Vachanamrut Vartal Chapter number 18. Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare. On the day of Maha Sudi Padva in 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 → In the mandap of Lakshminarayan... There is a dome, right? That must be it, right? What other mandap would there be? Yes, that same mandap. There is a circumambulation path and then in that, right? Was the circumambulation path built by then? Which year is it? 1882. Which month of '82? On the day of Maha Sudi Padva. Right. So in '82, Maharaj had performed the consecration, right? Of Vartal. The consecration was done in the month of Kartik. So perhaps the circumambulation path and all might or might not have been completed by then, it could be so. [cough] What does 'above and below' mean? It means there is the platform of the mandap, and from below to above, right? The circumambulation path is below. Above that, one climbs the steps to enter the mandap. Then Shriji... Perhaps the wall was not built yet. The outer wall of the temple might not have been built. How it was, but they were below. Or it could be completely below. Eh? If it is completely below, wouldn't it be called a mandap? After the mandap comes the Rupchoki. After the Rupchoki comes the lowest level. Then Shriji Maharaj said, "You are all great Paramhansas, so we ask you a question: what matters must a Satsangi Satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → Vaishnav Vaishnav Follower of Bhagvãn’s various avatãrs, in particular Shree Krishna Bhagvãn. Relating to Vishnu. Tap to open in glossary → guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → So, firstly, one must know the custom of the Sampraday, and secondly, one must know the lineage of gurus. And thirdly, one must know the scriptures which are highly authoritative in our Sampraday. The names of those scriptures are: the Vedas, the Vyas Sutras, the Shrimad Bhagavata Purana, the Vishnu Vishnu The dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi. Tap to open in glossary → Vishnu Vishnu The dev of sustenance. Part of the trimurti. He lives in Vaikunth with his wife Lakshmi. Tap to open in glossary → Khand Khand Continent. Large land mass or region. Tap to open in glossary → To know the rules of a Satsangi Satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → What was the first point Maharaj was saying? Read that again. What was the first point? Firstly, one must know the custom of our Uddhav Sampraday. One must know the custom of the Uddhav Sampraday, and then what was this fourth point? And fourthly, one must know the rules of all Satsangis. So, what is the difference between those two? Sadgun Swami. Eh? To know the custom of the Sampraday, and then to know the rules of the sadhus and Satsangis, wouldn't the rules be included in the custom, and the custom in the rules? So, what do you say? The custom is common and general for everyone. Like the Aarti, or five Mansi Pujas, or spiritual discourses, or... So they are like common dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Custom means the method. So, method means if one wants to enter the Sampraday, this is how one enters. This is how to wear the kanthi kanthi Double-threaded necklace; usually made of tulsi beads, received by satsangis upon initiation into the Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Satsangi Satsangi A person who practises satsang. Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Today it was said that the Sampraday, first of all, we must know the custom of our Uddhav Sampraday and know the lineage of gurus. So actually, the lineage of gurus itself is called the Sampraday. So to know the custom means the constitution. If we want to separate the two, since they are together, if we want to separate them, we must know the constitution. There is not much clarification on this after this. 'One must know its custom' means how is the first entry into the Sampraday? So first, common... Since that much is written, it is said to know that custom. Is nothing said in the commentary about this? There is not much in the commentary. Only four things are written in the commentary. Four things: the lineage of gurus, the true scriptures, one's respective dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → 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