6.1 In the Samvat year 1877, on Ãso vad Amãs [5th November, 1820], the day of Divãli, a row of oil lamps had been arranged around a stage which had been assembled in front of the north-facing rooms of Vastã Khãchar’s darbãr in Kãriyãni. Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting on a decorated, canopied bedstead that had been placed on that stage. He was wearing a red survãl made of kinkhãb with golden embroidery. He was also wearing a black, kinkhãb dagli with the words ‘Nar-Nãrãyan-Swãminãrãyan’ imprinted upon it. Around His head He had tied an orange pãgh with a border of golden threads. He had also tied a sky-blue coloured feto tightly around his waist, and garlands of yellow flowers were hanging around His neck. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
6.2 A female bhakta from the port of Deev had come on that occasion. She requested Shreeji Mahãrãj to allow her to perform His pujã. Accepting her request, Shreeji Mahãrãj came down from His seat, approached the bhakta, and accepted her pujã. Then, after accepting the clothes, a yellow umbrella, and a pair of wooden chãkhadis offered by her, He returned to His seat.
6.3 Then, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “For so many years bhaktas have been offering clothes and thousands of rupees worth of jewellery to me, but I have never gone of my own accord to receive them as I just did. Also, I have never become as pleased by wearing the clothes and jewellery offered by others as I have just now. I have become extremely pleased upon this bhakta today.”
6.4 The munis commented, “That bhakta truly does have love.” In the meantime, Dinã-Nãth Bhatt arrived, bowed at the feet of Shreeji Mahãrãj, and then sat down. Shreeji Mahãrãj then gave all the richly embroidered clothes to him.
6.5 Muktãnand Swãmi then asked, “Mahãrãj, by which gun is Bhagvãn pleased upon a bhakta?”
6.6 Shreeji Mahãrãj replied, “Bhagvãn is pleased with a bhakta who becomes free of kãm, krodh, lobh, kapat, mãn, irshyã, and matsar, and then offers bhakti to Bhagvãn. But, amongst all of those, matsar is the root of all avgun. That is why in the Shreemad Bhãgvat, Shree Vyãsji has noted that only the sãdhu who is without matsar is worthy to possess bhãgvat-dharma. As a result, matsar is fainter than all the other avgun. Also, it is extremely difficult to eradicate matsar.”
6.7 Then, Brahmãnand Swãmi asked, “What is the method for eradicating matsar?”
6.8 Shreeji Mahãrãj replied, “A person who is a sãdhu, and treads the path of a sãdhu, will be able to eradicate matsar. However, if a person does not desire to tread the path of a sãdhu, the matsar within him will never be eradicated.”
6.9 Again, Muktãnand Swãmi asked, “What causes matsar?”
6.10 Shreeji Mahãrãj replied, “There are three causes of matsar: women, wealth, and delicious food. But, for a person who does not have any of these three, mãn is the cause of matsar. Moreover, for a person who possesses matsar, the fact that I have given these clothes to Dinã-Nãth Bhatt, must have led to matsar. Such a person would never think, ‘The person who brought such richly embroidered clothes and offered them to Mahãrãj should be commended. Mahãrãj should also be commended since He immediately gave them away to a brãhman’. Such a thought would never arise in the heart of a person who possesses matsar. Even if someone else gives something and someone else receives it, a person who possesses matsar burns with envy unnecessarily.”
6.11 “As for me, not even the slightest bit of kãm, krodh, lobh, mãn, matsar, or irshyã, enters my heart. Also, in my heart, I experience a strong hatred for the panch-vishays (shabda, sparsh, rup, ras, and gandh). In fact, I do not have even the slightest interest in any one of the panch-vishays.
6.12 “Whenever I accept food or clothes, I do so on seeing the bhakti of the bhaktas; I never accept them for own physical pleasure. All of my actions, like eating, drinking, and wearing clothes, are for the sake of all the sãdhus and satsangis. If I have the feeling that it is for my own sake and not for their sake, then I would immediately discard it.
6.13 “The only reason I keep this physical body is for the sake of the satsangis; besides that, there is no other reason. Bhaktas such as Mulji Brahm-Chãri and Somlã Khãchar, who have been staying close to me for so many years, know my nature and realise, ‘Besides the bhaktas of Bhagvãn, Mahãrãj does not have love for anything else. In fact, Mahãrãj is not affected by anything, just like ãkãsh’. In this way, those who constantly stay near me know my nature. I have sacrificed my body for the sake of those who are bhaktas of Bhagvãn by word, thought, and deed. Therefore, in all ways, I am attached to whoever is a bhakta of Bhagvãn. To me, the wealth of the fourteen loks, without the bhaktas of Bhagvãn, seems as worthless as a blade of grass.
6.14 “In addition, even those who are bhaktas of Bhagvãn and have firm love only for Bhagvãn, will not find pleasure in the enticing vishays. Although they may sustain the body with ordinary vishays, they immediately become miserable by attractive vishays. Therefore, only such a person can be considered to be a completely perfect bhakta of Bhagvãn.”
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