Gadhada Last Section Vach. 35 Vachanamrut Rahasyarth Pradeepika Tika

Shuk Muni asked Shreejimaharaj a question, “Oh Maharaj! How can one recognise a patronage, which is so firmly established in an individual’s heart towards God and His disciples, and is such that it is not affected in any manner, regardless of the type of adversity encountered, or the physical pleasures or pains, praise or insult, or adverse place or times faced? Tell us, what kinds of thoughts would occur in such a person’s mind and what physical behaviours would he have?” Shreejimaharaj replied, “Firstly, consider a disciple who has ascertained the greatness of God. He realised that there is nothing else greater than God and recognises everything other than God to be insignificant. Secondly, he does not become agitated when God or a sadhu rebuke him due to a particular nature and make him behave in manner that is unlike his nature. He does not become dejected because they rebuke him for his nature, and moreover, however unyielding his nature may be, if God or the sadhu commands him to do so, he discards it and humbly behaves as they have determined. If he has these two kinds of understanding, then, regardless of the adversity he encounters, his patronage towards God does not recede.