Swaminarayan Hare Swaminarayan Hare. On the day of Posh Posh Seventh month of the Ãshãdhi Samvat year, normally falling between December and January. Tap to open in glossary → 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 → Swami Shri Sahajanandji Maharaj, in the court of Shri Lakshmi Lakshmi A devi (goddess) who is the wife of Vishnu. She is the devi of wealth. Therefore, money and gold is also called Lakshmi. She eternally remains in the sevã of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → was seated on a cot with cushions under a neem tree, and was wearing all white garments, and was wearing garlands of white flowers around His neck, and had tucked flower bouquets above His ears, and flower tassels were hanging from His turban, and in front of His lotus face, the entire assembly of Munis and devotees from various regions was seated. Then Shriji Maharaj said, This neem tree, I think, was near the gate. The main gate that is there now, not there, but earlier the gate was near Hanumanji and Ganapati, that gate was between Hanumanji and Ganapati. You have been to Vartal, right? So Maharaj is sitting there. And there near Hanumanji, near Hanumanji, it is said that there was a neem tree on the side of this gate. Maharaj was sitting there. In the court of Lakshmi Lakshmi A devi (goddess) who is the wife of Vishnu. She is the devi of wealth. Therefore, money and gold is also called Lakshmi. She eternally remains in the sevã of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → Under the neem tree. Then Shriji Maharaj said, “It is My nature that, firstly, God; secondly, the devotee of God; thirdly, a Brahmin; and fourthly, any poor person; I am extremely afraid of these four, lest they be offended. And I am not afraid of anyone else like that. Because if one offends anyone other than these four, the body is destroyed, but the jiva is not destroyed; and if one offends any one of these four, his jiva is also destroyed.” Hearing this, Muktanand Swami asked a question, “O Maharaj! The jiva is said to be indestructible, so how is its destruction to be understood?” Then Shriji Maharaj said, God and the devotee of God, And, Poor. Brahmin and poor. Poor means, desire to take revenge. Maharaj said in this that if one offends these four, his jiva is destroyed. The jiva is not actually destroyed, but Maharaj says so, that such, a tamasik body is attained, in which one can never do the work of one's liberation. Maharaj says a body of a mountain is attained. Then he can never do the work of his liberation. Or even if ages and ages pass, still he cannot do it. Therefore, his jiva is destroyed. Poor means, desire to take revenge in return. One who has nothing, that is not the poor being referred to. In the language of the scriptures, they are called destitute. Who has nothing to eat or drink. But poor, Yudhishthir Maharaj was poor like this. Even though he was a sovereign emperor. He did not feel that he should take revenge on Duryodhan. Duryodhan did this to me, so I will take revenge on him. It was not like that. So, poor is defined as such. And if anyone offends him, his jiva is destroyed. Maharaj says, 'If someone oppresses the poor, We get angry,' it is said in one place. To the poor, Maharaj says, to Muktanand Swami, 'Why do You get angry?' We get angry if there are these many reasons. If someone takes the side of injustice, oppresses the poor, and thirdly, something, Maharaj mentioned three reasons. then We get angry, a little bit. What is the meaning of Brahmin? Maharaj says in this, if one offends a Brahmin, then also his jiva is destroyed. Poor of heart. Brahmin means, protectors of the scriptures. For the sake of Brahmins, cows, demigods, and saints, God incarnates, takes birth on earth, so in Ramayan it is said, 'For the sake of Brahmins, cows, demigods, and saints.' Therefore, to protect dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → to protect Brahmins, to protect cows, and to protect saints. For this reason, God incarnates on earth. Brahmin means Brahmins, without keeping any expectation, protected the scriptures, protected the Vedas. Therefore, Those who protect the scriptures, and if someone offends them, then his jiva is destroyed. Just being a Brahmin, whether wearing a sacred thread or not, and if someone offends him, sometimes they are such that they convert others too, and Maharaj for them, gets displeased. He gets displeased, it is said not to offend any living being. It does not mean that if he does not follow his dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → But, in this scripture, it is said for this reason. That Brahmins have protected the Vedas. And that is also the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → What is the dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Serving the guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → To study the scriptures. And to serve the guru guru A teacher. He will guide you on the path of kalyãn. Tap to open in glossary → So, studying the scriptures, preserving the scriptures in their original form, and promoting their practice. So Maharaj says, if someone offends him, if there is such a Brahmin, and if one offends him, it is like offending God. Therefore, Maharaj says, his jiva is destroyed. Maharaj protects the Brahmin. Protecting the Brahmin means protecting the scriptures. Protecting dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Brahmins, saintly Brahmins, their life, leaving it entirely to God's trust, protected the scriptures and dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → Then if someone offends him, then his jiva is destroyed. If they are superior to others, then what is the offense against him? If they are superior to others, then offending them is a sin. Sin is what seems common to everyone. Maharaj said so, and Maharaj says, 'We also fear them.' Those who protect the scriptures, those who protect dharma dharma 1) Universal law or principle that 'sustains' or 'upholds' the entire world. Righteousness, morality, religion, Tap to open in glossary → meaning those who live for the scriptures, and for 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 → living as such, then Maharaj says, 'We also fear offending them.' 'We feel fear in Our mind, We also feel fear,' Maharaj says. Maharaj is showing us. That, where such activity is taking place, do not offend that activity. If the activity of protecting scriptures is taking place, do not offend it. If one serves it, then God is pleased. If one offends it, then God is displeased. Maharaj even said that his jiva is destroyed. Hearing this, Muktanand Swami asked a question, “O Maharaj! The jiva is said to be indestructible, so how is its destruction to be understood?” Then Shriji Maharaj said, “When a jiva attains the body of a mountain or some other similar inanimate body, it can never attain liberation. Therefore, its destruction is to be understood in that sense.” Otherwise, in today's times, who would say such things about Brahmins? Everything about Brahmins becomes meaningless. That Maharaj says, God and the devotee of God, that is fine. This is the path of liberation. And Brahmin. And, Poor. Poor. “Therefore, one who desires his own liberation should not offend any of those four. Moreover, one should not harbor any form of ego before God or His devotee. “Because ego is the foundation of anger, jealousy, envy, and hatred. And the devotion of an egotistical person is also said to be demonic. And if one frightens a devotee of God, even if he himself is a devotee of God, he should still be known as a demon. Even if the other person is a devotee. He himself is a devotee, and frightens some other true devotee of God. then, the other one is wrong, the one who frightens is wrong. The other one is true. Frightens means, Without reason. Without reason. And, the meaning of frightening is, without reason. If he is true and tells him the truth, then it is not called frightening. That, 'Brother, do not do this,' or 'Do this,' or if he is leading him on the right path, then it is not called frightening. “Because ego is the foundation of anger, jealousy, envy, and hatred. And the devotion of an egotistical person is also said to be demonic. And if one frightens a devotee of God, 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