And if someone is doing work related to a 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 → Because he commands that. It is not separate like that. He commands that. Because he commands that, hence this question. Its answer is: if a person makes an effort to remain alert, and if something goes awry unknowingly, then He protects. But if they knowingly increase their nature, then He does not protect, and they have to suffer the punishment. God forgives all mistakes. If one is doing God's work, God takes full responsibility for them. But if they knowingly increase their nature, then they have to suffer the punishment, it is said. God, Ramachandraji Bhagwan, killed Ravana and placed Vibhishana on the throne. And He told him, "Go, I have granted you a lifespan of one kalpa." God granted him a lifespan of one kalpa, as long as Brahma's entire day, and performed the coronation. Go, God did not want any kingdom. He left. So then Vibhishana made a rule to come daily from Lanka, from Ceylon. At that time there was a bridge, now the bridge is submerged. At that time, God had made the bridge proper. So they could come directly road by road. So Vibhishana would come to Ayodhya every day for darshan darshan Seeing. To see with admiration and devotion. To see Bhagvãn, a sat-purush, and murtis, with inner or outer vision, with the intention of receiving their grace and blessings. By doing darshan properly a bhakta develops affection for Bhagvãn, and Bhagvãn develops affection for that bhakta. [Sãrangpur – 2]. Tap to open in glossary → He would come with a chariot. Flying horses. So he would go fast. Like the bullet train we have now, or are going to have, they had that much speed. So keeping horses like a bullet train, every day. In that, right in Tamil Nadu, he must have been going like a bullet with his horses, and a Brahmin met with an accident, and the Brahmin passed away right there. And all the villagers gathered. Just as when an accident happens with a car, they first break its glass, take away the key, and do all such things, so they did the exact same procedure to Vibhishana. And then, Brahmins do not have any weapons, but they beat him so hard with fists and kicks, they beat him so much that they all felt, "We want to finish him off completely." The whole village gathered. "He killed a Brahmin! And why did he not walk by the bypass road that he takes daily? Why did he walk here?" So, but he did not die. And after that, they put him in jail. Lord Ramachandraji Bhagwan came to know that Vibhishana had been put in jail, so God came from there in a chariot. He came and entered this village. There, it was God's empire. All of them were His subjects in the kingdom. So the whole village turned out, "Oh, Maharaj has come, Maharaj has come!" So Ramachandraji Bhagwan said, "Alright, all that is fine, but I have come for a task." "Then tell us, Maharaj, what is the task?" "Have you put someone in jail?" They said, "Yes, yes, you were trying to kill him, but that man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → So God said, "How, how could he die by your hands? I have granted him a lifespan of one kalpa. So he will not die. He is my servant. So you do one thing, make a replacement. Put me in jail and release him." "Oh Maharaj, how can you be put in jail?" But God got Vibhishana released. So God takes care like that. But not if one deliberately increases their nature. If a mistake has occurred, then God protects them. As we said, if one is doing temple work, they are considered God's representative. Nowadays, if there is a big officer and he gets involved in a crime, what is the procedure for him? First, they dismiss him. First, he has to be dismissed; until then, no one can lay a hand on him. They cannot handcuff him. If it is a post like a Collector, first the procedure is to dismiss him. By calling the Governor or through whoever, they dismiss him and make him just like an ordinary man man Mind. One of the four antah-karans, with the function of (pronounced mun) generating thoughts and desires, and governing all of the indriyas. Tap to open in glossary → They cannot handcuff him directly while he is on the post. Because he is a representative of the Government of India, yes. So he cannot be troubled. Similarly, if one is doing God's work with real honesty, with honesty of heart, and if his thinking is solely directed towards doing God's work, and if for some reason a mistake occurs, then God protects him. But if we think, "There is no problem, we are government servants so no issue at all," then sometimes one gets caught. So if a mistake occurs, then God corrects it. So, taking the pretext of Maharaj's seva, Maharaj's mission work, Maharaj's this and that, one should not increase their nature. If they do not increase their nature, God quickly does their work. No problem in that. In comparison to others, He does much more of their work. But now, if they increase their nature, then even the seva they have done goes in vain. God feels that they have not done any seva for Him, but on the contrary, have brought disgrace to Him. Swami, "increasing one's nature"—I did not understand that, please say it again. Facing the 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 → It echoes a lot, so repeat it facing the 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 is increasing their nature"—speak clearly. Does it mean that while doing seva, they are doing something on the side for themselves, or how should we understand it? Doing it for oneself is also included, but "increasing one's nature" means, for example, "Alright, I am doing Maharaj's seva, so if I do not go to the aarti today, it is fine." That is called increasing one's nature. "If I do a little puja, it is fine. If I do not go to eat in the queue, it is fine. If I save a little bit on the side, it is also fine. Because I am bringing a benefit of ten lakhs, so if I save fifty rupees, what is the harm in that? I am doing seva worth ten lakhs, and if I go to the temple there and perhaps have to be served a plate worth fifty rupees, what is the harm in that? That much has to be tolerated, right?" That is called increasing one's nature. So to increase one's nature, they increase it. He is said to have the right to eat ten plates. And perhaps if he is doing seva and did not go, did not reach the aarti, even then God forgives him. But now, if he could have reached and yet, being lazy, did not go, then God does not forgive. If he has made arrangements such that exactly at that time an emergency arises, then He does not forgive. 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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