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Ga ga ma ma ga re re ka sa ga re

Ga ga ma ma ga re re ka sa ga re

Om Avtarine Shri Swaminarayanaya Namo Namah

Shri Harikrishnaya Namo Namah

Shri Purna Purushottamaya Namo Namah

Verse number 98

Shrimad Bhagavatasyeshu Skandho Dasham Panchamo Sarvadhikatayajneyo Krishna Mahatmya Buddhaye

And furthermore, among those eight Sat-shastras, the Shrimad Bhagavat Purana, its tenth and fifth cantos, are to be known as superior to all for understanding the greatness of Shri Krishna Bhagavan.

Among those eight Sat-shastras, the Purana named Shrimad Bhagavat has twelve cantos, and among them, the tenth and fifth cantos are like shoulders or strong branches.

Here, the word 'Skandha' refers to the Kalpavriksha metaphor of Shrimad Bhagavat.

To understand the glory of Shri Krishna Bhagavan's form,

Skandha means branch.

Skandha means its meaning is branch, so these two are branches of the Kalpavriksha.

Here, the word 'Skandha' refers to the Kalpavriksha metaphor of Shrimad Bhagavat.

To understand the glory of Shri Krishna Bhagavan's form, it should be considered superior to all other scriptures.

The glory of Shri Krishna Bhagavan is to be known as beyond even Akshar.

He should be understood as the controller of Akshar, time, Maya, and so on.

Moreover, that Paramatma is independent, endowed with all opulence, the supreme Purushottam, worthy of worship by all,

He is capable of cutting off all karmic bonds of jivas. The tenth and fifth cantos are considered primary among all Sat-shastras.

Because through these two, the knowledge of Shri Krishna Bhagavan is effortlessly attained. In it, Bhagavan, at the beginning of the tenth canto, performed lilas in places like Vrindavan and liberated trees, vines, and animals, birds, and other jivas.

Through this, His power and greatness in liberating from karmic bondage are shown.

In the middle part of the tenth canto, in the chapter about bringing back the Guru's son,

Maharaj, you have brought our Guru's son, who was bound by his karmas, here, so considering my command as primary, bring him immediately.

From this statement, the incomparable power and glory of Bhagavan are revealed.

In the fifth canto also, the greatness of Bhagavan is described by stating His worship in various forms in different islands and continents.

There, one should not doubt that the name of Shri Krishna Bhagavan is not mentioned in the stories of the fifth canto, and if we believe or worship the forms shown there, then due to the worship of other deities, a fault would arise in the exclusive devotion.

On that occasion, Jad Bharat said, 'O brave one, the remembrance of Shri Krishna's puja, recitation, or worship should not be forgotten by me even in the birth of a deer-like animal.'

From all such statements, it is determined that in those instances, Shri Krishna Bhagavan Himself is referred to by names like Hiranyamaya Purusha and others.

Shri Krishna means Anadi Narayan.

Here, by the word Shri Krishna, Krishna Mahatmya Buddhaye

That is, to explain the glory of Narayan, because the narrative of Bharatji is all from the ancient Satya Yuga.

Such a thing has been mentioned in the Shikshapatri,

that the word Krishna refers to Bhagavan taking avatar through Vasudeva and Devaki.

So, it is also used for him, and it is also used for Anadi Narayan.

So, the glory mentioned in the fifth canto, the story of the fifth canto, all of that is from the Adi Satya Yuga.

The story of the tenth canto is from the time when God incarnated at the junction of Dvapara and Kali Yuga.

So, if the glory of Shri Krishna Bhagwan is in the story of the fifth canto, how can it be?

Anadi Narayan is also addressed by the word Krishna.

And His glory.

So, what Maharaj said in the shloka here, its meaning also remained the same.

Krishna Mahatmya Uddhaye.

What is the glory of God, the glory of Anadi Narayan?

So, in the incarnation of Shri Krishna Bhagwan, even in the incarnation of Shri Krishna, God showed that He brought welfare to trees, stones, animals, and birds.

He also brought welfare to trees, stones, animals, and birds.

He brought his guru's son from Yama's abode.

So that

God's immeasurable power

more than everyone

It is said to be extremely superior.

Such power belongs to God.

Such is the principle of Anadi Narayan.

And Shri Krishna Bhagwan is His incarnation.

Commentary.

It is said that to understand the glory of Shri Krishna Bhagwan, which can be understood through all the Vedas, the Tenth Canto and the Fifth Canto of Shrimad Bhagavatam are more essential.

Shrimad Iti.

Although there is much description of God's blissful qualities in the Shrutis, what more can be said?

The Vedas have expounded the nature of Parabrahma, its infinite superiority in terms of form and qualities, and its completeness with all auspicious qualities.

Yet, the most excellent quality of God, in the form of graciousness and good conduct, has not been revealed in the Vedas.

Any kind of obstacle

In the Upanishads, the qualities of God have been described.

But the quality of graciousness could not be described.

It's not that God doesn't have it.

What is graciousness called?

Even if they are big, they are with the small ones.

Without deceit, yes, speak.

Even if you are big, you can mix and live with the small ones.

Forgetting their greatness, they can live without any hindrance.

That is called the quality of graciousness.

The quality of graciousness in the Upanishads

And for ordinary beings, the quality of graciousness of God is used in such a way

Such qualities as 'apahat pap matvadi gunas' (qualities that destroy sins and ego) are not very useful for one's own welfare.

God's graciousness

Like everyone else

Maharaj used a word for it, what is it?

It becomes easy.

It becomes easy.

Maharaj says that if God comes with opulence, no one will be able to approach Him easily.

The qualities described in the Upanishads are such that they do not make anyone feel at ease.

How can God make those souls who are wandering in the cycle of birth and death feel at ease?

The quality of being free from sin and ego.

After such a death, sins are broken.

Here and now, while living, they make it easy.

Such qualities are described in the tenth canto of the Bhagavatam.

And in the fifth canto, the supreme form of God is described.

And the opulences of God, especially in the fifth canto, the opulences of God

His murtis are present in every part.

The Vedas have expounded the nature of Parabrahma, its infinite superiority in terms of form and qualities, and its completeness with all auspicious qualities.

What is vibhuti called?

The description of God's opulences and murtis in every part is found in the fifth canto.

So, what is vibhuti called?

What is it called, Swami Ji?

They are representatives of God.

Huh?

God's representative

Representative, representative.

Who is called?

God's representative.

They excessively donate to God's brand.

And they are different.

That is called his vibhuti.

Being different from that, that

Being different from that, that excessive giving.

Vibhutimatvam, vibhuti tatvam.

Brand ambassador.

He is a brand ambassador.

He is called an ambassador in English.

Correct.

That is called his vibhuti, brand.

It enhances his brand.

So, do all these avatars enhance or diminish the brand of Anadi Narayan?

So, the Sarvopari vadis would say that they would abuse him, saying that no one would even keep him as a laborer.

So, there is a need to use one's brain a little.

Maharaj said, like him.

One should not blindly sit down to criticize.

All these are avatars.

There is a story in the fifth canto.

That Nar Narayan Bhagwan is here.

Other gods are here, in Harivansh Khand, Narsingh Bhagwan is there, and Prahladji is there.

And in Badrikashram, Nar Narayan Bhagwan is there.

So, who are all these?

Of God.

They are the representatives of Bhagwan Swaminarayan Bhagwan.

And they do God's work.

They excessively contribute to God's glory.

It adds to the brand, it adds a star.

Instead of five stars, it makes it six stars, seven stars.

So, those are called his vibhutis.

So, the more vibhutis there are, the more glory he has, but we don't know how to connect them, we only know how to break them.

Knows how to break.

That they are all like this.

It's not like that.

How to understand Maharaj's glory from the fifth canto?

And how to understand Maharaj's glory from the tenth canto?

If Maharaj's vibhuti is like this, then what is Maharaj like?

So, what is Maharaj like?

All these are just doing his work.

Maharaj wants to do the work of liberating jivas.

He has come to do that by God's command.

As a representative.

What else are avatars?

Who is called an avatar?

Those who have emerged from it are called avatars.

And if Maharaj had shown that he absorbed everyone into his murti and manifested everyone from his murti.

It would be like that.

So, all these are his vibhutis in the fifth canto.

And in the tenth canto, it is his work, his power.

What kind of power does he have?

If his representative has such power, then what kind of power does he himself have?

Gunatitanand Swami wrote that sometimes there is one maund of brilliance, two maunds of brilliance, five maunds of brilliance, a hundred maunds of brilliance, this is a mountain that has come.

So, all of them are brilliant.

And these are his mountains.

Similarly, these are his vibhutis.

So, Maharaj also said that knowing the vibhutis, piece by piece, is a means of generating bhakti.

The vibhuti of God that resides in each and every part.

Knows it truly, that this belongs to this.

Connects his relationship with it.

Does not break.

Connects his relationship with it.

Then his glory is understood by him.

So, the tenth canto and the fifth canto.

Those who are extremely devoted to Shri Krishna Bhagwan, who are completely absorbed, they don't even listen to the stories of Shri Krishna Bhagwan.

Shastriji Maharaj used to say that there were some sadhus who, when they went to have darshan of God, would bow their heads like this.

What to do?

Only Maharaj's darshan, Krishna Bhagwan's darshan.

So that no one gets darshan of Radhaji and others.

Completely.

So, such devotees, how should I say, such devotees of Pativrata, I can't think of the right word.

So, there are such devotees.

Maharaj said here that if you want to understand the glory of Swaminarayan Bhagwan, you should understand it through the Dasham Skandha and Pancham Skandha.

Understand it through that.

In the Dasham Skandha, the work that Shri Krishna Bhagwan did, Maharaj did that work.

But as his representative.

And the work that was done by coming in the avatar of Maharaj, Maharaj himself did it.

So, if his avatars and his vibhutis are so powerful, then how great must Maharaj be?

In that way, to understand his glory, it is to be known as the greatest of all.

Even from the Upanishads.

The meaning of 'Sarvadhik Taya' is like that.

Understand this even more than the Upanishads.

Where is the quality of 'saushilya' (good conduct) described in the Upanishads?

Here, they are overflowing with saushilya.

So, understand it like that.

We should understand the glory even more in the charitras of Maharaj.

In that, the point is that Shri Krishna Bhagwan liberated jivas by performing charitras.

And if you want to understand the glory of Maharaj, then understand the glory of the charitras that Maharaj performed to liberate jivas.

The meaning of glory is like that.

Which avatar is greater than which avatar, or which avatar is smaller than which avatar, what is the measure of that?

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Brother, Maharaj said that Narsinh Vaman is a superior avatar compared to Matsya, Kurma, etc. Vyas Bhagwan said that, we are not saying it.

And even greater than him is Kapil Dev Bhagwan.

But he only liberated his mother.

Greater than him is Rishabhdev Bhagwan, who liberated 100 sons.

Greater than him is Ramkrishna Bhagwan.

Because he liberated countless jivas.

The Vedas have expounded the boundless superiority of Parabrahma's form and qualities, and its completeness with all auspicious qualities.

Yet, the most excellent quality of Saushilya (good conduct) of Paramatma could not be revealed in the Vedas.

Walmart, how many branches does it have in the world?

Millions.

The car bus company, every day 1200 new branches are opened.

1200 new books are published daily.

So, is its glory as much as it has, or as much as it doesn't have?

Many.

Is it glorious to have no relation with anyone, or is it glorious that everyone gives their profit to him?

Everyone.

Everyone gives their profit to him.

Similarly, all avatars give their profit to Maharaj.

Because Maharaj belongs to Maharaj.

It's his branch.

He doesn't have to do any work.

Right.

To take tax.

Bill Gates doesn't have to do any work; if someone installs a computer, he gets his tax.

Even abroad, if India doesn't pay, India doesn't pay its government, but pays Bill Gates.

So, that's Bill Gates' glory.

So, many computers in the world are used by Bill Gates.

Is that right, or does no one even ask Bill Gates?

All the avatars are increasing the branches of Anadi Narayan.

But how is Bhagwan Swaminarayan increasing his branch?

Who is Bhagwan Swaminarayan?

He is Anadi Narayan.

Then how can you say that?

How to identify Bhagwan Maharaj?

He.

How does he reveal Maharaj's identity?

Who?

Avatar.

The one who introduces Anadi Narayan, that is the introduction of Maharaj.

From here, if you call this satsang, he is sitting right next to you, so the phone connection comes directly from there to here.

Where does it come from?

From the tower via satellite.

It goes via satellite.

Why do so many people go there to wander around?

If it's a long way from here to the satellite, then it's fine to go there.

But you're sitting so close, you can just call the connection directly.

The avatars connect through satellites.

They go to Anadi Narayan and from there they come to Swaminarayan.

Where do all those people go first? The ones who have increased their brand.

First, they go to Anadi Narayan.

Then from there, they come here, to Swaminarayan.

We don't believe in any kind of tower.

So we want to talk directly to this person.

So whether you believe in the tower or not, it still goes there.

The relationship where the small and the big meet without any hindrance is called saushilya (good conduct).

And that

The Lord has expressed that in the Tenth Canto of the Bhagavat.

And that quality is very useful in taking refuge in the Supreme Soul.

This quality of saushilya resides in the Tenth Canto.

Therefore, the Tenth Canto is extremely helpful in understanding the glory of Shri Krishna.

And therefore, it should be understood that it holds more importance than even the Shrutis.

In this way, the specialty of the Fifth Canto should also be recognized.

In the Fifth Canto, the glory of the devotee who worships God is described.

And through it, the glory of God is also specially described until it grants moksha.

Verse number 99.

The Tenth and Fifth Cantos, and the Smriti of Yajnavalkya,

are, in order, my Bhakti Shastra, Yoga Shastra, and Dharma Shastra.

And the Tenth Canto, and the Fifth Canto, and the Smriti of Yajnavalkya, these three are, in order, our Bhakti Shastra, Yoga Shastra, and Dharma Shastra, meaning,

the Tenth Canto is the Bhakti Shastra.

And the Fifth Canto is the Yoga Shastra.

And the Smriti of Yajnavalkya is the Dharma Shastra, know this.

All of you, my devotees, should know that the Tenth Canto and the Fifth Canto of Shrimad Bhagavatam, and the Smriti of the sage Yajnavalkya, these three texts are, in order, my accepted Bhakti Shastra, Yoga Shastra, and Dharma Shastra.

That Tenth Canto is my accepted Bhakti Shastra.

And the Fifth Canto is my accepted Yoga Shastra.

And the Smriti of the sage Yajnavalkya is my accepted Dharma Shastra, know this.

In that, the Yajnavalkya Smriti is Dharma Shastra, that matter is famous in the Smritis.

It is said that the characteristic of dharma is that

conduct, behavior, atonement, vows, time, and the fruit of actions, these six are the characteristics of dharma.

If that is described, then it is called Dharma Shastra.

Conduct, behavior, atonement,

vows, time,

vows,

vows.

Time, time and the fruit of actions, the fruit of actions.

The fruit of actions.

To call it Dharma Shastra, that is very clear.

It's not complicated to understand.

Why should it be called Dharma Shastra?

These two are a bit complicated.

To settle in the mind, to descend.

Tenth

Even in that,

The Tenth Canto, to call it Bhakti Shastra.

It's not that complicated to understand.

How to call the Fifth Canto Yoga Shastra is a big question.

The Tenth Canto is Bhakti Shastra because it describes Shri Krishna Bhagwan, who is the ultimate refuge of devotion,

in every chapter, so it is called that.

O Gopis, you have broken the shackles of your household and worldly life for my sake.

You have united with me.

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Having abandoned the difficult path of the Aryans, they attained the state of Mukunda, which is sought by the Shrutis.

What have you done for me?

So, doing something like this for God is called supreme devotion.

Its description

It must be from the Dasham Skandha.

Shrutibhi Ravi Mrigya.

The Shrutis could not touch him.

O Gopis, you have touched him.

You have subdued Lord Shri Krishna, whom the Shrutis could not subdue.

Arya Patham Chahitwa.

This is it.

O Gopis, for my sake, you have broken the shackles of household life.

Your union with me is pure and faultless.

Even if I wished to repay your service and love with a lifespan as long as that of the gods, I would not be able to.

Even if you free me from debt with your gentle nature, I cannot be freed.

That verse is very good, you know.

Na parayeham niravadya samyujam svasadhu krityam vibudhayushapi vah yama bhajan durjara geha shrunkhala samvrushcha tadvah pratiyatu sadhunam.

Yama bhajan durjara geha shrunkhala samvrushcha tadvah pratiyatu sadhunam.

Even if I praise your work for 100 years of the gods, I cannot do it.

Lord Shri Krishna told the Gopis this.

That which you have done for me.

That is, leaving the whole world and without caring for moksha.

They didn't even care about moksha.

We don't want moksha, we want Krishna.

If we abandon our dharma, then his moksha will be ruined.

So, without caring about that, you worshipped me.

Even then, Vibudhayushapi Vah.

100 years of the gods.

Not of humans, but even if I praise your work for 100 years of the gods, I cannot do it.

The devotion to God is so wonderful.

The devotion of the Gopis is so wonderful.

That they didn't even care for moksha.

Whether we get liberation or not, it doesn't matter.

We should meet Krishna.

He said that.

Vraj is dear to me, I will not come to Vaikuntha.

Where will I find a dark Kanudo?

All those gods are fair-skinned.

And they have four arms.

Vraj is dear to me, I will not come to Vaikuntha, where will I find a dark Kanudo?

We want this Krishna.

Such devotion should be in us towards Maharaj.

That's what the Gopis say.

Vraj is dear to me, I will not come to Vaikuntha.

But we feel that even if Maharaj shows us something better somewhere else, I will not go there, I want Maharaj here.

Go where God is.

So, that is the pinnacle of devotion.

It is described in the Dasham Skandha.

That is what is to be learned from it.

If you go looking for an example of it elsewhere, you won't find it.

So much.

O Gopis, for my sake.

From the kirtans of devotion and Gopi bhava, that is what is to be learned.

What does it say about God?

What do the Gopis say about God in it?

So, how does it express the relationship between God and them?

May we have such a relationship with Maharaj.

That is devotion.

O Gopis, for my sake, you have broken the shackles of household life.

Your union with me is pure and faultless.

Even if I wished to repay your service and love with a lifespan as long as that of the gods, I would not be able to.

Even if you free me from debt with your gentle nature, I cannot be freed.

In this way, the description of the fruit of devotion, which is the excessive love of the Gopis as told by God, is found in the Dasham Skandha.

Lord Shri Krishna told the Gopis this.

That I will never be free from your debt.

You have to free me for it to happen.

In this world, it's like that.

That those are innocent.

When a farmer's bull is about to die, the farmer cannot bear to see it suffer.

So he offers water, saying, "I don't need anything from you anymore; you are free from my debt."

So the bull immediately dies.

The one who takes a loan, what do you call him? A debtor and a beggar.

If the one who asks for something lets him go, then he is freed.

So Lord Shri Krishna says, "Look, this is what happened to me."

You have done me a favor, but I cannot free myself with my own strength, no matter how much I try to please you.

You have done me a favor; if you just say, "Now you go," then I will be free.

From my debt.

What did Lord Ramachandra say to Hanumanji?

Brother Bharat, we are not free from the debt of the monkey (Hanuman).

We can never be free from his debt.

This is called making God completely overwhelmed.

Gunatitanand Swami has written that if one just wiggles their ears while dying, nothing will happen.

They completely overwhelmed Maharaj; all the Nand saints completely overwhelmed Maharaj.

So Maharaj became pleased.

Maharaj said, "I had a samaiyo (religious assembly), and Maharaj said, 'We want to give satsang to the king of Idar.'"

He will give satsang to the king of Idar.

Who will go?

Well, some people had animosity towards Maharaj; if anyone went, they would be caught and put in jail.

So who would go? No one would be ready, right?

Only a brave and courageous person would be ready.

Everyone there loses their courage when it comes to stepping out of their comfort zone.

If we are in comfort, we jump around.

A dog in the street can make you bark a lot.

By barking 'veh veh'.

But if you go outside the street, it's a bit of a comfort zone, isn't it? The street is the comfort zone.

So who would go there?

So no one went there.

Maharaj said that if our brother Gurucharan Ratanand Swami is there, he will go.

The word is out, he is brave and courageous.

So, but he hadn't come in time.

The samaiyo was over, and he must have come later, from very far away, because he got the news late.

He met the saints on the way.

So Maharaj had remembered you.

What did he remember?

Meaning, such an occasion had arisen.

Come on, Kapiliya.

Some sadhu said that.

Come on, we will go after Maharaj's darshan.

He first made them do satsang.

And he made them do satsang.

So, he completely overwhelms Maharaj, doesn't he?

If he does that, he completely overwhelms Maharaj.

So, when he completely overwhelms God, God thinks in his mind, "What should I give him?"

Prahlad completely overwhelmed Lord Nrusinh.

He said, "Ask something from me."

Ask so that I may find peace.

You already have peace.

But for my peace, for me to find peace, you ask something from me.

What you did for me, and what you endured for me, seeing that, I am deeply moved.

So, ask for something so that I may find peace.

So, such characters, that is called bhakti, and the description of that bhakti is given in the Dasham Skandha.

To the Gopis.

It's not just that the Gopis played ras and clapped.

To do for him, and how much to do?

How much to do?

We are already so overwhelmed that we can overwhelm him.

That he thinks in his mind, "Enough now, take something from me, stop giving, take something from me."

So, Maharaj said that then it is called bhakti, didn't he?

And that is said in the Dasham Skandha.

All the deeds performed, that is called bhakti, it is bhakti itself.

But the sum total of devotion came there.

Vibudhayushabiva svasadhu krityam

If you, if you forgive me, then I am free.

And I can breathe a sigh of relief.

There are two things in devotion to God, what are they?

One is the desire to give and the desire to please.

The desire to please God.

Pleasing God doesn't just mean shaking your ears as you die.

The desire to please means like that of the Gopis.

And like Hanuman pleased Rama, like Prahlad pleased Narsimha.

God gets agitated in his mind, and God's devotee is calm.

God gets agitated.

That

What should I do for this? That's how it is.

Then that is called devotion.

And that is said in the Tenth Canto.

And that's why we have the Bhakti Shastra.

If you do devotion while dying, does that make it a Bhakti Shastra?

If someone here doubts that the Gopis had knowledge of the form of Lord Purushottam, such a description is not found anywhere in the Tenth Canto.

When learned men speak the scriptures, then it seems that what can the poor Gopis do?

If someone here doubts that the Gopis had God

Gopinath Purani Swami used to say that I want to give the essence of Gopi Geet in every pot, but I couldn't find anyone to drink it.

I didn't find a worthy disciple.

Then Swami used to teach, but Swami has already gone to Akshardham.

That I want to give the essence of Gopi Geet in every pot.

Swami was such a scholar.

He likes devotion to God.

The essence of Gopi Geet.

The character of the Gopis is not like that.

Nishkulanand Swami himself wrote,

He drank that nectar, as Gopi Guda says.

Arjuna would have drunk that nectar.

And the Gopis drank the nectar of devotion to God.

Prahlad drank it.

Nishkulanand Swami has written all their names in it.

Prahlad and others.

Prahlad drank it.

Hanuman drank it.

He drank that nectar.

And the description of that nectar is in the Tenth Canto.

Sarvadhik tyagneyo Krishna Mahatmabuddhe.

If someone here doubts that the Gopis had knowledge of the form of Lord Purushottam, such a description is not found anywhere in the Tenth Canto.

No one in the three worlds has been able to break his record yet.

We believe that we broke it, but God should give proof, right?

God gave him proof.

That even if I describe you for a hundred years of the gods, I cannot do it.

And I cannot be free from your debt.

If you write to me from your debt, then I will release you.

The debtor writes it, gives a certificate, then it happens, right?

The bank gives a certificate that your loan has been paid, then it happens, right?

I'll say I paid it.

Those people suddenly come and confiscate everything.

So all these incarnations of God became indebted to all of them.

And became subservient.

That is called devotion.

If it's slow, it's called Navdha.

If we believe it, it's called private.

Not Navdha.

We believed it and wrote that we would do devotion.

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The desire to please is called devotion.

I will please him.

I put him in debt.

Just as Prahlad put Narsimha in debt, just as Hanuman put Rama in debt, just as the Gopis put Shri Krishna in debt, I will put him in debt.

Then that is devotion, the desire to please.

That offering is the same, not while dying.

Burning desire.

He has a burning desire within him, that I will please him, I will please him.

Then that is called devotion.

When one moves their ears while dying,

So, when one is dying, they don't have the strength to walk, do they?

So, their ears would be moving like this.

So, in devotion, there is no strength to walk.

Still, they do something, even if it's a little.

He becomes happy.

So, when one barely moves their ears while dying, they barely do it. If two or three people hold them up, they do the work.

Sanjaybhai Sanjaybhai Virani has a question.

It is heard that the muktas from other abodes who came with Maharaj returned to their own abodes and also took others there.

In such a case, how is Maharaj's glory said to have increased?

That has been reduced by people.

God cannot be said to have reduced it. God only increases it. Shall I continue? Huh? I understood. So, the meaning of the brother's question is that they took a share from Maharaj's property.

They took the devotee, didn't they?

They took two or five devotees from the satsang to that abode.

So, some people ask, how did Maharaj increase his star? That is the question.

But in that, it cannot be said to be the fault of the lord of that abode.

These are all called loose screws, those who go.

So, they go there.

In that abode, the lords of the abode give respect to Maharaj.

The lords of the abode give respect to Maharaj.

And if the lords of that abode came here, if there was no respect for Maharaj and no glory of Maharaj, then why would they come here, leaving their abode?

Leaving their own prosperity, and Maharaj feeds them flour balls and makes them wear a shawl, would anyone come there?

They would only have come if Maharaj had extraordinary glory.

Those places are God's prosperity, God's vibhuti.

God has created it.

If Walmart opens a branch, can it open without the permission of its head?

And all of them are his taxpayers.

They are the ones who do that.

Bill Gates, if all his versions are being used, and he has given permission for those versions, if he withdraws it later, then who can use it? No one can use it, no one can do it.

So, all those places have been created by God, created by Swaminarayan Bhagwan.

And he has kept them all and handed them over there.

Then, if Walmart has opened a branch in Hyderabad, India, the one running it will fill their own pocket, right?

So, he takes all these people, a few of them.

But those taxpayers belong to God, to Maharaj.

If someone runs Walmart here in Hyderabad and gets nothing, then what will they do?

They fill their own house well, and then give whatever is left to the Americans.

So, even if there are avatars, they take some people to their abode, so let them take them.

Maharaj says, 'No problem, you do good business.'

If Maharaj's people have a big company and they are its managers.

If that manager's house is prosperous, will the owner be happy or not?

Good, right?

That all our managers should appear somewhat special compared to each other, right?

If someone is a manager at Reliance, they should be more than a CEO of another company, right? That is the pride of Reliance company.

The CEO of another company should not be that much.

So, that is called the pride of Reliance.

If there are many filled in our abode, that is considered the glory of Maharaj.

By the grace of Maharaj, if such people have become like that and his abode is filled, then it is good, he says.

If our servants are much greater and wealthier than us, do we feel jealous?

If it happens, then it's true.

We shouldn't.

If there is a generous king, a capable and brilliant king, and

If there is a powerful owner, he should not feel that way.

He should be proud of some things, like, "Oh!"

Look how these people have become from our company.

He should be happy.

So, Maharaj doesn't mind that; Maharaj's brand is already strong.

Even if they take a few, it's fine.

If the Lord of the abode comes here and takes two or five people to the abode, it's fine.

When they realize it, they will go back to Maharaj.

If anyone here doubts that the Gopis had knowledge of the form of Lord Purushottam, such a description is not found anywhere in the Tenth Canto.

Then, without the knowledge of that form, how could the Gopis have devotion for Shri Krishna?

But such a doubt is not appropriate.

Devotion can happen independently without knowledge.

Devotion is not dependent on anyone.

Devotion is not dependent on anyone.

It is a solitary activity.

Lord Shri Krishna has said in the Eleventh Canto that,

Knowing me as I am, or even without knowing me,

knowing or not knowing,

knowing or not knowing,

this

Maharaj has said that.

The word 'shastra' deceives.

Knowing or not knowing, this cannot be called a deception of words.

But it's complicated.

What is the meaning of 'jnatva ajnatva'?

Read that verse.

Knowing, knowing me as I am, and as I am, those who worship with exclusive devotion are my best devotees.

Is that its meaning?

Look in the verse and interpret it, no problem.

Knowing and not knowing.

Speak, speak.

Knowing, not knowing.

Knowing or not knowing.

Knowing or without knowing.

Without knowing.

Whether knowing or not knowing, if one worships God, and worships with exclusive devotion, they are my best devotees.

That meaning also comes, 'jnatva ajnatva' means 'jnatva ajnatva' again and again, 'jnatva'.

There are two meanings.

Jnatva ajnatva means doing it repeatedly.

Knowing God repeatedly.

There are two meanings.

Vyasa Bhagavan has written it.

What happened was, to put Ganapati Dada in a dilemma, Vyasa Bhagavan had developed such a habit that he even put it in the Bhagavata.

In the Mahabharata, Ganapati Dada said that.

That I will write.

I won't stop.

Many of us say, don't we?

We do work, we do seva, but we want it this way.

We need an Innova.

Without an Innova, we won't work like this, and we won't be in the mood.

So Ganapati Dada said, 'Innova' (meaning 'I won't stop'), that's what Innova is, 'I won't stop'.

So Vyasa Bhagavan said, 'No problem'.

I'll get you a second Innova, maybe a second-hand ADC.

So Vyasa Bhagavan said, 'No problem, come on'.

You can, but you have one condition.

That what I dictate, you write it correctly after understanding it.

To clarify.

Don't write without clarification.

So then, if Vyasa Bhagavan had to go to eat or offer food.

If he had to go bathe.

If he had to go for bathing and evening prayers, then Ganapati Dada would say, 'I won't stop'.

So he would give two such verses to Ganapati Dada, and then Ganapati Dada would really go.

So then Ganapati Dada would say, 'Let's take a break'.

And if the mouse was squeaking, then he would tell it something.

So he should do some work for it.

So then Ganapati Dada, meanwhile, Vyasa Bhagavan would have already returned after his evening prayers.

So, 'jnatva ajnatva' is such a verse.

Vyasa Bhagavan had said that in the Mahabharata, but then he had developed the habit from then on.

So, to confuse someone.

Vyasa Bhagavan sometimes writes such verses.

In that, if you pull it this way, it works, and if you pull it that way, it also works, and everything comes out.

Lord Shri Krishna has said in the eleventh canto that whoever worships me with exclusive devotion, knowing me as I am or even without knowing me, is my best devotee.

Whether he knows repeatedly or not.

But like the Gopis, they make me completely absorbed. The meaning of exclusive devotion is that.

Make me completely absorbed.

Prahlad made Lord Nrusimha completely absorbed in him.

That Hanumanji made Ramchandraji completely absorbed in him.

If one knows that, it's done. There's no need to know me.

I am as I am, there is no problem.

Knowing or not knowing.

Whether one knows repeatedly or unknowingly, whatever one does.

But if one makes me completely absorbed in this way, then it is said that I turn back to him.

Therefore, the yogi who is endowed with my devotion and absorbed in my contemplation does not need my knowledge or detachment. His salvation is almost achieved by my devotion alone.

Leaving aside the effort of acquiring knowledge, and listening to your words with a humble and submissive attitude, this is the statement of Brahma.

It is said in the Brahma Stuti.

Shruti, what is the verse? Read it. These are all beautiful verses from the Bhagavata.

Giving up the effort of knowledge, they just bow down.

They just bow down. What does it mean to bow down?

He doesn't even know how to count to one.

He is ignorant.

But if one performs devotion to God, then giving up the effort of knowledge, they just bow down.

He gives up the effort of knowledge, but if he performs devotion to me as best as he can, then he succeeds.

What is the whole verse?

Or is there nothing else?

That's all there is.

Brahmaji has said that.

In the Brahma Stuti.

Leaving aside the effort of acquiring knowledge, and listening to your words with a humble and submissive attitude, this is the statement of Brahma.

King Parikshit had asked Yogindra Shukdevji a question: the Gopis considered Shri Krishna only as a beautiful beloved man.

They did not have knowledge of Shri Krishna's Brahman form, yet why did the flow of the Gopis' worldly qualities, who possessed a mind influenced by the three gunas, subside?

Then Mahatma Shukdevji said that the form of the Supreme Soul is immutable and immeasurable, it is beyond the qualities of Maya, yet it is full of divine auspicious qualities.

That Supreme Lord manifests to bring welfare to people.

Therefore, whoever maintains a constant relationship with God through lust, anger, fear, affection, a sense of unity, or a loving disposition, becomes absorbed in Him.

Such is the form of God.

Brahmanand Swami says that one who has taken a vow to conquer lust, anger, and pride, and to serve God.

Lust, anger, greed, delusion, no matter what they are, if one walks towards him, he has taken a vow to liberate them.

He protects all beings, he is initiated.

He resolves to do good for everyone, he has taken initiation.

That this is my initiation.

Maharaj said that coming to take our devotees at the time of their death is our initiation.

Protective initiation.

So, all these divine qualities of God are manifested in the Tenth Canto.

Maharaj has done even more than that in his life.

Knowing such things about God, devotion arises in God by knowing them.

And devotion, as mentioned earlier, makes one completely absorbed.

It is said that God is immutable and immeasurable.

What does immeasurable mean?

Cannot be measured.

Pramay means measure.

Cannot be measured.

No one can measure it.

Unattainable by the mind.

From where words return, unattainable by the mind.

If someone thinks in their mind that God is like this and I have known Him, then they have not known God at all.

If one knows God, then by becoming His servant, and the servant of His servant, and rolling at His feet, then one feels that God has known him.

As long as there is some tightness within, it cannot be said that one knows.

As long as there is tightness, he has not known God.

Victory to Sahajanand Swami Maharaj!

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