This jiva has such strength and wisdom that whenever it wishes, it can break assumed relationships and experience its eternal relationship with Paramatma. However, due to the greed for the pleasures of the senses, it is not that easy, but if one plans, it can be done in human life. Nothing is impossible. One may be attached to this body, have deep-rooted fear of death, and everything else. If one plans properly, acts according to the scriptures, and does so with the support of the scriptures and 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 → Everything can be completed in this very birth. In breaking or forming any kind of relationship, God does not stop him. If we want to form a relationship in 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 → Our prarabdha, time, karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → That is why he does not break it. But if he decides in his mind, he can break it. He can disconnect from nature, the body, and weak objects. God has given independence in this. These are all examples from history. Those who were great sinners became great devotees in this very birth. Valya the robber, Joban Pagi, and all of them were such that they had committed such sins, so how powerful must their karmas be? They are called terrible karmas. And to be liberated in this very birth means what? If they had committed such karmas, their nature would have also become like that. So how were they? They wanted to be liberated from it, and they were liberated in one stroke. Therefore, God has given independence to the jiva. To be liberated from all weak things and to connect with good things is the independence in this human body. Along with the word 'Ishvarah', one must have a burning desire that 'I want to do this in this very birth.' That desire must arise. Otherwise, nothing else is needed. God has provided plenty of resources. Especially in 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 → Tomorrow morning, it is perishable, so it will go away. The other is indestructible, so it is going to remain as it is. So, let us take more bites of this, as many as possible in this birth. Then the other is always there. So, this is the intention of this jiva. One has to make an effort. One has to make one's own endeavor. What do we get if we feel happy seeing someone else's goodness? Feeling happy is a good thing; it is a divine feeling. But until one makes an effort oneself, nothing will happen, right? If one takes advice like 'Seeing this, what am I doing or what should I do?', then there is no problem. But 'they are good, okay, Vishwamangal Swami is very good,' but that is at your home. What do I have to do with him? Seeing those who are good, if one gets inspired, gets motivated that 'let us also do this, if he can do this, then we can do this, and how should we do it?' If one makes such an effort, then it is fine. Otherwise, what is the benefit to us? The only benefit is that if we appreciate his virtues, we earn some merit. If we appreciate his virtues, we earn merit, that is all. But not much benefit. If we make an effort seeing him, then it happens. Let us make an effort to be liberated. This world, maya, all 'I' and 'mine', and the causal body—if we make an effort to be liberated from all of them, if we make an effort to disconnect, then we can disconnect. God has given independence in this, and that possibility is only in the human body. In other bodies, they are bodies of consumption. So, having obtained a human body, and in that, if Maharaj, God, has given us the association of 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 → 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 → One should not believe that. Up to 80 years, one is considered young. Atonement is prescribed up to 80 years, right? After 80 years, there is no atonement. Do you read Dharmamrut or not? Then one day you were reading it and it stopped, as it was mentioned in that discourse, right? Up to 80 years, one has to perform atonement. Starting from 16. So if someone says, 'I am 70 years old, so I have become old now, and now we are like this and that,' the scriptures forbid that. Until then, one should not say, 'I have become old.' One has to do it up to 80 years. That much. So up to 80 years, a person is considered young. The scriptures write that he is young. Along with the word 'Ishvarah', the word 'api' also holds a special meaning: that this jiva, who has become Ishvara, is not powerless, inert, and dependent like the wind. This jiva has such strength and wisdom that whenever it wishes, it can break assumed relationships and experience its eternal relationship with Paramatma. It was mentioned earlier, right? 'Avapnoti', 'utkramati', and 'samyati'. What does 'samyati' mean? 'Prapnoti'. It carries away. What should I carry away from here? And 'avapnoti' means to acquire. And 'utkramati' means to leave. What should I leave behind from here? I do not want to let this come with me at all. In those three actions, 'Ishvarah'—this jiva is said to be independent, meaning these three actions can be done in whichever way he wants. This much I have to leave behind here. Even if it is not breaking. Who is called Ishvara? In leaving all these things, weak things, there is Ishvara. Independent—Ishvara means independent. Often one is independent but not capable. So in Ishvara, both aspects are included: he has independence and is also capable. Like that. So these three things. This much I have to leave behind from here, this much I have to carry away from here, and this much I have to acquire. So leaving and taking, both happen together. If one does these two things, then it is acquired. 'Avapnoti'. 'Shariram yad avapnoti yacchapi utkramati ishvarah'. 'Yacch utkramati' means he leaves it behind. That is the meaning of 'utkraman'. But if one does not talk about it and wishes to leave it, even though everyone wishes to leave it, they cannot leave it. They do not want to adopt the method. If there is an intense desire, Maharaj—Gopalanand Swami asked, 'Maharaj, if there is a desire to renounce and obstacles arise, what should be understood?' One may have a strong desire, but if renunciation cannot be achieved? Then what did Maharaj reply? If one is truly desirous, he cannot be stopped by anyone. If one is truly desirous of leaving, Maharaj says that no matter what comes, he will leave it. Maharaj himself has said, 'Ishvarah'. He is independent. He is independent in leaving, connecting, and what to acquire and carry away from here. One has to make some effort. If one makes an effort only at the very end, nothing can be achieved. The desire becomes firm; does that happen from vairagya? It happens through 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 → 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