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As it was time for the devotion and Satsamagam Shri Nahata told Shri Hiralal, "I am going for Satsamagam. Please wait here for a while."
Shri Hiralal commented,
"Why such devotion and ? Only the poor people do devotion and
Satsamagam Satsamagama."
Shri Nahata, "No, no! This is a unique Satsamagama ! Come with me and you will feel delighted by it."
Shri Hiralal, "I can go with you on one condition. I do not bow down before monks and saints."
Shri Nahata, "Separate seating arrangements will be possible for you so that you do not have to bow down before monks. Please come with me, you will feel happy."
Shri Hiralal agreed to come. The program of mass prayer, spiritual songs and Mantras lasted for three hours. All were fully engrossed. Shri Hiralal was deeply influenced by the pious composure of Shri Lalluji Swami, his engrossment in devotion and enthusiasm. He too fell at his feet in utter devotion.
This is the reward of Satsamagama.
(2) Shri Haridas was a deciple of a Hindu monk Shri Chaitanya of the fifteenth century in the state of Bihar, India. Shri Chaitanya was a great devotee of Lord Shri Krishna Bhagawan and became a national figure by his intense devotion and pure life.
Shri Haridas used to go in a jungle at night for greater spiritual practice (Sadhana) of devotion. A man, Ramkhan by name, sent a prostitute in a jungle to his hut to divert his mind from devotion. All the while, Haridas went on with his singing of devotional songs and the woman waited in vain to disturb his concentration. However the devotion continued for the whole night. Two days passed away in this way.
On the third day, the woman lost all courage and fell at his feet. The life of that woman was converted by three nights of devotion. Her best virtues revealed themselves and she became a nun. She got a place among the best Satsangis of Chaitanya. Now people gathered to see her as a pious nun because she was no more a fallen woman. Thus she had become pious by Satsamagama.
(3) Shri Jnaneshvara Maharaj was a great saint of Maharashtra.
SAT-SAMAGAMA
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