Gadhada Last Section Vach. 33 Vachanamrut Rahasyarth Pradeepika Tika

Even now, a disciple who is dedicated to the ten-fold devotion, such as listening to discourses, religious songs and chanting God’s name; who recognises the greatness of God and adheres to his personal religious decree; has asceticism, conviction about the soul (aatma-nishta); and associates with a sant, can never live without these aspects. For example, someone who has become addicted to opium cannot live without it. Even though opium is as bitter as poison, an addict cannot live without it. If someone is addicted to alcohol, even though his throat burns when he drinks it, he cannot live without it. If that person is offered lots of rupees to give up his addiction, that money would not become dearer [than the addiction], and he would not take it. This is because his soul has become engrossed by that addiction. Similarly, if a person has become addicted to activities such as performing devotion to God, he can never live without doing them, regardless of the kind of evil association he encounters. Without doing these activities, his mind does not experience contentment in other activities. His soul has become enjoined with performing devotion to God, etc., so he would have only that one profound eagerness. Such a disciple of God is also recognised to have attained the entry into Lord Vasudev. What a profound state that disciple of God has! He has no desire even to attain the four types of salvation. He wishes only to serve God; in that case, what is there to say about him desiring anything else? Such an individual should be known as an Ekantik disciple of God. Such a person has no kind of yearning for any object.