Gadhada Last Section Vach. 27 Vachanamrut Rahasyarth Pradeepika Tika

What is meant by having a determination about God? In worldly matters, a determination is developed right from childhood about who one’s mother and father are, what is one’s caste (varna), stage of life (ashram), community and species, and what is an animal, human, water, fire, earth, wind, sky, etc. All this understanding is based on the contents of the scriptures. Even if the scriptures themselves may not have been heard, their words have spread throughout society by which, one’s determination has been formed on their basis. In the same manner, the scriptures have stated the characteristics of a sant, i.e. that he should remain free from lust (nishkaam), devoid of greed (nirlobh), bereft of pride (nirmaan), indifferent to taste (nihswad) and avoidant of affinity (nihsneh), etc. Having heard these, the sant who has developed those characteristics has a sakshat relationship with God. Therefore, one should develop a determination about God based on the words of such a sant and have firm trust in those words. That is called having a determination.