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Adhyatma Geetä and Ätmopanishad
Shrimad. Its significance may not be clear to a casual reader. However, if one dwells deep into it, he would notice that the writings contain the rare jewels of spiritual wealth. Ätmasiddhi Shästra is the prime jewel of his writings. Revered Ambälälbhäi, revered Saubhägyabhäi and Reverend Laghuräjswämi were instrumental in bringing it out of his heart. All three happened to come in contact with Shrimad in 1890 A.D.. They were lucky enough to notice that Shrimad was the self-realized person and understood that their spiritual well being lay in surrendering to him. By virtue of that, they gained right perception during the lifetime of Shrimad. About half of the letters in Vachanämrut (compilation of Shrimad's writings) have been addressed to them; 245 to Saubhägyabhäi, 126 to Ambälälbhäi and 92 to Laghuräjswämi. Therefore it is pertinent to say a few words about them.
Ambälälbhäi was the first to come in contact with Shrimad. He was a native of Khambhät and was two years younger than Shrimad. Once he had been to Ahmedabad to attend a wedding. There, he happened to come in contact with Juthäbhäi, who knew Shrimad as the person with selfrealization. Ambälälbhäi was impressed by the letters that Shrimad had written to Juthäbhäi and wished to contact him. That wish materialized in 1890 A.D. when Shrimad came to Khambhät. Ambälälbhäi's esteem for him increased by that contact and from then on, he remained a lifelong devotee of Shrimad. He was very intelligent and easily understood what Shrimad had to convey. Shrimad has written to Laghuräjswämi on several occasions that Ambäläl would understand his letters better. The brief explanatory notes on Ätmasiddhi Shästra, prepared by him and reviewed by Shrimad, are published in Vachanämrut (# 718) below the text of Ätmasiddhi. Unfortunately, he died at an early age of 37.
Saubhägyabhäi was a native of Säylä in Saurashtra (Gujarät) and was 44 years older than Shrimad. In 1890 A.D. when he came to know about Shrimad's exceptional capabilities, he was inspired to show him a secret Mantra, which was termed as "Seed of Enlightenment". However, when he met Shrimad, he noticed that Shrimad was already enlightened. By
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