________________ One who can bend, who can salute, who can bow down and render obeisance, one who can surrender can gain everything Vandan means to fold hands, Vandan is to bow one's head, Vandan is to bow the eye lids, Vandan means to kneel down, Vandan is to put one's head at the feet of the revered. This is the external process of Vandana. Very often it so happens that many seekers get moist on the exterior but their inner self remains dry. There are many seekers who are totally drenched in love of Parmatma from within, but they cannot openly express it. Hence they appear dry from outside. Ghana palade chhe andarthi, Ghana palde chhe baharthi pan sachu paladvu to ej chhe je aar paar palde chhe. There are many who get wet from within and many who get wet externally but the real drenching is that which totally wets a person both inside and out. When one is totally drenched, Parmatma's vandana happens spontaneously. In this natural process Vandana is done automatically, a sense of awe for Parmatma is overflowing in one's heart, the inner self is yearning to bow down and the two hands get folded! This mode of folding hands is to be found only in the Arya Sanskriti. Why do we fold hands? = 168
