He became number one among the wealthy. So, for him, it is solely based on money, that he is the world's... Richest person. Yes? He became the richest person. He became the richest person. So, success catches his passion. And some may have changed ten or fifteen businesses and then succeeded. Like Edison, who did a thousand experiments, ten thousand experiments, and then he got success. But until then, he clung to his faith. His faith did not run out until then. So, his faith is to be congratulated. And then, that is the way of the world. In this, God has already said that there are these four, and out of the four, which way are you walking now? Which way did you walk until now, and which way do you want to walk now? So, let's modify it. And its paths are different. If we keep our passion as it is, then there is no question of this spiritual path. You are already wandering in birth and death, and you can keep doing so. They do not want to bend it at all, and they do not want any harm to come to it. For them, Maharaj said, as God said, "He who, discarding the scriptural injunctions..." ...will do so. First, he needs a goal. And second, he needs association. If these two are present, he will almost succeed. If he sets a goal but does not keep such association, the goal will not be achieved. If he keeps association but they all live together like calves in a pasture, it will not benefit him. First, there must be a burning desire for the goal, that "I want to achieve this goal." And even if there is a burning desire, it does not mean it gets achieved. Many with burning desires might have burnt out. Still, it was not achieved. Because if it is not aligned, it will not be achieved. It is said that God also does not let it be achieved. God does not let the desires and intentions of weak people be fulfilled. They might have the capacity. Kansa and Ravana had very strong intentions and capacity, but God did not let them be fulfilled. So, He does not let their intentions be fulfilled. And if someone is weak and has less strength but has a very good intention, God boosts him. God boosts him and helps him achieve it. So, his intention, his goal, should be such that God is pleased. It should not be solely oriented towards society. To do things just because society calls them good, without looking at whether Bhagwan Shreeji Maharaj is pleased or not. It should not be like that. The goal should not be society-oriented. The goal should be Maharaj-oriented. The goal should be oriented towards the Nand saints. Even in setting a goal, it is not that just because you set a goal and did whatever came to your mind, the goal is set. There is no awareness. It is done just for the sake of doing it. There is no hunger in his soul. There is no hunger in his soul. The goal set might be to attain Maharaj and please Maharaj, but that is just because someone else is doing it, and setting that goal makes them great, so if I set a goal, I will also be called great, right? If I set a goal, I will also be called great; he might have done it with such a feeling. He might not have done it with a burning desire for this goal from within, feeling the hunger for it. He might not have set such a goal. So, after setting a goal, they wander elsewhere. Isn't it like they say, they put a stick around that cow dung and then go elsewhere to look for something else? So, they set this goal, put the stick, and then go elsewhere. They take many exits elsewhere. They wander around and then come back to look at the goal. Since that stick is planted, nobody is taking that cow dung. Like that. Like that. So, when we discussed in the previous discourse that... ...one should also set an opposite goal. One should also set a goal of not going in reverse. That "this is my role model, but this is my villain," one should also decide that "I never want to become like this." If it happens, even if I cannot become like the other one, it's fine, but I never want to become like this, even if they offer it to us for free without any effort. Along with the main goal, one should also set this side goal. I want to go to Maharaj, but then this much effort... if one wants to go to Maharaj, one has to make an effort. Then, if they are taking us elsewhere for free, and it is very good there compared to here, even if I die, I don't want to go there, and even if I die on the other side, I don't want to leave it. Both goals should be there. Because they haven't set such a goal, they change association and forget it. So then, they wander anywhere. After setting a goal, they wander anywhere. And if they had set that goal, it would immediately come in the way, the deadline would come in the way, that "brother, I am not supposed to go here." In the 23rd verse of the 16th chapter, God said that those who discard the scriptural injunctions and act according to their own whimsical desires do not attain perfection, happiness, or the supreme destination. Hearing this, Arjun thought that those who know the scriptural injunctions well are very few. Most people are those who do not know the scriptural injunctions but faithfully worship deities according to their family traditions, ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. 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. 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