31.1 In the Samvat year 1885, on the evening of Mahã sud 4 [7th February 1829], Shreeji Mahãrãj was sitting on a decorated bedstead on the veranda outside the west-facing rooms of Dãdã Khãchar’s darbãr in Gadhadã. He had tied a white feto around His head and was wearing a white khes. He had also covered Himself with a red-bordered, white, English cloth. A sabhã of paramhans, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him. Some of the paramhans were singing kirtans to the accompaniment of musical instruments.
31.2 After the paramhans sang the kirtan ‘Hari Mere Hãralaki Lakari...’, Shreeji Mahãrãj requested, “Please sing ‘Jamunã Ke Teer Thãdo...’.” The paramhans then began singing that kirtan. In the meantime, Shreeji Mahãrãj sat thinking.
31.3 Then, He interrupted, “Please stop singing, and allow me to talk to you. What I am about to reveal to you is not much, but it can be very beneficial for those who practice dhyãn. In fact, I have never revealed this matter before.” Then, closing His gentle eyes, He began thinking, and then said, “There is a mass of divine light that is like countless millions of moons, suns, and flames of fire. That mass of light appears to be like an ocean. The svarup of Purushottam Bhagvãn resides within that luminous, brahm-rup dhãm of Bhagvãn, and He Himself assumes an avatãr from that murti.
31.4 “What is that Bhagvãn like? Well, He is greater than both the perishable and the imperishable; He is the cause of all causes; and countless millions of akshar-rup muktas worship His holy feet. Out of compassion, that very same Bhagvãn is pratyaksha and present before your eyes in an incarnated murti for the purpose of granting ultimate kalyãn of jeevs. Therefore, there is a great similarity between the murti residing in the dhãm of Bhagvãn and this pratyaksha murti of Shree Krishna.
31.5 “The vision of a person who performs dhyãn on this human murti of Shree Krishna develops extreme vairãgya for all charming sights other than Bhagvãn and remains engrossed only in the charm of Bhagvãn. Then, he does not notice even the slightest difference between the pratyaksha murti of Bhagvãn and the murti in His dhãm. The appearance and age of that murti, and the appearance and age of this murti will appear similar. In addition, the height and build of that murti will appear to be exactly the same as that of this murti; not even the slightest difference can be perceived between that murti and this murti. Also, there appears to be a total oneness between them. In this way, there is not even the slightest difference between that murti and this murti. In fact, both are one.
31.6 “When a person performs dhyãn on that pratyaksha murti outwardly, in front of the eyes, there is not the slightest difference between that murti and this murti. However, if he looks at that same murti inwardly, within his eyes, then that same murti does not appear to be the same as before. In this case, it becomes the same size as the pupil of the eye. Then, when he performs dhyãn and looks inward at the point of his throat and below, he does not see that same murti as the two murtis he saw before. He sees that same murti as being extremely large, extremely tall, extremely fat, and extremely frightening. For example, the shadow of a man formed by the sun at noon would be almost the same length as the man’s body. But when that same sun sets, the shadow becomes very elongated – it does not remain the same length as the man’s body. Similarly, the murti of Bhagvãn also becomes as large as mentioned previously. Then, when the person sees that murti within the buddhi, which resides in the heart, and when he sees that murti within his own jeev within the buddhi, he sees the murti as being the size of a thumb. It appears to have two arms or four arms, but he does not see it in the three ways that he saw before. Then, while performing dhyãn, he sees the murti to be greater than his jeev and sees it in the midst of a mass of divine light which is like that of countless millions of suns, moons, and flames of fire. Also, he sees that murti to be just like the murti that he saw before his eyes; he does not perceive even the slightest difference between the two.
31.7 “Therefore, the same murti that is in Akshardhãm – which is gunãtit – is pratyaksha. There is no difference between the two. Just as the murti in the dhãm is gunãtit, the human murti is also gunãtit. The difference which was noticed earlier was due to the gun of the different locations within the body – in the eyes there is sattva-gun; in the throat there is rajo-gun; even the jeev, which resides within the buddhi, is full of gun.”
31.8 After delivering this talk, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “Please continue singing the kirtan which you were singing earlier.”
31.9 In this way, Shreeji Mahãrãj revealed Himself as Purushottam using the non-pratyaksha svarup of Bhagvãn as an example.
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