Premanand Swami recited the pad of Vandu and the pad of Garbi. Maharaj became extremely pleased. He became extremely pleased. Maharaj said, "Let's get up and bow to him." Maharaj said that remembering God in this way is a great benefit of human birth. In the Gita, God wrote, "Arto, Jijnasu, Rartharthi, Gyani cha Bharatarshabha." Among them, the Gyani is always devoted to one bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → All are generous. Then God wrote this. After many births, the wise surrender to Me, knowing that Vasudeva is all. Such a great soul is very rare. In the Gita, God said that among thousands of men, one strives for perfection. Among those who strive and are perfected, one knows Me in truth. After many births, the wise surrender to Me, knowing that Vasudeva is all. Such a great soul is very rare. God, Maharaj has said the same thing in this. Those who remember God are very rare. There is no rarity of those who perform spiritual practices. There is no rarity of those who perform spiritual practices. Although, it is rare. No one does it. God said in the Gita that among thousands of men, one strives for perfection. Not a thousand, but gather thousands, and then only one rare person will resolve to go on the path of God. He resolves to strive for perfection. Gather thousands of such people again. We have all gathered. Gather thousands of such people, and then one truly knows Me. Someone recognizes me and remembers me. Someone knows me. So it is said, but when does that happen? It happens when, after many births, the wise surrender to Me. Vasudeva is all. Such a great soul is very rare. What should be the meaning of 'Vasudeva Sarvamiti'? One who has only God as their goal. One who has only God as their goal, has no other intention besides God. What should be the meaning of 'Sarvam'? Vasudeva is all. So, does that mean all these are Vasudeva? Or that Vasudeva is everywhere? Or something else? There are two or three options for that. That all these sitting here are Vasudeva. From the perspective of Vedanta, the meaning is that God resides in all movable and immovable things. So, is its rarity very high? That great soul is very rare. Very rare, even among the rare. So, God is the indweller in everyone and resides within them. If that's what you believe, then we all believe it. Those who are devotees of God and have some faith, they believe that God is the indweller of all and resides as the indweller. So, is that called extreme rarity? No, it's not called that. It's called rarity. But it's not called extreme rarity. So, the great saints and acharyas gave two meanings to it. Vasudeva is all. Such a great soul is very rare. So, he sees Vasudeva everywhere. The fact that God resides as the indweller is a reality. But we don't see it. God resides as the indweller in our hearts, but we don't experience Him. We don't experience it. Swami sang sang Company. Association. (pronounced sung) Tap to open in glossary → kirtan kirtan Divine songs about Bhagvãn and His charitras, usually sung to the accompaniment of musical instruments. Tap to open in glossary → So, what does that mean? What should be its meaning? He experiences God everywhere. He experiences God in every particle. God is indeed present as the indweller. But where do we experience Him? We experience the five senses. This is very good, and this is very bland. We experience the five senses in the objects of the world. We don't experience God. Even if we are devotees of God, it happens the same way. This is good, and this is bland. If it happens a lot, then this devotee is good, and this devotee is bland, that's what happens. But that is also a kind of sense object. As long as there is good and bad, it is called a sense object. Just as there are five sense objects of the five sense organs: form, taste, smell, all those are the five sense objects. So, what is the object of the mind? Huh? Sankalp-vikalp is the nature of the mind. The nature of the mind. But what is the object of the mind? Good and bad. The mind keeps deciding what is good and what is bad. That is its object. So, our mind keeps doing this, 'this is good and this is bad'. This devotee is good and this devotee is bad, that became the object of the devotee's mind. But in 'Vasudeva Sarvamiti', he doesn't see the idol of God. He doesn't see the idol of God. It is called rare. Its rarity has been shown. Vasudeva Sarvam has two meanings. Firstly, he sees Vasudeva everywhere, he sees God. That's one meaning. And Vasudeva Sarvamiti, for him, everything is money. So, he sees money everywhere? What meaning should I give to 'Sarvam' there? All his efforts are for money. He gets squeezed. He gets squeezed for money. He has only one target. If he doesn't get money, he hasn't got anything else in this world. So, in our language, that is called 'nishtha' (devotion/faith). The meaning of nishtha is the same. His everything is just one, just one target. The whole life has only one goal. To die for this. To live for this, and to die for this, and to live for this. When that happens, it is said that Vasudeva Sarvam has been achieved. 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