Gadhada Last Section Vach. 21 Vachanamrut Rahasyarth Pradeepika Tika

Someone who is not immensely firm in his spiritual knowledge (gnan), asceticism (vairagya), religious decree (dharma) and devotion (bhakti) will undoubtedly wane with time. Consider string that has been coated with wax. It remains taut in winter and the monsoon seasons, but during the summer, it will definitely wilt. In the same way, whilst a disciple here is happy in every way and receives praise in the Satsang, it is as if he is in the winter or monsoon seasons. At such times, it will appear that he possesses staunch spiritual knowledge, asceticism, religious decree and devotion. However, when he faces summer, in the form of insult in the Satsang or a physical illness, his spiritual knowledge, asceticism, religious decree and devotion wanes in the same way that the waxed string wilts. Still, I do not abandon that individual; he becomes indifferent by his own accord and recedes from the Satsang. Then, even though he is regarded as a disciple, he does not experience the Satsang’s bliss.