Gadhada Last Section Vach. 1 Vachanamrut Rahasyarth Pradeepika Tika

Furthermore, a disciple of God has a propensity for either spiritual knowledge or affection towards God. Amongst these, a person who has a propensity for spiritual knowledge has a deep understanding about the greatness of God. Someone who has a propensity of affection towards God cannot remain without God for even a brief moment. Zinabhai (Aadarsh-bhakta- gatha Chapter 6), Devram (Shree-hari-charitramrut-sagar Section 28 Chapter 128 & 129) and Prabhashankar (Shree-hari-charitra-chintamani Part 3 Chapter 100) possess a propensity of spiritual knowledge. Disciples with an awareness of God’s greatness like theirs, should be regarded as having a propensity for spiritual knowledge. Disciples who have affection for God, like that of the Gopis of Vraj (Shreemad-Bhagwat Section 10 Part 1 Chapter 29 - 33), should be known to have a propensity of affection. A person who has a propensity of spiritual knowledge, knows that God is omniscient. He realises that God is never swayed into thinking something merely because of what someone else has told Him. God very well knows about the propensity of a disciple and speaks to him accordingly; He does not follow the advice of others. A person who believes, ‘I am not at fault, but still, God is rebuking me because of someone else’s advice’, has no spiritual knowledge about God’s Murti. Even in worldly matters, a person does not notice faults in someone if he has self-interests in him. Why is this? It is because he cares about such self-interest. Similarly, if someone possesses the self-interest that God will relieve him from the fear of birth and death, he never perceives faults to exist in God.