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There was a poet who wrote poems and songs. He lived in a beautiful city in Rajasthan called Udaipur, and his name was Uday. He composed a beautiful bhajan for the glory of Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī. You know this, yes? Who doesn’t know? Then I should translate it. He was a disciple of our holy, worshipped Gurudev, our Sadgurudev Swami Madhavānandjī. One day, he wanted to make Holī Gurujī very happy, so he wrote this beautiful poem. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, Prabhujī, Īś ke avatār hai. Īś means Īśvara, God, Brahman. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī—Mahā means great, Prabhu means God—who is descending on this earth to liberate the bhaktas. Nārāyaṇa is Viṣṇu; Dīp means light. So in every glory, the name of Mahāprabhujī or Gurujī or Devpurījī is present. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, iske avatār he, jagjīv jinke nām se, hote bhav par he. All creatures in this saṃsāra, jag jīva—if they hear the name of Bhagavān Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, every day, they will cross the ocean of this māyā, this ignorance. The ocean is symbolic. We sit on the beach and now we know what water is, but here we don’t know. There is a beautiful song about a water frog. One tells the frog, “O frog, why are you glorifying yourself in this little pond of water?” Or in the hoofprint of a cow, caught in the earth and filled with water. The frog thinks its world is very big, but it doesn’t know. On one side it tries to catch a moth; on another, a snake waits counting the frog’s breaths; on another, a cat waits; and on another, a little white duck. Om, he’s out spelling him to this frog. “Frog, what are you making yourself proud of? All these enemies are counting your breath. O chilerio ghaliv padakaka, give up the hope of this little pond. It will not last long—only some minutes or seconds. Kar samandriyam vasa. Why don’t you enter into the endless ocean? Redriyat chod silivariyari asa, O silivariyar ghani palakko kar samandriyam vasa.” What a beautiful bhajan song! Only they can do. Where sunlight cannot reach, beyond that can go the point. You have freedom; you should also do something. Make some poem, some song? Yes, but we think there is nothing to do. Once a man came to Holy Gurujī, and Gurujī asked, “What are you doing? What is your profession?” He said, “I am a writer—articles, translations, songs, bhajans. But Swamiji, I have one problem. The cream is taken away; the butter is gone. What remains behind is buttermilk—the thin water of milk or yogurt. Nothing left. Mīrāmbāī, Tulsī Dās, Sūr Dās, Kabīr Dās—all these saints took the good words, and nothing was left behind. Only the buttermilk remains.” Gurujī said, “Yes, that’s right.” So he asked, “Swamijī, can you suggest something? I know you are a great saint, Śāntguru; you wrote so many bhajans and poems.” Gurujī said, “If they ate the cream, it’s okay. But they didn’t eat the cow. Feed the cow with the grass of love, or feed it with love, and milk your cow day and night, so you will have enough butter again. So, makhan khāyā to kyā huā? If butter is eaten, what does that mean? Dhenu hamare paas. The cow is still with us. Chara Dhalo Premkā, feed her with love. Do a dinner rath and milk her day and night.” So this cream is with you, that wisdom is with you. But that is a buddhi, intellect, knowledge. Each of us has a particular path, and we concentrate on that way and become successful. Every day new technology comes; yes, because they have that kind of thought in their brain. So it is endless. But if you remain satisfied with “this technique is enough, I can’t do anything,” then you are in a small pond. You are that lazy frog, jumping here and there, singing and dancing in the night. But he knows very soon a cobra is coming. That is māyā, temptation; you are limited—limited only to your body and its sensations. Go beyond that; jump into the endless ocean. Now, we are in the middle of the ocean. We cannot swim with the strength of our arms—okay, 100 meters, 200–300 meters on the Adriatic coast. In other oceans there are beautiful sharks. A beautiful shark dances like this and bites you—not like that, but like that. So there are also many enemies, not only for the little frog but for you too. And these sharks are temptation. I don’t know who is a shark, she or he, that will swallow you. So there are many, many in that ocean, and that ocean is endless—that is saṃsāra. We have no chance to go. Great Sūrdās said in one song, “One bird is sitting on a big ferry, and this ferry is now going in the ocean. From morning till evening, the bird is born to go back, but it can’t see the shore. The bird sits on the boat; the sun rises, but the ship is far in the ocean. Now the bird can’t see anywhere—no trees, nothing. But it tries to fly away. Stretching its wings, it takes flight. After 40 kilometers, or 100 kilometers, the bird cannot fly anymore; it is tired. Where can it sit? If it sits on the water, it will be gone. Again, that bird tries to see if there is shelter anywhere. And there is only one shelter: that ship. So it flies back.” Sūrdās-jī said, “O God, I am that bird of the ferry. I want to fly away, but I see no shelter other than Thee, O my Lord.” Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Śrī Sattva Gurudeva Kī Jaya. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī, Īś ke avatāra hai. Jag jīva jin ke nāma se hote sadā, bhava par hai. Bhava is the ocean, this world, where we are. It doesn’t matter where we are; by the name of Bhagavān Dīp Nārāyaṇa Mahāprabhujī—our paramparā—it will definitely let us cross the ocean of ignorance, because He is the avatāra of the Īśvara. And if we get that, we will get liberation. Truthfully, we will get liberation. The dust of the Gurudev’s lotus feet—if every day you put it on your mastik as tilak, even just one grain of sand—it is not the quantity but the quality. Or mentally, mānasik pūjā, in your meditation after you put it, you are putting the dust of your master’s lotus feet. And what happens when you have that dust? Don’t forget, every day this dust. By the blessing of Gurudev, the real bhakta, the pure bhakta, is not changing every day—no doubts. Doubt means you are out, without excuse. That’s it. Confidence, faith—the embryo in the mother’s womb, both mother and embryo have that kind of relation; there is no second. That is the ocean: another ocean, the womb of the mother, endless, endless. When it’s born, it comes out, it is liberated. But we came to another world, another womb—the womb of Mother Earth. Now we are in the womb of nature. And that will let us cross this, what we call Guru Kṛpā. There is an eternal light; the flame is burning. As long as the flame burns, there will be light. But when the flame is blown out, you are again in darkness. Towards the Gurudeva, it is very fragile. The flame of devotion, the flame of knowledge, the flame of bhakti, should not blow out—do not cut it off. You don’t know when and how you will again light that faith, the light of faith in Guru Bhakti. That’s why Anant, endless, they lost the path again. They lost again in the darkness. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, is ke avatār hai, jag jīva jinn ke nām, sadā sadā bhava par. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, iske avatār hai, jag jīva jinke nām hote sadā bhavapā. Sādha Bhaktas, real truthful Bhaktas, not always moody. I’m not telling you, you are not that one, but there is someone who feels inside. It will be okay. Jis se tere jag kī vikaṭ nikaṭ nahī̃ ābhī. Dindarat sumiran kar, day and night sumiran kar: terī bītī umar Hari nām sumiran kar. So you see, sumiran came here again. Not only Nānak Dāsī said it, but all the other saints say it, every saint says it, and the poet says it too. Dindarat Sumiran Karguruka, say Rām Rām, not Dam Dam. Rām Rām means the name of God; Dam means money, money, money—my money, my property, my house, my body, my car, my bank money, my tent money, my jewelry, my this, my money, money, money. Rām, Rām,... Rām. Not Dām, Dām,... Dam. God will give you Dam, Dam, Dam also. But then, when the soul goes out, nothing can go with you. But the Rām Rām will go with you. So, Mukme Rām and Ātme Kām. “Mukme Rām” means to have the name of God in your mouth, and your hands should have work. That’s it. Therefore, repeat your mantra, “Guru Kṛpā Hī Pāvahī,” through this you will get the Guru’s grace. Jis se tere jag ke vikaṭ kabhī nahī̃ āvahī, through this you will get the Guru Kṛpā. No troubles will appear in your life; no complications will come near you. They will be coming, but will not affect—it’s only your vṛtti, your mind, our ignorance. Ignorance is suffering, not devotion, not knowledge. Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhujī, iske avatāra, jag jīva jinnke nām, eṣadābhāva parāhe. Dīp Nārāyaṇ Mahāprabhu iske avatāra he, jag jīva jinnke nām hote sadā bhavaparā he. Vah Par Brahma Prabhu, Vahee—He is Par Brahma. He is U Brahma, He is the Prabhu. Who is that? Mahāprabhujī. Jag Ke Vidhātā Man Tum Vidhātā—you know who is Vidhātā? Who writes destiny. So he said, Mahāprabhujī has written the destiny of this world. O dear bhaktas, your destiny is in the hands of Mahāprabhujī. Jag ke vidhātā jan tu, Jagadīś ke avatāra sṛjan, Jagadīś ke avatāra—He is the incarnation of Jagadīś. Jag means world, Īś means Īśvara. So He is Sṛjan Hara and Visarjan Hara, the creator and the liberator or destroyer. Satguru kṛpā se kām krodha lobha nikaṭa na āvahī. If you have the kṛpā of Gurudev—but you know, with one hand you cannot make a sound; you need both hands. If you don’t have both hands, then you have a cheek. So it should be from both sides. Satguru Kṛpā says: by the blessing of Mahāprabhujī, kāma (desires, wrong actions), krodha (anger)—because through that comes anger. And krodha, Holy Gurujī said, is that devil which will take away everything from you at the door; you can’t take anything in. So you have to purify your antaḥkaraṇa: mana, buddhi, chitta, ahaṁkāra—ego, proudness—give up. Then your bhakti, you’ll get that devotion to Gurudev. Jag Mo Maya Guru Kripasé Dura Nitya Hi Rahega, so that through the Guru’s grace, all this māyā will be far away. Dūr nītī regā gurū kī manohara mūrati, maname sadā dhāraṇa kare. The embodiment of Gurudeva is so beautiful. Guru, Dhyānamūlam Guru Mūrti, always have a vision of the Guru Dev. Guru kī manohar mūrti, man meṁ sadā dhāraṇ karī—in your mind, always inside. That is our inner altar, where Guru Dev is sitting. Many other masters are there; if there is something good, you can learn, no problem. But our shelter is there, then we can come through. Otherwise, you fly from here to somewhere, and there is no more shelter, because you have the master only once. Vajagalobani Mohamāyā ke jālamē phirkyōṁ dare thēṁ. This Mohamāyā, Mohanī, means one who can attract you, lead you in the wrong direction. That Mohinī came when Viṣṇu took the form of Mohinī: on one side she gave nectar, amṛta, and on the other, soma, alcohol. So that was Mohinī. Mohinī is a beautiful name; you can be named Mohinī, but be very careful. So, the nature of the trick of Mohanī—don’t worry, because she cannot do anything to you. When temptation arises in your mind, and it tries to touch your heart, it is said: “Gurū kī manohar mūrti manmeṁ sadā dhāraṇī kare,” immediately see the full picture of Mahāprabhujī inside your vision, and the world will appear differently. Satguru Kripa, through the blessing of Guru, Ankh means what the Vidhātā, destiny, has written. Vidhna, the Vidhna is that destiny which is writing. Kī Mitravan Har Hai Gurudev—He can delete what she has written. Gurudev Aza Sors Aki Ir. Yes, many times I have experienced from many people that destiny—what Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and the Vidhātā come to write—Gurudev can change it. There is a beautiful story; I will tell you next time. So, Satguru Kṛpāhi Aṅk Vidhānā. Unkahī Veda Beda Parhe. Beda means it lets you cross through the whole universe to the divine Brahmaloka. Guru charan dho dho kar piye to Kaal nikat nai avahee. When you drink the holy water of the Gurudev’s feet, then Yamarāja will never come near you. Hirade Guru Kī Jyoti Nithahī. Then you will have always in your heart, not your light, but Gurudev’s light, enlightenment. Heerde Guru Kī Jyoti Nithahi Udayeke Pratayag—what is that in Hindi? This is a writing of Gajānand. Heard Guru Kī Jyoti Nithahi Udayeke Pratayag, so Uday, that poet, said, by the grace of Mahāprabhujī, that light will always be in my heart. He gave this point to Gurujī. He Ke Avatāra Jaga Jīva Jinn Ke Nāma Se Ho Sadabā Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī. Oh, he’s imitating me. Utāno zeṅgeṃ. All the best till tomorrow.