I have forgotten the shloka. It is in Kirat. In Kirat, Yudhishthira told the messenger to go and get all the news about him. So, Kirat has written a very nice shloka like this: Akhandalasunu Vikramah. Akhandal means Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → Otherwise, they are very strong. They have exerted a lot of power over the subjects. But when they hear Arjuna's name, the entire assembly becomes completely weak. And they shake their heads like this, saying, "Now we have no cure for him. We have no cure for Arjuna." They were trying to cure it by patching it up. Karna says, "I will eat one ear," and the other says, "I will eat the tail," and the other says, "If anyone lets me eat the mouth." Akhandalasunu Vikramah. That is called valor and that is called splendor. Parabhavasamarathya. Valor. Valor means 'para' means enemy and 'akrama' means stepping on his head. That courage is needed, right? Such courage, whether you call it valor, splendor, or bravery, they are all similar words. It comes from God's grace, and one must also have some personal effort within to attain it. So, if one is ready to give up body-consciousness, then it comes. God is always ready to give it. If one is not afraid of both external enemies and internal enemies, is that called splendor, or what? Only then is it called splendor. One who is afraid of internal enemies will definitely be frightened by others from outside, if they find a link. If they get hold of his link, they will shut his mouth, saying, "Keep quiet now. We know you." So, one who is afraid of internal enemies has to be afraid of external enemies. One who is not afraid of internal enemies will never be afraid of external ones. So, both internal and external, this is a matter of the jiva. Divine nature in the jiva and demonic nature in the jiva. If there is divine nature in his jiva, then he must have this in his jiva. Splendor comes into his jiva. And valor and splendor, all of those are the power of his jiva. If his soul has become powerful like that, then it happens because of God. The more he has recognized God and attained oneness with God, the more powerful he becomes. Gunatitanand Swami had power, Balmukund Swami had power, that power was the power of oneness with Maharaj, what other power could there be? Gopinathji Maharaj Swami, near Rajkot, which village is that? There, he told a few devotees, "Let's build a temple." So Swami said, "Let's build a temple." Then all the devotees gathered and they needed wood. Wood. So where to get that wood? There was a very nice wood of a babul tree. But it belonged to a Pir. There was a place of a Pir there. And no one would even cut a twig for brushing teeth from there. It was such a place. So they told all the Patels that they needed wood. "Swami, there is wood, but no one can take it from there." "No one can even cut a twig for brushing teeth." Nikava or some such village is nearby, Nikava is near Rajkot. So Swami said, "Alright, let's go. There is a place of a Pir there, and there must be a priest of the Pir or something," Swami went to him. Swami had a very influential personality and was also very mature in his speech. So he told him, "Brother, we need wood." "And if you give permission, we want to cut wood from here." The babul wood was very big, so they wanted some. So they were a bit difficult, they wouldn't agree easily. So he said, "This babul wood belongs to the one who is sleeping here (the Pir)." "I am just his watchman, yes." "It belongs to the one who is sleeping." So Swami said, "No problem, if you give permission, we will take permission from the one who is sleeping." Swami did not say, "We are not afraid of him," but Swami's speech gave respect to everyone. "We will take permission from the one who is sleeping, but you give permission." So he said, "I have no objection, but the one who is sleeping..." It was a bit scary like that. So he said, "No problem, if you want to cut, then cut. The one who is sleeping, that is your responsibility, so that nothing happens to you." So no one would go there. No one could even cut a twig of the babul tree. So Swami said, "Alright, let's go." So all the devotees got ready. They came with axes and all the tools for cutting. Then Swami took the sanctified water of Thakorji, sprinkled it, and then Swami struck the first blow with the axe. All the devotees were afraid, thinking something might happen. If something happens. In that, they cut the wood, they cut as much as they needed. They loaded it on carts and sent it to the temple. Then there were carpenters, carpenter devotees too. So among them, one carpenter liked a branch very much, as it was good babul wood, so he said, "No problem." He unloaded one piece of wood at his own shed. And all the rest were sent to the temple. They were sent to the temple, Swami and everyone arrived. In the evening, when the arti was taking place, he went home, and he was thrown down in the courtyard. Then everyone gathered, wondering what had happened to him. "Some bad omen has occurred, a bad omen has occurred, a bad omen has occurred," everyone started talking. So all of them, they wouldn't have an invitation for him. So they brought him to Swami, saying, "Swami, something has happened to him, Swami, something has happened to him." So Swami said, "Alright, calm down, leave him, make him sit here," and thus calmed everyone down, saying, "Do not make a noise." The arti and other things must have been completed. Then Swami said, "Hey, who are you?" So he said, "I am the Pir." "Then why have you come here?" "To take his life." "But we have cut the wood for the entire temple, what about him? We told him to, so he cut it." "Not like that, he has unloaded one piece of wood at his shed." "He has unloaded one piece of wood at his shed, so I will take his life. Now I will not leave without taking it." So then he asked, "Hey, is there something like that?" He was possessed, so his sons said, "Yes, there is one piece of wood that has come there." Swami said, "Arrange for it to be brought here quickly." "Send that wood here quickly." So the wood was sent here. Then Swami told him, "Go now, leave," and thus cast him out. So, who possesses such splendor? "We will handle it, we will explain to you, we will take his permission." And he did nothing to them, though there were so many, he did nothing to them. Just because this one person took that wood, he troubled him. And Swami built a temple in Chaliya, Gopinathji Maharaj Swami did. There, in that temple, it was like this, there was wood, there was a pipal tree. But a snake lived in that pipal tree. And it was very fearsome. So, because that snake lived there, everyone was afraid of it. 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