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I am the Soul
ऊंचा ऊंचा सौ कोई चाले, नीचा न चाले कोई नीचा नीचा जो कोई चाले, सबसे ऊंचा होई राम-रस ऐसा है मेरे भाई, जो कोई पीए अमर हो जाई
Humility comes only with the departure of ego and the humble alone can find a place in the heart of the Guru. An egoistic disciple may well be very brilliant, he may have the desire to acquire knowledge but he cannot find a place in the heart of the Guru. How can those who cannot find a place in the heart of the Guru, ever find a place in the world?
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Such a humble disciple can call himself a pauper. In the gatha, the disciple says the same thing, 'O Gurudev! I am but a pauper. What ability do I have? But you are so infinitely benevolent that you have transformed an ineligible one like me into an eligible one. That you thought of me as eligible for your unlimited compassion, is in itself a great favour upon me.'
Moreover, here the Gurudev has shown the path to moksa. He has helped overcome not just one birth, but the wandering of many births. Who would be so benevolent? That is why he expresses the greatness of Gurudev in the words 'Aha! Aha!' But now, how can the benevolence be recounted? With what parameter can such unlimited benevolence be measured? How can it be evaluated? That is why Srimadji has placed the exclamation 'Aha' twice to indicate that the benevolence of the Gurudev who has guided on the path that leads beyond the material world is superior to all other benevolences in this world.
On a human, there is bound to be the debt of the parents or perhaps a financier. But that will be only for this birth. While Gurudev's debt wipes out births and all births that follow. He suggests such means that would enable avoid the necessity to be born again. Therefore, nothing can match the Gurudev's benevolence.
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