Maharaj has said here that other seva, if we talk about seva, if a servant does it, it is called a chore. Then, if we do it with some devotion, it is called bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → And when is it called nishtha? No matter what the circumstances, one does not waver from it. While alive. If one is alive, one does not waver. If four people carry him away, that is a different matter. So, not wavering is called nishtha. And if there is a commitment for births after births, it is called upasana. I want to do this same seva even in my next birth. I want to do what I like, who will take care of this, if he gives that, I want to do only that, not like that. That is called ananya. Ananya bhav. And that is called upasana. If we do it, it is the same. So, the same action is done by a laborer, and the same action is done by a sadhu, and to make it full of nishtha, and to make it upasana, the thing is the same. When does one remember? If it was done as a forced chore? A laborer is still doing a laborer's action, but there is a quality worse than that, which is a forced chore. If it was done as a forced chore? It can be called a forced chore, an action, bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → What makes the difference? Bhavana. What makes the difference? From which angle is it done? Whether we do Maharaj's seva, do Maharaj's upasana, or prove nishtha towards Maharaj, or do Maharaj's bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → If it was done as a forced chore, what is remembered? That he was taught a good lesson, he was given a reply. That happens in a forced chore. A forced chore makes one give a reply. That is not bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → It is said to remember the things eaten before. So what do we remember? Things eaten before. This, that, something extraordinary has been done. And that which pleases Him. Which cannot be done by others. Or which is done by pouring one's heart out. If we have done something like that, then it is worth remembering. Otherwise, it is not worth remembering. Eaten things are to be remembered. Until Maharaj is recognized, there is nothing worth remembering. So Maharaj said, what is the nishchay nishchay Unfaltering faith in Bhagvãn, no matter what is seen or heard. Tap to open in glossary → What will he remember? If God has given us an opportunity, whatever opportunity has been given to please God, if we do not recognize it, then what will he remember? Then he cannot remember. Then he feels grief and regret. Nothing worth remembering happens. If one has eaten only leafy vegetables, and then again gets leafy vegetables, instead of fenugreek gets amaranth, then what is there to remember about fenugreek? So it is not worth remembering. Worth remembering is, if he has recognition, then it becomes worth remembering. And it is not that there is no desire to please. Maharaj says if one is desirous, he would break the fort. If one is desirous, he would break the fort. He is not desirous at all. Or he is a free-loading desirous person, that if it happens on its own, I do not want to do anything, and if they get pleased, then no problem. Then I will not say no, do not be pleased. You talk like this. The times are good and it is like that, still his desire is like this. If it happens on its own, then no problem. We do not want to make any effort in it. If it happens, we will not say no, do not be pleased with me, you are weak. If one is desirous of pleasing, it does not happen. God and sadhus are not like that. That we try to please and it does not happen. In the world, there might be someone whom we wish to please, but still he does not get pleased. Many times we have that. In this large group, someone might be found whom we wished to please, but still he did not get pleased. Despite your efforts, he did not. If it is God and a true sadhu, then it is not like that. If one does, He surely gets pleased. And even if one does, the pleasure is true, if one does and He does not get pleased, then there is some issue. If there is some issue, then there is no need to regret much, if He did not get pleased, then so be it. That is the point. Established topic: To remember the good things eaten before, the happiness of God. Main points: Once the happiness of God or the happiness of bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → So Maharaj, in that Sanskrit Vachanamrut, the happiness of nishchay nishchay Unfaltering faith in Bhagvãn, no matter what is seen or heard. Tap to open in glossary → nishchay nishchay Unfaltering faith in Bhagvãn, no matter what is seen or heard. Tap to open in glossary → nishchay nishchay Unfaltering faith in Bhagvãn, no matter what is seen or heard. Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → nishchay nishchay Unfaltering faith in Bhagvãn, no matter what is seen or heard. Tap to open in glossary → Nishchay Nishchay Unfaltering faith in Bhagvãn, no matter what is seen or heard. Tap to open in glossary → When Shastriji Maharaj was there, he did a katha, and Narayandas Swami was very pleased. Narayandas Swami was very pleased. And he gave a handful of sugar crystals. And right then, when Swami went to bow at the feet of Krishnacharan Swami, Swami placed both hands on him and Swami's whole body leaned forward. What did Shastriji Maharaj use to say? That if I faced any difficulty, I had kept that sugar crystals safe, and remembered it his whole life. Krishnapriya Swami tells this story very nicely. When Swami Shastriji Maharaj was about to go to Dham, during the last two days, he kept remembering the great sadhus continuously, the whole day, he remembered them the whole day. So when he remembered Narayandas Swami, when did he remember him? What did he remember? That he had pleased him. He had become extremely pleased. And that is the thing worth remembering. Things eaten, like that. Things eaten are worth remembering. That is, having done something that was otherwise impossible. At that time, Shastriji Maharaj used to say that when that 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 → 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 → AI translation of the Gujarati transcript above, produced in the same pass that transcribed the audio, one English segment per Gujarati segment. 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