Narayan Hare. On the night of Shravan Shravan 1) To listen to talks of Bhagvãn through the ears. 2) The term also means the initial intake of gnãn from any of the outer indriyas. In this sense, darshan, intake of gnãn through the eyes, is also considered a form of shravan. However, the intake of gnãn through the process of shravan (listening) must be strengthened with manan (thinking) and nididhyãs (remember) if it is to lead to the sãkshãtkãr (realisation) of that gnãn. Tap to open in glossary → Samvat Samvat The calendar established by Indian emperor Vikramaditya of Ujjain following his victory 56 BCE. It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition. The Vikram Samvat calendar is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar. The calendar most commonly used is the Kãrtiki Samvat, which begins on the first day of Kãrtik. However, the Vachanãmrut is written using the Ashãdhi Samvat, which begins on the first day of Ãshãdh. Tap to open in glossary → And Shreeji Maharaj had initiated the reading of the discourse of the first canto of the Shrimad Bhagavata Purana. At that time, a story came up: 'Where the edge of the mind-like wheel (manomay chakra manomay chakra The mind in the form of a wheel. The mind, seen as a constantly turning wheel, whose ten spikes are taken to be the ten indriyas. [Sãrangpur – 7]. Tap to open in glossary → Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → to be known as the place where the ekantik sadhus of God reside. And when the edge of the mind-like wheel, which is in the form of the senses, becomes blunt, then there remains no affection anywhere for the five sense objects: sound, touch, sight, taste, and smell. And when a beautiful woman is seen, or extremely beautiful objects like clothes and ornaments are seen, an intense aversion arises in his mind from the very root. But the tendencies of the senses do not go and attach to them. Just as a very sharp-pointed arrow, when shot into an object, pierces it and enters inside, and even when pulled back, it does not come out. But if the arrowhead is removed from that arrow, leaving only the shaft, and it is thrown against a wall, it will bounce off and fall back, but it will not stick to the wall as it would with the arrowhead. Similarly, when the senses, which are the edge of the mind-like wheel, become blunt, then no matter how excellent the sense object is, the tendencies of the senses do not attach to it, and like the blunt shaft, the tendencies of the senses retreat. When one behaves in this manner, know that the edge of the mind-like wheel has become blunt. Wherever such a Naimisharanya Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → Sant Sant A sãdhu. A tyãgi. In the Vachanãmrut, sant refers to sat- purush. Tap to open in glossary → What came up? What is its edge? What should be understood as the edge? What did Maharaj say? In Naimisharanya Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → So, what should be understood as the mind-like wheel? The mind. And what is its edge? In the senses, affection for the objects of the senses. Maharaj said here that the senses are its edge. But it means that affection for the objects of the senses is its edge. Eyes, ears, nose, and which is the major edge? What is the greatest edge of the mind-like wheel? Which one? 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 → Dehabhiman. The mind gets stuck there. When the mind is going towards God and gets stopped in between, that is its edge. So, what stops everyone's mind the most while going towards God? Maharaj said, what stops it the most? It is the dehabhav that stops it. Our dehabhav does not let us attach to God. And if the dehabhav becomes blunt, know that to be Naimisharanya Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → What should be called Naimisharanya Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → Affection for the objects of the senses. That is, affection for the five sense objects of the world is the edge of the senses. Where does it become blunt? If you go to Vrindavan, does it become blunt? Or does it not? If you go to Mathura? If we go to Ayodhya? If we go to Gadhada? Does it become blunt or not? Where does it happen? It becomes blunt in 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 → There is no place that can make it blunt. If there is an atmosphere of 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 → That is what Maharaj said. Now, who has been to Naimisharanya? If we go to Naimisharanya, does the edge become blunt? The edge becomes blunt. So Maharaj spoke of two Naimisharanyas. One geographical and one spiritual. The geographical Naimisharanya is in Uttar Pradesh. So, for those who have been there, their edge must have become blunt, right? Has Nands स्वामी gone or not? He has. Then you must have made your edge blunt. Whoever goes to Naimisharanya, their edge becomes blunt. Then they do not like anything in this world. Is that true? Nands स्वामी does not like it anywhere. It is the edge of Naimisharanya. Maharaj says that the mind-like wheel is the mind, and its edge is the senses. And the major edge is dehabhiman. At whatever time 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 → Kshetra Kshetra 1) Field. Territory. Place of dwelling. 2) Often used with kshetragna to describe a relationship similar to that between some land and its owner – the kshetra is the land, and the kshetragna its owner. Tap to open in glossary → So those 88,000 rishis. It is said that Brahmaji gave a wheel to the rishis. The rishis thought, 'We want to do 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 → 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 basically, 'We want to pass 1,000 years. We want to pass time. So tell us something that passes time well.' The Shaunakadik rishis asked such a question to Suta Purani, 'Brother, tell us something that passes time well.' That is, 'Let us do 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 they all went together to Brahmaji, 'Now where should we do 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 → 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 one passes time in such a way that the result is great, then it multiplies. King Parikshit used only seven days. And the others used 1,000 years. Still, King Parikshit's time of seven days, in those seven days, his edge became blunt. Seven days. 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