Aptavani Shreni 04

SR No.: 030034
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Dada Bhagwan Aradhana Trust
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 480
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 1 MB

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Aptavani-4
That Which Brings the Ultimate Result is
Purusharth Questioner: Can prarabdha be changed through a strong purusharth?
Dadashri: If it is only the purusharth, then it can be changed. But you have to know what purusharth is, don't you? Without knowing that, what good is it? If out of this money, one of the bills is genuine and the other is fake; however you cannot distinguish the one that is genuine, so you take the fake bill with you. Who will cash it for you? What do you call a purusharth?
Questioner: Whatever we do for religion and moksha is purusharth!
Dadashri: That is not called purusharth. That is just something you do that is beneficial (hitkari). And anything you do other than that, is detrimental (ahitkari). Hence, all that is either beneficial or detrimental, but what is purusharth? Whatever you succeed in doing (safada) is purusharth.
Questioner: Some say that you can attain prarabdha only if you work for it, and some say that you get an opportunity to work, only if it is in your prarabdha. What is the truth in this?
Dadashri: Whatever you see through your eyes, hear through your ears, smell through your nose, taste through your tongue, feel through your skin; whatever you can experience through the five senses, is all prarabdha. Now tell me, how can anyone understand this?
Questioner: Then there is a need for purusharth, isn't there?
Dadashri: Actually, all this is nothing but prarabdha. People did not understand real purusharth and so they created bhrant (illusory) purusharth. Such purusharth is like an ‘illusion'. It is not easy to find something like purusharth. If it