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Krupadudev, he attained right vision (samkit) and he sang, Mityon udayakarma no garva re (The sense of doer-ship in the fruition of karma is gone)'. The whole world is in garva (doer-ship) of fruition of the karma. There is no exception to that. This is because as long as one has not attained the Self, he is verily elsewhere in the non-Self), and therefore garva (doer-ship) remains.
Why did egoism creep in, in the first place? It is because of ignorance. Ignorance of what? Ignorance about who the doer is in all this. That is why Narsinh Mehta said:
"Hoon Karoo, hoon Karoo eyj agnanta, Shakata no bhaar jeym shwan taaney, Shrushti mandaan chhe sarva eni perey, Jogi Jogeshwara kok jaaney!' 'I am the doer, I am the doer, is verily the ignorance, It is like the dog believing, 'I am pulling the cart (which the bullocks are pulling), Everything in the universe goes on, on its own, This is known by the rare yogi or the fully enlightened
Questioner: Can it be said that one can have garva of Gnan?
Dadashri: We can accept garva of Gnan because it is something good. But this is garva of ignorance.
Questioner: Garva is also used in a positive way; for example one says, 'this is something worth taking garva for.'
Dadashri: There it is used in a positive way. But the main garva of the world is here (doer-ship). They have taken it to denote something good.
Garva means to believe I am the doer' when in fact one is not the doer. And when a person takes credit for doing it creates 'sweetness' (garvaras) within him and so he gets enjoyment out of doing; he gets sweetness in claiming 'I did it'
Questioner: And the circumstances around him are such that people reinforce it by further accolades and respect, in the form of garlands, complimentary letters etc, to the nimit, by saying, you are the one who did it, what a great job!
Dadashri: Yes they latch on to him by saying, 'You are the one who did it, you did it!
Some people take garva for doing something good for others. They even take garva for doing something bad. A person will take garva for killing someone great and famous or take garva of making others rich. He would say, 'I have made quite a few millionaires.' That is not call swamaan (pride within limits) or abhimaan (pride with 'my-ness)
Sometimes it is hard to find good paan (mouth freshener made from beetle nut leaf) but if someone manages to find one, he will tell you three times, 'It was not available anywhere, but I got it.' That is garvaras. He will tell you, 'I went out and looked for it everywhere. I found it otherwise you would not have been able to enjoy it. He takes garvaras in this. He enjoys it very much
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Is Narsinh Mehta saying anything wrong? Many people claim, 'I did this, I did swadhyaya - religious study, I did penance, I did chants etc.'so what is the truth? 'I am the doer. I am the doer' is ignorance so how can man proceed further? And what is garva? It is when one takes credit of doing something, when in fact he is not the doer of anything. He does not do anything, things just happen. But what do people claim instead?
Questioner: 'I did it' Dadashri: That is called garva.
