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Author(s): Udayvallabhvijay
Publisher: Pragna Prabodh Parivar

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You can buy the first arrival of mango and the neighbour is unable to afford mangoes even for two
more months; how would such a neighbour feel? There are many such things. This disparity will always remain and the possibility of complexes will also remain. However, at all places it is the merit which keeps a person ahead and others behind. This is an accepted situation. Money also is a medium. If a person with merits is able to grab opportunity, a person with money is also able to grab an uchhamani. There is no reason to feel bad about it. If value is to be put to something then a person who can put such value, does so. Others who cannot do so need not feel bad about it. Somebody with a very sweet voice may sing a stavan in a derasar. A wealthy person may not be able to sing in the same manner. How would he feel? These days you see very young children using computers like an expert and the older people are unable to do the same. How would they feel? Art, ability, skill and strength make a person special and the others are just commoners. This principle applies everywhere. Money is also a strength. Using this strength somebody is able to perform the pooja ahead of others. The others also do pooja taking their own turn. However, pratishtha is a one time occasion and hence the privilege can be given to only one person. On such occasion some conventional, practical and acceptable to all medium has to be used.
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