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Very soon, we will come to the point where Patañjali speaks about śraddhā, bhāva—meaning devotion. After practicing various yogic disciplines (yogī kriyās) for some time and striving for control over the senses, the development of spirituality towards samādhi or towards brahmajñāna is devotion. If one desires, let us say, a greater speed in the development of this spirituality, then they must turn to devotion, to bhāva. Lālā Nañjī, in his bhajan, expresses the feelings of a bhakta, a disciple, when Gurudev comes to their house, to the door of the devotees. That Satgurū has come: "Kalī, kalī, harṣa vaṭahe." Kalī means the bud; before the lotus flower or rose flower or any flower opens, there is a bud, and this bud is kalī, the bulb. Similarly, our body is filled with all these blood cells, or these buds. Every tissue of this body is like a blood cell. And when Satgurū Dev, Mahāprabhujī, arrived at his door, he is saying: "Suno sajjane, Satgurū ghar āyā"—"O my friends, listen, my Gurudev arrived, came to my house." What happens? "Kalī, kalī, harṣā vaṭāhe." Harṣ and shock—these are two. Harṣ, or shock. Shock is unhappiness. Shock is misfortune, as when someone dies. Some tragedy begins. When some tragedy happens, when there is quarreling, when sorrows come, it is simply sadness. Sadness is shock. Sadness is sadness. Aśok is the happiness. Harṣ is happiness. Harṣ. Aśok or harṣ. Harṣ means happiness. Thus, all the blessings—each tissue of my body is vibrating with happiness. This is an indescribable feeling of a bhakta when one meets the Satgurū Dev, holy saints, or, let us say, God, when suddenly God manifests here.