5.1 In the Samvat year 1882, approximately four-and-a-half hours after sunset on Chaitra sud 7 [14th April 1826], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting on a wooden bedstead facing north in the courtyard south of the palace in Jetalpur. He was dressed entirely in white clothes. He had tied a pãgh made from a thin, white cloth around His head. He had also covered Himself with a chãdar, and was wearing a white dhoti. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
5.2 After thinking for a moment, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “Everyone please pay attention; today I wish to talk to you about things as they really are. Specifically, there is nothing greater than worshipping Bhagvãn. This is because everything happens according to the wish of Bhagvãn. In fact, at this moment, even the wishes of this sabhã can be fulfilled. By the grace of Shree Nar-Nãrãyan, even my wish can be fulfilled. Allow me to elaborate on this.
5.3 “Whatever I wish in my mind is fulfilled in this world. If I wish, ‘May he attain a kingdom’, then he will attain a kingdom. If I wish, ‘May he lose his kingdom’, then his kingdom will be lost. If I wish, ‘Let there be this much rainfall here at his moment’, then it will definitely rain here; and if I wish, ‘Let there be no rainfall here’, then it will not rain here. Also if I wish, ‘May he attain wealth’, then he does so; and if I wish, ‘May she conceive a son’, then she mothers a son; and if I wish, ‘May she not have a son’, then she definitely does not. If I wish, ‘May he contract a disease’, then he will contract a disease; and if I wish, ‘May he not contract a disease’, then he will not contract a disease. So, when I wish for something, it actually happens that way.
5.4 “Then, you will argue that a satsangi still has to endure joy and pain – he contracts diseases, he sometimes loses all of his wealth and luxuries, and despite working extremely hard all his life, he still remains poor. Well, the explanation for all of his efforts not earning rewards is that it occurs in direct proportion to his slackness in engaging in the worship of Bhagvãn. Bhagvãn definitely wishes to assist him. In fact, if His own bhakta is to face the pain of a shuli, Bhagvãn will reduce that pain by having him pricked by a mere thorn instead. As far as I am concerned, I feel, ‘If a satsangi is to suffer the pain of a scorpion sting, may I suffer that pain a thousand times instead, but a bhakta should be relieved of that pain and remain happy’. This is the vardãn I had requested from Rãmãnand Swãmi. That is why I pray, ‘May good be bestowed upon all’.
5.5 “Also, I am always trying to keep the vrutti of people’s minds fixed on Bhagvãn. This is because I know everything about the past, the present, and the future. In fact, while sitting here, I know everything that happens; even when I was in my mother’s womb, I knew everything; and even before I came into my mother’s womb, I knew everything. This is because I am Bhagvãn – Shree Nar-Nãrãyan Rushi. Even if a person who has committed extremely great sins comes and accepts my refuge and abides by the niyams, then in his last moments, I will grant him my darshan and take him to Bhagvãn’s Akshardhãm.
5.6 “Presently, the lord of Akshardhãm, Shree Purushottam, being born of Dharma-Dev and Murti-Devi, takes birth in Badrikãshram and performs tap in the svarup of Shree Nar-Nãrãyan Rushi. It is to destroy the beliefs of the hypocrites, to destroy any traditions of adharma and nurture the traditions of dharma, and to increase bhakti coupled with dharma, gnãn, and vairãgya on this earth in this Kali-Yug that Shree Nar-Nãrãyan Rushi was born to Dharma-Dev and Bhakti in the svarup of Nãrãyan-Muni – who is presently seated in the sabhã.”
5.7 By saying this, Shreeji Mahãrãj filled His bhaktas with joy.
5.8 Continuing, He said, “The only purpose behind my repeatedly mentioning the predominance of Shree Nar-Nãrãyan Dev is because that same Shree Nar-Nãrãyan, who is Shree Krishna Purushottam and who resides in Akshardhãm, Himself sits daily in this sabhã. This is why I speak of His predominance. So, realising my svarup, I have spent hundreds of thousands of rupees on constructing a shikhar-bandh mandir in Amdãvãd. That is why I first installed the murtis of Shree Nar-Nãrãyan in that mandir. That Shree Nar-Nãrãyan is the lord of countless brahmãnds. Of these, He is especially the lord of this Bharat-Khand. Those people in Bharat-Khand who ignore this pratyaksha svarup of Shree Nar-Nãrãyan by worshipping other devs are like adulterous women who leave their husbands and become attached to other lovers. Even the Shreemad Bhãgvat mentions that Shree Nar-Nãrãyan is the lord of this Bharat-Khand.
5.9 “Furthermore, it is for the kalyãn of the jeevs that I have taken birth on earth along with the sãdhus. Therefore, if you abide by my words, I will take all of you to the dhãm from which I have come. So, you should also realise, ‘We have already attained kalyãn’. Furthermore, if you keep firm faith in me and do as I say, then even if you were to suffer extreme suffering, or even if you were to face the distress of seven consecutive famines, I will protect you from them. Even if you were made to suffer miseries from which there seems to be no way out, I will still protect you – but only if you thoroughly follow the dharma of my satsang, and only if you continue practising satsang. However, if you do not, you will suffer terrible miseries, and I will have nothing to do with you.
5.10 “This time, I have left no deficiency in any matter whatsoever. Just look, I have performed several yagnas in the village of Jetalpur. I have also been visiting here for so many years; I must have bathed in this lake along with my sãdhus thousands of times; I have must have visited each home in this village of Jetalpur a hundred times, and I have also taken meals in every home. In this way, I have made this village and its outskirts even more sacred than Vrundãvan.”
5.11 As Mahãrãj was saying this, a large ball of light appeared in the sky, and then split into three distinct balls. They then hovered about the mansion for a while and then disappeared.
5.12 Seeing this phenomenon, everyone asked, “Mahãrãj, what was that?”
5.13 Shreeji Mahãrãj revealed, “Everyday, Brahmã, Vishnu, and Shiv come for my darshan and the darshan of this sabhã of sãdhus. But today, by the wish of Bhagvãn, you have been able to see them along with their vimãns.”
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