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Hari Om. Let everyone together raise a mighty jayjaykār, all those present here. Pāle Sadguru Devakī, Saccidānanda Bhagavāne Kī, Vande Śrī Hariśānandai Pūjyate Padapaṅkhajam, Ajñānamūla Haraṇaṁ Sadguru Śaraṇaṁ Prabhupāda. In this satsaṅga assembly, as a protector of Sanātana Dharma, a saint who is not indifferent to dharma but rather devoted to it, I honor and respect from the heart all dharma-mata-mazhabas. I place my intellect in the worship of Sadguru’s feet, meditating on the presiding consciousness of adhiṣṭhāna-cetanā, and with utmost faith and humility I bow. I offer respectful praṇāmas at the feet of all great souls and all devotees. With the highest faith in the Sadguru Deva who is the refuge of countless universes, infinite and all-pervading, today in our midst is the Viśvaguru, the one adorned with Śrī, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Svāmī Śrī Māheśvarānandajī Mahārāj. I offer daṇḍavat praṇāma at his holy feet, and praṇāma at the feet of all great beings, and praṇāma to all the satsaṅgī brothers present here, to Mātṛ Śakti, mothers and sisters, and to the children. It is said that this human life is very difficult to obtain. And even though it is so hard won, it slips away in a moment. Childhood, youth, old age, death—this cycle of time hangs over everyone’s head. But before death comes, one who has gained that Brahm Vidyā, that ātmajñāna, by sitting at the feet of these great ones—understand that he has made his human life fruitful. Our nature is flawed: we do not want to rise by lifting ourselves through our own effort; instead, we want to rise by pulling others down. A man once said to a koel, “O koel, your voice is very sweet, but you are black. How good you would be if you had no flaws!” The same man said to the moon, “O moon, your cool light is beautiful, but you have that stain. How good you would be without it!” He said to the sea, “Your water is very cool, but it is not fresh. How good you would be without that shortcoming!” And he said to a rose, “Your beauty is wonderful, but if you had no thorns, how perfect it would be.” So what did that man see? He saw only shortcomings. Then all four together said to that man, “O man, God has made you very beautiful, but if you did not have the habit of seeing the shortcomings of others, how good you would be!” Thus, the bad qualities we harbor within must be placed at the feet of the great ones and removed. Only then can our life become truly fruitful. Today in this world we take pride in the jewels of this land. How many are truly benefiting, I cannot say in my own words. But I can say this much: such great men, such scholars, because of whom today India’s head is held high, their birth in our country is our great fortune, especially that they have taken birth on the soil of Mārvāḍ. That is why Sadgurudev declares in the Bhagavad Gītā: “Nāhi jñānena sadṛśyaṁ pavitra mihā vidyate, tat svayaṁ yoga-saṁsiddhaḥ kālenātmani vindati.” In this world, there is nothing as purifying for the jīvātmā as jñāna, and that jñāna is found in these great beings, in the Sadguru. That is why today we are very fortunate to meet them at their feet and to benefit from their darśana and their pravacana. We shall receive the benefit of these great ones. We were singing bhajans for so long that our time simply passed. Had we sat at the feet of these great men and listened to them today, we would have profited from their speech, but we missed that opportunity. That is why I do not say much and bring my words to a close. Bālā Saccidānanda Bhagavāne Kī, Sadguru Devakī, Māheśvarānandajī Mahārāja Kī. Om̐ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam. Om̐ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam. Ammā Śaraṇa Dāsa Prabhu Śaraṇa Parāyaṇam… Om̐ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam. Om̐ Namaḥ Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam. Viśyā Alakh Purījī, Mahādeva Kī Jai, Devādhi Deva, Deveśvara, Mahādeva Kī Jai, Haridaya Bhagavān, Śrī Dīpa Nārāyaṇa, Mahāprabhujī Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭa, Mādhavānandajī, Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Paramasvāmīśānajī, Gurudeva Kī Jai. We are people of dharma. We have come into such a tradition, we have received such a Guru, that mantras too are given to us through the medium of bhajan. In India, a mantra is a hidden thing, a secret thing. You have heard many stories that the Guru keeps a mantra on his forehead but no one wants to hear it. After all, everyone knows that mantra is Rāma, but then everyone thinks it is a lie. Our Dādā Gurujī, whose today is the puṇyatithi, the nirvāṇa divasa, taught everyone a mantra in his bhajans: Om̐ Namo Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam. That is not the only mantra. Śrī Dīpanirañjana Śabadukkha Bāñjana Prabhudīpanirañjana Śabadukkha Bāñjana Prabhu Dīpa Nirañjana Śabada Dukha Bhañjana Haridaya Kamalaki Ākhe Kula Jāve, Haridaya Kamalaki Ākhe Kula Jāve. Prabhudīpa Nirañjana Śabadukha Bhañjana Viśvadīpa Jyoti Urame Jāge Abhaya Padapāve Kāṭe Saba Bandhana Abhaya Padapāve Kāṭe Saba Bandhana Śrī Dīpa Nirañjana Śabadukha Bhañjana Graha Gocarka Tāpana Hī Lāge Śrī Dīpa Nirañjana Saba Dukkha Bhañjana Prabhu Dīpa Nirañjana Saba Dukkha Bhañjana Prabhudīpa Nirañjana Śabadukha Bhañjana, Prabhudīpa Nirañjana Śabadukha Bhañjana, Riddhi Siddhi Sukha Sampati Pāve, Riddhi Siddhi Sukha Sampati Pāve. Śrī Dīpā Dayālā Akhaṇḍa Ujalā Prabhu Dīpā Dayālā Akhaṇḍa Ujalā Śrī Mādhavānandajī Ke Ānanda Bhayavārī Śrī Mādhavānandajī Ke Vandana Bhaya Bhārī Sumara Sumara Pada Payabhra Manandana Sumara Sumara Pada Payabhra Manandana Isī Mantra Seho Vemana Mañjana Śrī Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān kī jai, Mādhavānandajī Mahārāj kī jai. This mantra in Hindi is known to everyone, it is understood. Gurudev explains with such simplicity what the result of this mantra is, what will happen when one repeats it. What will happen? Is there anything greater than the name of Rāma? Nothing is greater than Rāma’s name—so many people chant the name of Rāma, so many know the name of Rāma, yet their troubles come to an end, their work is accomplished. But if you have taken dīkṣā from a Guru, from a Gurudev, from any Gurudev, then he has become your Guru. For India is indeed the land of the Guru. You heard how beautifully he was speaking, how lovely his words were. In India there is no dearth of Gurus, but when you receive a mantra, receive it from one Guru. Afterwards you may listen to the pravacanas of others, but the mantra should be repeated only from that Guru. For a mother is but one. You can respect others as mother too, yet the mother is one. In the same way, the Guru is one. It was in my destiny that I used to travel with the holy Gurujī among the villages. Viśvagurujī is also in the country, and that is why I received the blessings of the Viśvaguru. He traveled the earth fifty‑two times. There is no country in the world where Gurujī did not set foot. He has disciples everywhere: America, North America, South America, Canada, Africa, Asia—everywhere. But Bāpūjī traveled all over India, reaching even small villages. And when he would give satsaṅga, just as you are doing, he would say, “This is your mantra. Whoever wants to chant it, chant it.” The initiation of the mantra was silent; open initiation never happened. Good things can be said openly before everyone. I do not wish to speak ill of anything; I am stating what is before you. So now, by the grace of Gurudev, two mantras have come before you: Om̐ Namo Śrī Prabhudīpa Nārāyaṇam, and Śrī Dīpanirañjana Śabadukha Bhañjana. These are the mantras of our great-grandfather Gurudev, Mahāprabhujī. We will chant mantras in his name. With these words, I give rest to my speech. And I offer thanks to Gurudev that in this magnificent ceremony I was also remembered and given the chance to speak. Śrī Śrī Alakh Purījī, Mahādeva, kī jaya. Devādideva, Deveśvara, Mahādeva, kī jaya. Ārādhya Bhagavān, Śrī Dīpa Nārāyaṇa, Mahāprabhujī, kī jaya. Dharma Samrāṭ, Mādhavānandajī, Bhagavān, Kī Jai, Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Parama Samāśvarānandajī, Gurudeva, Kī Jai, very, very beautiful. Now, in our midst, Śrī Ānanda, Śrī Vibhūṣa, and Svāmījī have told us very good things, and through two mantras we have cleansed our last moments. Remove the malvikṣā and āvaraṇa of our final moments. Now we shall pray again that Śrī Ānanda, Śrī Vibhūṣa, Svāmī Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Viśvaguru, Svāmī Śrī Māheśvarānandajī Mahārāj may grace us all with his words. One more time, loudly! If you speak loudly, Svāmījī will quickly narrate. Bālā Sadguru Dev kī Sanātana Dharma kī. Om̐ Śalāka Purījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Devādideva Devaviśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Siddhaprada Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Mādhavānanda Purījī, Sadguru Deva Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśvaguru, Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, Paramahaṁsa, Śrī Māheśvarānanda Purī Jī, Yogarāja, Kī Jai Sadā Śiva Samarambham, Śaṅkarācārya Madhyamam, Asmadācārya Pariyantam, Vande Guru Paramparām. Mannātha Śrī Jagannātha, Madguru Śrī Jagadguru, Mamātmā Sarvabhūtātmā, Tasmai Śrī Gurave Namaha. Sabra Pratham, I offer my sāṣṭāṅga daṇḍavat praṇāma at the holy lotus feet of my revered Gurudev, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Parama Svāmī Śrī Māheśvarānanda Purī Jī, and sāṣṭāṅga praṇāma to the auspicious dais, to my gurubhāī Svāmī Jñānaśvara Purī. Om̐ Namaḥ Nārāyaṇa to Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Svāmī Viveka Purījī, and to our newly consecrated, dear Guru Svāmī Phūlapurījī Mahārāj, who today was adorned with the title of Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara—I bow to him as well. On the stage, I bow to all my gurubhāīs, to the entire community of sannyāsī gurubhāīs. And in front of me, I bow to Mātṛ Śakti and all the devotees. Today, as you know, is a very auspicious festival. Today is the holy nineteenth puṇyatithi of our revered Dādā Gurujī, the Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Mādhavānanda Purījī Mahārāj. Many of us have had the good fortune of having his darśana at his holy feet. By the grace of my revered Gurudev, I too was blessed to have the darśana of Mahārāj Dādā Gurujī Mahārāj. I was not even that old then—I was about two or three years old—when Mahārāj Jī took samādhi. But I had the fortune of seeing Gurujī, and a few things still remain in my memory, just as Bābājī Mahārāj used to say: “Guru Kṛpā hi Kevalam, śiṣya ke Ānanda Maṅgalam.” If Gurudev’s grace rests upon you, then in your life there will be no hardship, no sorrow, no chance of suffering. Once the Guru’s grace descends upon you, you need not think about anything else. Guru Ājñā avicāraṇīyā—you must not question the Guru’s command, why he said this or did not say that. Whatever the Guru said, whatever Ājñā he gave, you simply have to follow it. All of us Indians believe in Jyotiṣa, in kuṇḍalīs, and such things. But the Guru is that great being who can alter what the Vedas have written. The power to change that lies only with a Guru. And we should feel fortunate that we are connected to such a paramparā. We are students of a paramparā that is so great, so ancient. From Ādipuruṣa Bhagavān Śrī Alakhapūrījī Mahārāj down to Bhagavān Śrī Devapūrījī Mahārāj, Mahāprabhujī Mahārāj, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Mādhavānanda Purī Jī, and our revered Gurudev, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Māheśvarānanda Purī Jī—great souls such as these, it is our fortune to have the opportunity to hear their satsaṅga. That we have been connected to such a lofty paramparā is itself a very great thing. To recognize the Guru is very difficult, yet here we all are, human beings out of the eighty‑four lakh yonis in this world. Snake, scorpion, crocodile, cow, dog, cat—all are there. Eating, drinking, sleeping, breeding—this is the work of animals. We are humans. God has given us four types of grace. Dev Kṛpā, Śāstra Kṛpā, Guru Kṛpā, and Khud Kī Kṛpā. This is what our Dādā Gurujī, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Param Svāmī Mādhavānanda Purījī Mahārāj, used to say: there are four kinds of grace. Which is the first? Deva Kṛpā. Deva Kṛpā means that it is only through the grace of the devas that we attained human life. First grace. Second grace, Śāstra Kṛpā. The things we learn in schools, in colleges, the knowledge we gain from books, from scriptures—that is Śāstra Kṛpā. Only by the grace of the śāstras do we acquire knowledge. Vidyā dadhāti vinayam, vinayā dadhāti bhadratā, bhadratā dhanam āpnoti. So if we wish to attain vidyā, we need the grace of the śāstras. The third and highest grace is Guru Kṛpā. If the Guru’s grace happens, everything is accomplished. But the Guru is like a well that the thirsty must seek. The thirsty person goes to the well to drink water. In the same way, the Guru will not come to you saying, “Come, my child, come to me.” No. As long as we do not awaken the feeling within our minds that we must go to the Guru’s shelter, nothing will happen. So Dādā Gurujī used to say that one’s own effort is most important. Guru’s grace will descend only when you approach the Guru without any selfish motive, without any desire for gain, and simply take shelter at his feet. Only then will Guru’s grace shower upon you. If you come with greed—Gurudev, arrange our job, transfer us, do this, do that—then what can happen? Nowadays we go to God and say, “Lord, help me pass the exams, I will give you sweets.” Everyone has greed in their mind. But if you go with selflessness, everything will be achieved. The shelter of the Guru: the Guru needs nothing. The Guru needs only the love of the devotees. Where there are devotees, there is God. Where there are devotees, there is satsaṅga, and where there is satsaṅga, there cannot be kusaṅga. Here, satsaṅga is going on. God is sitting here; our revered Gurudev, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Māheśvarānanda Purījī, is the very form of God. For us, higher than God are Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Maheśa—Brahmājī the creator, Viṣṇujī the preserver, and Śivajī the destroyer. These three have the power to create the universe and the power to destroy the universe. But what is the ultimate goal of our human life? We believe we must attain mokṣa. To attain liberation, only a Satguru can grant mokṣa, not God. God can give you birth, can give you death, but only the Guru himself can lead you to liberation. Until you come under the shelter of the Guru, your life is incomplete; it is unsuccessful. When you have Guru Kṛpā, as our Gurudev, holy Gurujī used to say, there are four types of grace: Deva Kṛpā, Śāstra Kṛpā, Guru Kṛpā, and Ātma Kṛpā. The first grace, the first blessings you need, are from the devatās. There are so many living beings in this universe: all kinds of animals, insects, bugs, fishes. But the highest category of all living beings is us humans. If God gave us the opportunity, eating, sleeping, and reproducing, animals can also do. But we as humans have a higher duty. There is a much higher purpose to our life in this universe, beyond just these general things that animals also do. So first comes kṛpā, the blessings of the deities. When they give you their blessings, then you are born as a human, in this human form. Then comes Śāstra Kṛpā. We go to school, to college, we study books, we read books to gain knowledge so that knowledge comes within us, so that we learn something from those books, from those scriptures. You need the grace of the śāstras. Thus the second is Śāstra Kṛpā. Then the third grace is Guru Kṛpā. Guru Kṛpā hi Kevalam. Viśvagurujī always says, “Guru Kṛpā hi Kevalam, śiṣya ke Ānanda Maṅgalam.” If Gurudev’s grace is showering upon you, if Gurudev’s blessings are with us, then Śrī… Śrīkāla Darśī, our worshipful Gurudev, His Holiness Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Māheśvarānanda Purījī, knows what is good for us and what is bad for us. If he says something is wrong, it means it is wrong. Do not doubt him. He can see everything: what is coming for us, what has happened, and what will happen. Guru Ājñā vicāriṇī—never doubt the Guru’s words, never doubt the Guru Vākya. Follow it. So no matter what the vidhātā has ordained, no matter what God has written for you, the Guru is that personality who can change everything if he wishes. When you are thirsty, the well will not come to you. The thirsty person has to go towards the well. The well will not come to you saying, “Oh, you are thirsty? Come, drink water from me.” No. The person who is thirsty will go to the well and drink water. In the same way, the Guru will not come to you saying, “Come, my child, come to me, I will give you everything.” No. Until we from inside do not believe and do not, with unconditional love, dedication, and devotion towards Śrī Gurudev, take shelter; until that feeling does not arise from within, nothing will happen. So the fourth grace, as Dādā Gurujī used to say, is Khud Kī Kṛpā—the blessings and grace of our own self. When we believe from within that we truly need a true Gurudev to fulfill all our wishes, that we may attain our ultimate goal of self‑realization, of mokṣa, that is only possible through the grace of the Gurudev. Today was a beautiful day, for it was our Dādā Gurujī Holy Gurujī’s Puṇyatithi, his bārsī, and secondly, our dear gurubhrātā Svāmī Phūlapurījī received the very great post of Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, and we are very happy about that. I would like to wish you all a wonderful evening. With this, I conclude my speech. Praṇāmas to Gurudev. Loka Samasta Sukhino Bhavantu. Om̐ Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ… Rābhavatu Om̐ Śalāka Purī Jī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Devādideva Devadeveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Siddhiprada Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭa Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Mādhavānanda Purī Jī, Satguru Deva Bhagavān Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Mahāmaṇḍaleśvara Paramahaṁsa Svāmī Śrī Māheśvarānanda Purī Jī, Yogarāja Kī Jai, Devāśambhu Bolī Bhagavān Śrī Devādhi Deva Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Himālayogī Svāmījī Śrī Alakhpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Svayambhū Bābā Śrī Devpurījī Mahādeva Kī Jai, Dīpa Nārāyaṇa Bhagavān Kī Jai, Hindu Dharma Samrāṭ Svāmījī Śrī Mādhavānanda Purī Sadguru Deva Kī Jai, Viśvaguru Paramahaṁsa Svāmījī Śrī Māheśvarānanda Purī Sadguru Deva Kī Jai, Satya Sanātana Dharma Kī Jai, Sabhī Santrī Śrī Munī Mahātmāoṅ Kī Jai, Olī Bhagavān Śrī Devādhi Deva Deveśvara Mahādeva Kī Jai, Sabhī Santrī Śrī Munī Mahātmāoṅ Kī Jai.