16.1 In the Samvat year 1882, on Posh vad 13 [4th February 1826], Swãmi Shree Sahajãnandji Mahãrãj was sitting on a mattress with a cylindrical pillow that had been placed on a platform under the neem tree in front of the mandir of Shree Lakshmi-Nãrãyan in Vadtãl. He was dressed entirely in white clothes. A sabhã of munis, as well as haribhaktas from various places, had gathered before Him.
16.2 Also sitting in the sabhã was a shãstri from Vadodarã. He said, “Mahãrãj, if you show a miracle to some worldly, renowned man, then its effect will be very beneficial for the development of the satsang.”
16.3 Then, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “I do not get along very well with such worldly, renowned men. After all, they have pride of their power and wealth, whereas I have pride of tyãg and bhakti. Therefore, neither of us is in a position to surrender to the other. Even if I did send some great man into samãdhi, then at most he would give a village or a part of his kingdom, neither of which I have the slightest desire for in my heart. Even if I were to wish for a village or a part of a kingdom for the sake of happiness, still when I close my eyes and think of Bhagvãn’s murti; that bliss cannot be found even in a kingdom consisting of the fourteen loks.
16.4 “Also, if there is as much bliss in ruling a kingdom as there is in worshipping Bhagvãn, then why would great kings, such as Svayambhuv Manu, leave their kingdoms and go into the forests to perform tap? If there is as much bliss in women as there is in worshipping Bhagvãn, then why would King Chitraketu abandon ten million women?
16.5 “Compared to the bliss of worshipping Bhagvãn, the bliss of the fourteen loks is said to be like that of Narak. Therefore, a person whose happiness is based on the bliss of Bhagvãn feels that the pleasures of all the vishays in the entire brahmãnd are like Narak. Even I feel that the bliss of worshipping Bhagvãn is the only real bliss – everything else is full of misery. Therefore, while worshipping Bhagvãn, if I encounter someone who is naturally drawn into satsang, then I encourage him; but there is no type of insistence in my heart. I only insist upon engaging in the worship of Bhagvãn and keeping the company of bhaktas of Bhagvãn. What I have disclosed before you is my inner belief.”
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