Gadhada Last Section Vach. 36 Vachanamrut Rahasyarth Pradeepika Tika

The major hindrance whilst performing such spiritual means is associating with a sushka Vedanti. What obstacle is faced by associating with him? Due to the apparent virtues of the sushka Vedanti, anyone who associates with him develops affection for him. Affection is developed as a result of perceived virtues. Take the example of a person who has saved someone’s life by providing him with food during a famine. The person who was saved will undoubtedly develop affection towards his saviour. Similarly, affection naturally develops for someone in whom virtues are perceived. The Vedanti tempts him into believing the falsity that the soul does not undergo birth or death and that it is nirakar; and regardless of the sins such a soul commits, those sins do not become attached to that soul. By luring someone into that manner of thinking, he tactfully makes him refute the existence of God’s Murti. This constitutes a major hindrance for that individual because he has fallen from the Murti of God. Therefore, one must never associate with such a Vedanti because that kind of Vedanti is extremely wicked. There is no greater hindrance than this in the devotional path to God.