Passage 13

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In plain words

Only the victory that comes by God's grace is victory

What are our victories today? Is it victory the moment you pass in class? Is getting marks a victory? Is it victory just to get some task done? These are not our victories. We must win the victory of life. You can pay money and have marks given to you. You can have marks given to you by some other means as well. You can pay bribes and get work done. That is not victory. Only the victory that comes by God's grace is victory! Only one who has won such victory is the conqueror of every quarter. He alone is a king. He alone is the king of kings. The king over kings is the Mahārājādhirāja. One who has gained such grace of God is the true Mahārāja. You all know this. In Uttar Pradesh they call every sannyāsī ‘Mahārāj,’ ‘Mahārāj’. What does ‘Mahārāj’ mean? One who contemplates God is a Mahārāj. That is why, to all those sannyāsīs, ‘Mahārāj! Mahārāj!’ they say. But unfortunately many of those Mahārājs today are taking to wicked ways. When one is wearing ochre robes and smoking a cigarette, ‘Mahārāj! Mahārāj! Give me a cigarette too,’ a man says. They call even sannyāsīs who smoke ganja ‘Mahārāj!’ This ‘Mahārāj’ has lost all its value. So that is not a Mahārāja. The king over kings is the Mahārāj! We must fill the heart with that God called ‘Mahārāj’. One who has filled his heart with the form of God is the true Mahārāj! We must earn such Prema. We are putting all our Prema into foul ways. We are putting it into ruining the lives of others. You are using your Prema for the satisfaction of your senses. You are putting the holy Prema for God into wicked ways. That is why, as its evil fruit, troubles of many kinds befall. There is no escaping this. Only when it is put on the good path does this Prema bear any fruit.

She alone is a mother who bears sons who bring good fame

There is a great difference between Prema and attachment. Only what is placed on God is Prema.