||  Shri Hari  ||

 Greatness of the Great Souls  

Swami Ramsukhdas

||  Shri Hari  ||

Greatness of the Great Souls

tvameva   mata   cha   pita   tvameva

tvameva bandhuscha sakha tvameva  |

tvameva  vidyaa   dravinam tvameva

tvameva sarvam mama   devadeva  ||

Swami Ramsukhdas

||  Shri Hari  ||

Greatness of the Great Souls

It has been said about great saints -

1. The liberated great souls, continuously remain established in the self or in God.  Their life, their company, their thoughts and the air touching their bodies, lead human beings to salvation.
2. There are some people who do not know the greatness of those great men.  So,  saints come down to the level of common people,  and say that saints have done this.  Their actions and words constitute the scriptures.  
3. When they come down to a still lower level,   they say that saints should be obeyed.  
4. Strivers who do not obey the saints are instructed to follow the principles prescribed by them.
5. When they go down still lower, they order them to do one thing or the other.

                Those who carry out the behest of saints, in the doctrines of saints take practical shape.  When a saint orders a striver to follow a principle, the striver by the saint’s grace, gains a special power, by which his conduct changes without much effort, and that leads him to salvation.  Even those who follow the principles without receiving their orders, attain salvation.)

6.  Sometimes they curse or give boon to strivers, who refuse to obey them.  

These above-mentioned are six categories of saints, from the first rank to the sixth rank.  The lower the level to which they stoop, the more merciful they are.  When they grant boons to a striver, or put him under a curse or scold him, they stoop to the lowest level, yet it is renunciation,  because they have accepted the lowest level for the welfare of humanity.  

Similarly,  God also remains established continuously, in his own Self. This is something of the first rank.  But the same Lord, because of his excessive merciful nature,   incarnates to lead creatures to salvation.  The drama of his life enables men to attain salvation.  Sometimes lowering Himself He preaches,  and by still lowering Himself, He governs people,  and He orders and guides them.  Finally,  still lowering Himself further, He grants a striver a boon, or lays him under a curse or separates him from his body,  for his welfare and the welfare of the world.  

Narayan !  Narayan !!  Narayan !!!

By Swami Ramsukhdasji, from ‘Kalyan Kalpatru’  edition January 2015

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