59.1 In the Samvat year 1876, on Fãgan sud 14 [27th February, 1820], Shreeji Mahãrãj was sitting facing west on a decorated bedstead on the veranda outside the west-facing rooms in front of the mandir of Shree Vãsudev-Nãrãyan in Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He was wearing a white khes and had covered Himself with a white chãdar. He had also tied a white cloth, with a border of silken thread, around His head. His forehead had been smeared with sandalwood paste. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
59.2 Shreeji Mahãrãj then said, “Please begin a question-answer discussion.”
59.3 Muktãnand Swãmi then asked, “Mahãrãj. How can unique love towards Bhagvãn be developed?”
59.4 Shreeji Mahãrãj replied, “A person should have the following understanding: Firstly, the belief of Bhagvãn – ‘He who I have attained is undoubtedly Bhagvãn Himself’. He should also have the attributes of an ãstik. Furthermore, he should realise the divine powers of Bhagvãn – ‘This Bhagvãn is the master of Brahm-Mahol, Golok, Shvet-Dvip, and all other dhãms. He is the master of countless millions of brahmãnds and is the all-doer’. He should never believe Purush, Kãl, karma, Mãyã, the three gun, the twenty-four tattvas, or Brahmã and the other devs, to be the creators of this brahmãnd. Instead, he should realise only Purushottam Bhagvãn to be the creator, and the antaryãmi of all. Such an understanding, along with nishchay in pratyaksha Bhagvãn, is the only way to develop a unique love for Bhagvãn.”
59.5 Muktãnand Swãmi asked further, “Despite having realised the greatness of Bhagvãn, why does a person still not develop a unique love for Bhagvãn?”
59.6 Shreeji Mahãrãj explained, “If he has realised the greatness of Bhagvãn in this way, then he indeed does have a unique love for Bhagvãn, but he does not realise it. For example, Hanumãnji possessed immense strength, but he did not realise it until someone else revealed it to him. Also, when Baldevji abducted Pralamb-Ãsur, Baldevji possessed tremendous strength, but he himself was unaware of this fact. He only became aware of his strength when he was informed by a divine voice from the sky. In the same way that bhakta does indeed have unique love for Bhagvãn, but he is simply not aware of it.”
59.7 Muktãnand Swãmi asked further, “How can the strength of the love be realised?”
59.8 Shreeji Mahãrãj answered, “A person realises that he has a unique love for Bhagvãn, by practicing satsang and by listening to the sacred shãstras.”
59.9 Muktãnand Swãmi then asked another question. “Desh, kãl, and kriyã become either pleasant or unpleasant. Is this due to sang, or due to some other factor?”
59.10 Shreeji Mahãrãj explained, “All desh are a part of the earth, and so they are the same everywhere. Kãl is also the same everywhere. However, wherever there is an extremely powerful person, unpleasant desh, unpleasant kãl, and unpleasant kriyã, all become pleasant by his influence. Conversely, by associating with an extremely vile sinner, even pleasant desh, pleasant kãl, and pleasant kriyã, become unpleasant. Therefore, the person is the governing factor in determining whether desh, kãl, and kriyã are pleasant or unpleasant.
59.11 “If that person is extremely powerful, he will influence desh, kãl, and kriyã, according to his nature, throughout the whole world. A person of slightly less power will be able to influence only one region. A person who is even less powerful will be able to influence only one village. A person of even less power than that will be able to influence only a neighbourhood or his own household. In this way, the pleasant and unpleasant influences of desh, kãl, and kriyã are dependent upon the purity and impurity of these two types of people.”
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