Gadhada Last Section Vach. 14 Vachanamrut Rahasyarth Pradeepika Tika

Shivanand Swami then asked, “A person may be disciple of God, but he may not have the prudence to discriminate between good and bad as described by Shreejimaharaj. Furthermore, he may not have asceticism. How can that individual develop such prudence, and asceticism from anything other than God?” Shreejimaharaj explained, “If firm affection for God is developed from the beginning, prudence and asceticism naturally develop due to that affection. Affection for a particular object may be called an affection or yearning. A person becomes angry if anything obstructs him from enjoying such an object. Such anger develops in humans and animals too. If a male buffalo has become infatuated with lust for a particular female buffalo, he will even kill another male buffalo that comes in his way. This is seen everywhere; in animals and birds. Similarly, if someone has developed firm affection for God, he immediately gets angry with anything that comes in his way and causes a hindrance to that affection and then, he instantly discards that object. Therefore, if one has firm affection for God, asceticism and prudence arise naturally.”