19.1 In the Samvat year 1882, on the evening of Mahã sud 2 [8th February 1826], Shreeji Mahãrãj was sitting on a mattress with a cylindrical pillow that had been placed in the eastern rup-choki 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.
19.2 Then, after the sandhyã ãrti had finished, Shreeji Mahãrãj said, “Please listen, I wish to speak to all of you about Bhagvãn. Whenever a jeev attains a human body in Bharat-Khand, Bhagvãn’s avatãrs or Bhagvãn’s sãdhus will certainly also be present on earth at that time. If that jeev can recognise them, then he becomes a bhakta of Bhagvãn.
19.3 “Once he has become a bhakta of Bhagvãn, it would be improper for him to have love for anything except Bhagvãn. This is because, compared to the bliss of the dhãm of Bhagvãn, the pleasures of worldly vishays are like faeces. Only worms that live in the faeces feel that there is profound bliss – a human would realise faeces to be nothing but utter misery. Therefore, a person who has recognised Bhagvãn becomes a pãrshad of Bhagvãn. Then, he should not cease to be an attendant of Bhagvãn by desiring to enjoy the pleasures of worldly vishays like worms in faeces.
19.4 “Also, whatever a bhakta of Bhagvãn wishes for comes true. Therefore, he is extremely careless when he desires any object other than Bhagvãn out of ignorance. That is why a bhakta of Bhagvãn should consider the pleasures and delights of the fourteen loks to be like the faeces of a cow. He should have strong love only towards Bhagvãn and His bhakta, by thought, word, and deed. He should believe, ‘If a bhakta of Bhagvãn has some desires remaining in him other than those of Bhagvãn, he will still attain the status of Indra or will attain Brahm-Lok. However, unlike worldly people, he will certainly not pass through the cycle of births and deaths or go to Narak. If that is so, then how can a person describe the greatness of Bhagvãn and the bliss enjoyed by a true bhakta of Bhagvãn?’ Therefore, a bhakta of Bhagvãn should maintain deep love only for Bhagvãn.”
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