48.1 In the Samvat year 1876, on the evening of Mahã sud 13 [27th January, 1820], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting facing west on a decorated bedstead on the platform under the neem tree in front of the mandir of Shree Vãsudev-Nãrãyan in Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was dressed entirely in white clothes. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him. Two oil-lamps were lit in front of Him after the sandhyã ãrti of Shree Vãsudev-Nãrãyan, and the Nãrãyan dhun had finished.
48.2 After that, Mahãrãj said “Everyone listen very carefully. I wish to speak to you.”
48.3 Then, the munis and haribhaktas said, “Mahãrãj, please tell us.”
48.4 Then, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “It is my wish, that all haribhaktas receive a murti of Nar-Nãrãyan Dev printed on paper, for you to perform pujã. This pujã is accepted by all shãstras. The Shreemad Bhãgvat states that there are eight types of murtis, including a printed murti. Therefore, pujã can be performed upon a printed murti. This is my wish.
48.5 “In the morning, all haribhaktas should bathe and then perform pujã of Nar-Nãrãyan. Then, you should do pradakshinã and sashtãng pranãm. Then, you should ask, ‘Please protect me from the influence of kusangis’.”
48.6 Shreeji Mahãrãj then elaborated, “There are four types of kusangis: the kudã-panthis, the shakti-panthis, the shushka-vedãntis, and the nãstiks. If a person associates with kudã-panthis, they will cause him to falter in his vartmãns and make him impure. If a person associates with shakti-panthis, he will be forced to consume meat and alcohol, which will deflect him from following his svadharma. If a person associates with a shushka-vedãnti, a person will fall from bhakti and upãsanã, because such people claim that the dhãm of Bhagvãn and the murti Bhagvãn are all false. Finally, if a person associates with nãstiks, they promote that only karmas are real, and deny the existence of Shree Krishna Bhagvãn, and therefore leads a person astray from the path prescribed by the eternal, sacred shãstra.
48.7 “Therefore, a person should request from Bhagvãn, ‘May I never encounter the company of these four types of people’. He should also pray, ‘Mahãrãj. Please protect me from the inner enemies of kãm, krodh, lobh, moh, ahankãr, irshyã, and the belief that I am the body. Also, forever keep me in the company of your bhaktas’. A person should daily pray to Bhagvãn in this way, and always be wary of such kusangis and inner enemies.
48.8 “All haribhaktas should not think, ‘How can the picture on the paper protect us from kusang?’ A person should never bring this thought into the mind. If all of you listen to me and perform the pujã of Nar-Nãrãyan, I can communicate with Nar-Nãrãyan, as I am a sat-purush. I will say to Nar-Nãrãyan, ‘Mahãrãj. Please remain in the murti that I have given, if the haribhaktas abide by the panch-vartmãn, and perform pujã of the murti’.
48.9 “I will keep Nar-Nãrãyan Dev by force in the murti, and tie him with a rope in the form of love. So, please keep faith that the murti on paper is truly Nar-Nãrãyan Dev. Knowing this, never leave a murti without having performed pujã. In the morning, after bathing, you should perform pujã of Bhagvãn. Then, you should attend to your daily duties. As long as you follow the panch-vartmãn, and perform pujã of Nar-Nãrãyan Dev, He will remain in this murti. This is my ãgnã, which you all should believe with firm faith.”
48.10 The haribhaktas accepted everything that was said by Shreeji Mahãrãj.
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