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The same day is recorded in the satsaṅg—the day when the saints meet. Just now it was said: half an hour in one hour, half an hour in one hour. Every single transgression committed by the Tulasī Saṅgat sādhus—whether it is half an hour, half an hour in one hour; whether it is fifteen minutes, or one minute, or a full minute… When the Pāṇḍavas returned victorious from the war, someone said, "O Yudhiṣṭhira, perform a yajña in the āśrama, and for this you must invite a ṛṣi." Yudhiṣṭhira sent his brothers, and a ṛṣi was found. The ṛṣi was told that Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira is performing a yajña in the āśrama. He said that Yudhiṣṭhira is performing a yajña in the āśrama, and that yajña will be successful only when you come. The sage said, "Yudhiṣṭhira has performed one hundred yajñas. If one hundred yajñas are performed, then we can come; otherwise, we will not come." When Yudhiṣṭhira was asked, he said, "We have not performed one hundred yajñas." Yudhiṣṭhira himself went, Arjuna went, Bhīma went, but the ṛṣi was not ready to come. When Draupadī came to know, she went to the ṛṣi and said, "Bhagavān, you must come." The ṛṣi said, "Daughter, I will definitely come, but my intention is that if someone has performed one hundred yajñas, one āśrama yajña, then only will I come; otherwise, I will not come." On this, Droṇācārya says, "Just keep one hundred yajñas for the ṛṣis." Draupadī says, "Go to the meeting of the saints, go to the meeting of the saints, go to the meeting of the saints…" The sages have said: go to the meeting of the saints, go to the meeting of the sages, go to the meeting of the sages… The one who goes to see the saint is called a Koṭi Yajña or Koṭi Yajña. If you go one step ahead, Koṭi Yajña or Koṭi Yajña means one thousand yajñas. So the sage said, "I have walked five to ten kilometers. How many steps have I taken? How many thousands of yajñas have I performed?" Then the sage said, "Dear, I will definitely come." Kaha ki sant milan ko jāye, tāj māyā abhimān. Jo jo koṭ pāg āge dhāre, tyā tyā koṭi yajña samān. Sant mile itnā tāle, santon ke darśan hotā hai to kyā kyā hotā hai? Sant mile itnā tāle, kāl jāl jam choṭ śiṣ namāye, gir paḍe karoḍ pāpan kī poṭ. There is a bondage of karmas and vows from many births of living beings. There are two banks of the river, like a river between sin and virtue. One is of virtue, and the other is of sin. Water is flowing in between. If there is a curve in it, then it is in the river and not in the water. The curve is not in the water in the river. So life comes with some kind of problems. But this is our duty, this is our dharma, that beyond all problems, just like the flow of the river, in the same way our feelings should be the flow of devotion. Only then can we reach our destination. Just like the flowing river, one day it will be found in the sea. This Jīva is in the form of Śiva. We are like a drop of water in the palm of our hand, but when this drop falls into the water, it will become one. Then no one can remove this drop. It becomes Śiva; the jīva becomes Śiva. That is why satsaṅg is unique to the Gods. God is that; after doing good deeds, he went to heaven, but after experiencing the pleasure of heaven, we will have to come back to the world of death. So, even God is yearning. God also says, "O Lord, if you give birth again, then give birth to a human being and get a saint." The darśan of saints, the nectar of saints, and the blessings of saints—through this only, a human can be absorbed in Brahma. Kewal Khānā, Pīnā, Bhognā, Paśubhi, Param Śujan, Jānvar bhī bahut hunsiyār hai, khāne mein, pīne mein, bache paidā karne mein. He mānav, agar tū itnā hī kartā hai, to tumhāre aur jānvaron ke bīch mein kyā farak hai? Is lie, apne apne sādhanā ushar, Bhagavān kā bhajan karnā chāhiye, satsaṅg mein jānā chāhiye. Satsaṅg is a ship that sails from the ocean. Satguru nām is a ship that sails from the top to the bottom. The one who believes and gives service to the Guru passes through the ocean. So, where Gurudev’s name is mentioned, the same Satsaṅg-like ship can cross this Jīva from the ocean. Otherwise, he will continue to suffer for many lifetimes. Everything is in our hands. We can become it. So why don’t we become the beloved children of God, and in the end, we become part of that Supreme God. I say this much so that I can rest my speech. I have a slight cough. If I speak again, I won’t have to come again tomorrow. That’s why I say this much. Āśrī Vahad Hari Om. Now Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Jasrāj jī will speak. So please give it to Jasrāj jī. Deep Nayan Bhagwan Kī Om Bhole Śrī Deep Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai Śrī Śrī Dev Puruṣa Mahādeva Kī Jai Dharam Samrāṭ Paramahaṁt Śrī Svāmī Mādhavānandapur Jī Mahārāj Kī Jai Viśva Guru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvar Paramahaṁt Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānandapur Jī Satguru Dev Kī Jai! Hari Om! You have all come here. I will take five to ten minutes to introduce you to my Satguru Dev. Because you will not know what is Gurujī’s heart and greatness in the world. This is very amazing. Guru Dev had gone abroad from Rajasthan forty years ago to teach yoga. Since then, she has been living abroad for about eight months a year. She comes here for six months. She comes to her main ashram in Bali district, Rajasthan. In this country, there are about 3,500 yoga centers in the world—3,500 in which yoga classes, āratī, and satsaṅg are held daily. There are lakhs of disciples, and the disciples you see and meet here, by the grace and blessings of the Gurujī, they are all vegetarian; they do not drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes, etc. They all do yoga, they do āratī and satsaṅg. We are lost in the world, but Gurujī’s disciples are in Australia, New Zealand, all the European countries, America, Canada, Russia, Ukraine, Spain, England, all the countries. And when you are here and you are listening to your satsaṅg, they are also going around the world live through the internet. In Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, when they come to the screen, from where they are looking, there are a lot of countries next to them. So they listen to Gurujī’s message, and their life becomes successful. In Rajasthan, Gurujī also has nine ashrams. His tradition, which is on the Mahāmañj, is in Rajasthan. Gurujī’s Gurujī, his Gurujī, his Gurujī. Gurujī, paramparā se ye jñān jo āpke pās ā rahe hain, lambī simā se bahut viśāl rūp mein Rājasthān mein, prakāś de rahe sabhī ko, aur Gurujī kī tavajjo se āpke pās ā rahe hain. Hum bhāgyaśālī haiṅ ki aise mahān sant yahāṅ haiṅ, wo hum unkī jñāna amṛta sun sakte haiṅ. Aur āp bhāgyaśālī hai ki āp kumbh melā mein āye hain, wo ye maukā bhī liyā hain. Today, a lot of people were asking me about one thing: how does happiness happen? How will my life be happy? The question of happiness and sorrow comes up a lot. Once someone was asking me, "Where did the word ‘happiness’ come from in Sanskrit?" The word "kha" is the one which is in the middle of the two wheels of a bullock cart. What do you say in Hindi, Bābājī, for axle? Axle in Hindi. Axle. No, this is on the car axle, two rows. Now you have understood. So, when it is good, it is sukha. "Su" is an axle, a good axle, and when it is not straight, when it is straight, then it is Duh. You see, if you are in Belgari and it is not straight, then it will always be like this. This is Dukh, in Vastu it is Dukh, your whole journey will be in Dukhī. And if it is straight, then it goes straight; this Belgari will go easily. This is the root of happiness and sorrow, this word. You see in your life, when your karma is good, if you do satsaṅg, if you do sathya, then it stays straight. So, along with that, your life will also be in happiness. Sometimes the road is bad, sometimes it is like this, it is fine. But when the road is straight, you will also go straight. And if this is not straight, your car… So whatever road you take, you will still go in this way. You will still be in sorrow. Like Gurujī used to say, and he says it again and again, these four Vedas, in all the Śāstras, there are two parts. If you give happiness, you will get happiness. If you give sorrow, you will get sorrow. That is the part. If you want to live in happiness, then first you have to see how your life is going. You have to try. You have to speak to everyone with love. You have to give everyone love. And you have to do your work as good as you can. In the Bhagavad Gītā, Bhagavān Kṛṣṇa says, "Sarva karma phala tyāgāt tyāgāt śāntir anantaram." The work that you will do, it is in your hands that you can do it well. Whatever you can do and give, this can happen. The fruit that will be on it is not in your hand. When it has gone from your hand, they are not asking for anything back. This is happiness and peace. We cannot choose our status. This is our karma and our destiny. But the way we will live in this, we can do something. We can see the decisions of our life. We can correct them, so this is happiness and sadness. Gurujī will be here in Kumbh for this month, till the 15th. Then she goes back to Rajasthan. In Rajasthan, Gurujī has made such ashrams that you see posters of the Aum Ashram there. But it is also difficult to understand how Gurujī is making the ashram. There are 600 bigger ashrams in which they are also making Aum ashrams. A very big pond is also made. The pond is 120 by 140 meters, and it is 10 meters deep. They collect rainwater so that they can get water in their ashram and in their village. Apart from that, there is a school. Three thousand three hundred children come to the school. It is a senior secondary school. They come from the Rajasthan board. They are in the Hindi medium. There is a college. There is a hospital of 100 beds. There are four cows. There are 700 cows in it, and the Wazī always serve in different places. They donate to the poor. They give the knowledge of yoga at every place. They go to medical camps every month. There is an ambulance in the ashram. There is a fire tanker. Whenever there is a problem in the village, he will go straight to the 20-kilometer range to put out the fire. There are many services that Gurujī does. Guruji is lost in the world, but those who live in the ashram know that Guruji does not forget Rājasthān and Bhārat for a minute. He is always thinking, thinking, and taking care. You people have come from Nagpur, from your Barikatu Ashram. They know that whenever Gurujī’s call comes, when there is a problem in their village, so Gurujī’s phone, before everyone knows about the problem, Gurujī’s phone is ringing to take care of it. Gurujī is such a blessing. No matter how big the program is, even if there is a problem here, it is not a small problem. He takes care of everyone and gives everyone blessings. That’s why whenever you get a chance, visit Rajasthan as well in Gurujī’s āśram and watch Gurujī’s satsaṅg. It always comes on the internet. There is a website, swamiji.tv, which is written there as well. Whenever Gurujī’s pravacana is here in India or abroad, it comes live. What to say when Gurujī is sitting here? All day, everybody was asking about the two words, sukha and duḥkha, happiness and sadness, let’s say. And it’s interesting for me, the origin of the word comes from the cart that goes behind the ox. It’s related to the axle. The "ka" part is actually the Sanskrit root for the axle. So when it’s good, you have sukha, or happiness. When it’s not good, when it’s not straight, then you have duḥkha, you have discomfort or unhappiness. If you can imagine you’re sitting on that cart, and if the axle’s not straight, it’s constantly going up and down as you’re traveling. This is, you know, from the ancient times. That is a duk. And if it’s straight, then your journey will be far more comfortable. That is sukha. And although we can’t control the road on which we’re traveling, because always things will come and troubles will come in front of us, we can at least control the way that we live, to try and make that axle, that part of the cart, straight by doing our sādhanā, by doing our practice, by thinking about how we’re living. By living in as pure a way as possible, and by trying to always act with love, act with compassion towards people, and to act with the truth, not just to other people but also to ourselves, about who we are and where we’re at, and to put those words, that knowledge which Gurujī gives us, into practice. So sometimes the journey may be bouncy, but if you have a flat road and you have a not straight axle, you’re guaranteed to have a very poor journey. At least we can try and straighten our axles, let’s say. I don’t want to say much more. I hope everybody enjoyed the bath today. It was quite crowded, but it’s not as crowded as it will be next week. When really the crowds will start to come. And from today, a lot of people have come into the Kumbh Melā to stay for the one month, the Kalpavāsī. Their Kumbh started from today. So you could see them last night, all coming with the bags on their heads and heading towards the Saṅgam. And I believe early in the morning, they said at 4 o’clock in the morning, there was such a huge crowd down at the Sangam, who, I presume, then had their bath and then went to set up their camp for the rest of the time here. They will stay until next Pūrṇimā, which is in March. Sorry, at the end of February. And some will stay until Śivarātri in March, on the 3rd, I think, or the 4th. So let’s enjoy. Will you sing, Madhura? You’ll sing? Śrīdhī Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Je Satgurudeva.