Naranaamcha phalapraptou Bhaktir evahi Karanam

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……….. " Now let us turn to the qualifications of sishyas and begin with

Baba's summary. Baba stated that his own Guru asked him for a

dakshina of 2 pice and that he gave them to him, who was thereby

satisfied. He added in explanation that the two pice demanded by the

Guru who had no attachment to coins, or earthly objects were Nishta

and Saburi. Baba wanted two things to be given to him. About the

impatient Mrs. Khaparde, who was staying with her husband, who was

impatient of the prolonged stay at Shirdi that entailed loss of

business and income Baba told Kaka Dixit to give her Rs.200, meaning

only Nishta and Saburi. Taking up Nishta first, one can see that no

progress at all will be made by any sishya, who has no faith either

in the particular Guru or in Sastras, Vedas or Mantras. Atheists,

scoffers, flippant persons, women hunters, combative persons,

passionate natures, hypocrites, cruel hearted and wicked people in

general, or those reveling in sin, are, as a rule incapable of pure

and strong faith and so are unfit either to be Gurus or sishyas. And

in the sishya, pride and stiffnecked ness, Susrusha Vimukha lack of

reverence, Bhakti Sraddha Hina will be fatal to all progress. No Guru

in the first place would care to accept a sishya who lacks in the

proper attitude and spirit and the above defects betray lack of

faith, Nishta. In the Guru Gita, the warning is given that no

instruction or upadesha should be given to one lacking in faith, for,

 

Naranaamcha phalapraptou Bhaktir evahi Karanam.

 

That is, to make the teaching effective, the sishya's faith in the

Guru is a sine qua non. Unless a man has the necessary humility, he

cannot approach a Guru. Gurus have to test a newcomer to make sure

that he has or will soon have sufficient humility and receptivity. If

one has not sufficient faith in his Guru, he will not accept what the

Guru says in the first place. " ......