49.1 In the Samvat year 1876, on the evening of Mahã sud 14 [28th January, 1820], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting 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. Two small oil lamps were lit in front of Him. He was wearing a garland of yellow flowers around His neck, and strings of yellow flowers decorated both wrists. He was dressed entirely in white clothes. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
49.2 Shreeji Mahãrãj then said, “Please begin a question-answer discussion.”
49.3 Then, Brahmãnand Swãmi asked, “Why is it that our vrutti remains on Bhagvãn only as long as we forcibly keep it there, whereas it remains on worldly objects without the slightest effort?”
49.4 Shreeji Mahãrãj replied, “The vrutti of Bhagvãn’s bhakta never remains on anything except Bhagvãn. In fact, his only concern is ‘It will be very difficult for me to keep my vrutti on worldly objects’. Therefore, Bhagvãn’s bhakta finds it difficult to keep his vrutti on any worldly objects, while a worldly person finds it difficult to keep his vrutti on Bhagvãn. A person whose vrutti does not remain fixed on Bhagvãn, is not a bhakta of Bhagvãn. Nevertheless, if he attends satsang, he will gradually become a bhakta by listening to the talks of the sãdhus.”
49.5 Brahmãnand Swãmi then asked further, “By what means can a person keep his vrutti on Bhagvãn?”
49.6 Shreeji Mahãrãj explained, “The way to achieve that is antar-drashti. Antar-drashti is to constantly look towards the murti of pratyaksha Bhagvãn that a person has attained. Besides that murti, even if he sees the six chakras, or Golok, or Vaikunth, or other dhãms of Bhagvãn, it should not be considered to be antar-drashti. Therefore, to look at Bhagvãn’s murti that a person has seen within his heart, or to look at the murti of Bhagvãn visible externally, is known as antar-drashti. However, wherever a person’s vrutti strays apart from Bhagvãn’s murti, it is called bãhya-drashti.”
49.7 Shreeji Mahãrãj then told the paramhans, “Please arrange yourselves into pairs, and begin a question-answer discussion.”
49.8 Then, the paramhans carried out a question-answer discussion amongst themselves for quite some time, through which Shreeji Mahãrãj examined their intelligence.
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