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Gadhada II-24: Resoluteness in Sānkhya and in Yoga; Choko-Pātlo

Summary

1. A devotee who is resolute in yoga:

1. Keeps his vrutti constantly fixed on the form of God.
2. Somewhat lacks the strength of understanding and will experience hindrances when encountering adverse circumstances.

2. A devotee who is resolute in sānkhya:

1. He appraises the pleasures of the 14 realms.
2. He also appraises the miseries that subsequently follow those pleasures; consequently developing vairāgya toward those pleasures, maintains profound love only for God.
3. He possesses greater strength of understanding.

3. A devotee who is resolute in yoga and sānkhya:

1. He realizes that, with the exception of God’s Akshardhām, the form of God in that Akshardhām and His devotees in that Akshardhām, everything else - all of the realms, the deities, and the opulence of the deities - is perishable and maintains profound love only for God.
2. He never experiences any sort of hindrances whatsoever when encountering adverse circumstances.
3. Just as a choko (kitchen: in the Swaminarayan sampradāy, place where renunciants and devotees eat) is mopped clean after a meal has been eaten, similarly, this devotee’s understanding is pure [i.e. he believes everything except God, Akshardhām and the muktas is wiped cleaned - perishable.]