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Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Devadhī Deva, Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Dīp Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jaya, Alakhpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jaya, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jaya, Satsaṅga. Sat means truth, and saṅga means in the company of devotees (bhaktas). Those who come to satsaṅga are truthful people. Who is searching for the embodiment of truth? That is why only those who are bhaktas can come. Satsaṅga means living together, sitting together like brothers, sisters, friends, bhaktas, yogīs, and so on. We can read many holy books. There are countless books, very many. Yes, there is knowledge in them, certainly. But if you go only into the scriptures, then you are not drawing near to the cosmic Bhagavān, Guru, Śiva, and the like. Knowledge is very, very important, but not merely reading, reading, reading. There was once a ṛṣi in the Himalayas, and he was many years old—perhaps one hundred or two hundred years. Then another saint came and asked, “Ṛṣi, how old are you?” He answered, “I don’t know, but I am three or four years, maybe a little more.” In so many years, he said, he had been engaged in sādhanā, immersed in sādhanās, very good. So the saint inquired, “In all these years, you did not realize?” “Yes,” the ṛṣi replied, “but I think I am not yet complete.” “Do you know what the Vedas are?” The ṛṣi said, “I don’t know.” “Then read the Vedas.” And so he began to read the Vedas. It is not easy to read the Vedas. Many other religions, or some of them, have taken many words from the Vedas and claimed them as their own, saying, “We have it, it is ours.” They think that is the case, but it is not so. Well, he was reading the Vedas, and about a hundred years passed. Then Dharamrāj said, “Now ṛṣis should come; it is time for you to go.” So he sent some messengers from the realm of Dharmarāja: “Go and bring this ṛṣi. It is his time; he has been on earth for many, many years.” The messenger came and said, “O ṛṣi, Dharmarāja has said it is time for you to come; please come.” He protested, “No, no, I have not learned completely. I want to master the Vedas first.” The messenger replied, “But you will need another hundred years.” He said, “Yes, but it is very interesting. Please tell Dharmarāja to wait a little while for me.” Again and again this happened, already for many thousands of years. Dharmarāja said, “Tell him, please come.” He answered, “But I did not finish completely.” The messenger said, “You did not complete, and you never will complete. It is better that you come.” He countered, “Tell him, please give me fifty thousand years.” Again, Dharmarāja urged, “Please tell him to come.” Well, in any case, they were to bring him respectfully to Dharmarāja. Messengers came once more. “Rishi, you are great, you are very, very old. All your bones and everything—you cannot stay now. Please come with us.” He said, “But I did not finish the Vedas.” The messenger said, “It is a very long time. Perhaps you will never finish.” Then he declared, “I am in the Himalayas.” As the Vedas enjoin, the messenger said, “O rishi, look with both your hands. Look at the peak of the Himalayas.” A strong wind blew, and dust fell into his palms. The messenger asked, “Rishi, look what is in your hands.” He answered, “It is the Himalayan dust.” “You have not learned even that much. Only this you have learned from the Vedas. But the entire Vedas are the Himalayas. Therefore, come with us.” Hearing so much, he finally agreed. So there is the need for both together: study and insight, in order to realize. Many people are only learning, learning, but inside they are empty. Thus there are countless books, many, many things, but we must grasp a single point, a single word. Once a disciple said to his Gurujī, “Gurujī, give me mantras.” And Gurujī said, “Yes, I give you mantras and so on.” After some years, he said, “Gurujī, I repeat the mantras every day, but I still have not attained anything.” “I did not find,” he lamented. The Guru replied, “Of course you did not find anything.” Śabda, Guru Śabda. At that time, after everything, the Guru words, the voice of Gurudev inside. Is it so? Every day is a different day. Life is a different day. You have the mantras, and you should continue them. But Śabda. Śabdasanehī Mārī, Atarā Mārī Helī, Śabdasat Jātmārī Helī, Māre Bhā, Śrī Dīp Nārāyaṇ Bhagavān Kī Jai, Devā Dī Dev, Deveśvara Mahādeva, Mahādeva Kī Jai, Satguru Svāmī Madhavānandajī Bhagavān Kī Jai, Alakhurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Parama Śrī Svāmī Maheśvarānandajī Gurudeva Kī Jai.