God is pleased. We also don't become. Because we are not pleased at that time. At that time, one has to barely keep the mood right by tightening it. Penance means to make the body suffer. To give the body a little wear and tear, isn't it? So in this, the body also suffers, and God is pleased. And other devotees of God are also pleased. If one serves someone, they are pleased. And when we perform penance, no one else is pleased. Only God is pleased. We also don't become. Because we are not pleased at that time. At that time, one has to barely keep the mood right by tightening it. So, seva is double pleasure. 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