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Gadhada I-31: Greatness Is Due To Faith

Summary

1. One who observes nivrutti [path of renunciation or path of inactivity from worldly pursuits] and one who offers bhakti to God:

1. One who offers bhakti to God and may verbally hurt someone is better because he serves God and the Sant
2. The one who observes nivrutti without hurting anyone and is thereby unable to serve God and the Sant, should be known to be feeble.

2. Greatness is due to:

1. One’s faith in the manifest form of God.
2. Observance of God’s commands and offering bhakti.

3. One who forms a habit of perceiving flaws of God’s devotees:

1. He will perceive flaws in God and His great devotees.
2. His intellect becomes demonic.