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bend and pick up water in your cupped hands, you can taste sweet water and at the same time it serves to quench your thirst. But only if and when you bend down. Only when pride is removed and humility awakens can something be attained.
The eligible disciple places his doubt before the Gurudev with all humility. Now there is a great anxiety. Not merely understanding but a proper understanding and proper practice is what the disciple desires as he approaches the Gurudev. The Gurudev also responds in a matching sentiment and says -
पांचे उत्तरथी थई, आत्मा विषे प्रतीत; Mist Htetturant, Hect vita g fra.....ple
O Disciple! My inner self is experiencing a great joy. I see my effort bearing fruit. You have absorbed the principle and after deliberating over it, you have placed your faith in it. Brothers! How meaningful words Srimadji has selected! 316CHT fa scita “Atma vishe pratit? The disciple has not merely accepted it with his intellect but has taken it right to his soul after contemplating over it. We would have accepted many matters through our intellect. But if we do not reach them to faith, they cannot be brought into practice. And therefore, our knowledge remains merely as information collected by our intellect. By the law of frien Taici farfa 'Jnanasya phalam virati' it does not come into practice. It takes the shape of practice only if it settles in our faith.
Gurudev has seen the disciple imbibing knowledge and that is why he is showering extra benevolence on him. He says, “I have given explanation for five statements and you have received them so well, which proves your ability. Therefore, my heart says that you will similarly experience the moksa way very easily. It will not take any time or effort. Understanding the moksa way is a matter of play for a disciple like you with a good intellect. It is like child's play.
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