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Narayanmuni Swami : After Yogi Bapa passed away, did you realise
that you’d have to pick up his responsibilities?
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Swamishri : At that time we didn’t have such thoughts. We only
thought of Bapa. There were responsibilities, but they could wait.
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Everyone says that when Yogi Bapa passed away, you remained
calm and consoled everyone, and you took care of the arrangements
for everyone who came and went, such as accommodation, food, etc.
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Swamishri : That’s correct. After the cremation things have
to be done, don’t they! People have to be consoled and given
strength. We had been given the responsibility, so we had to accept
that and get on with it! If we did everything like Yogi Bapa did,
feed you, call you, joke with you, meet you, then people wouldn’t
feel so miserable... Still we have not been able to do as much as
he did.
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Krishnapriya Swami : Whenever devotees donated money, Yogi Bapa
often used to send most of it to Gondal. At the same time you handled
the Sanstha’s finances. If a Sadhu from another temple complained
to you, did you ever think, ‘Why is Yogi Bapa doing this?’
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Swamishri : No, I never thought that. Everything happens according
to his wish, doesn’t it? He looked after everything, so what
else was there to worry about? Were such a question raised we were
firm in our mind that there was no need to do anything in this matter.
If it were his wish to send it to Gondal, then so be it! After all
the mandir is ours. Others would become confused by this, but I’ve
never had any doubts.
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Narayanmuni Swami : After Shastriji Maharaj passed away, you never
got to do any personal seva of Yogiji Maharaj. How did you feel
about this?
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Swamishri : At that time there were many younger sadhus and I’d
be involved in another seva. If we did go to help Swami get up,
then even he’d feel the same way and tell me to leave it. That’s
all due to his wish. I never felt in my mind that I never got to
do his personal seva. Besides he used to call us, sit with us and
give us darshan; that’s all a type of personal seva, isn’t
it!
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When Sant Swami first heralded you as Pragat Brahmaswarup,
what was your first wish?
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Swamishri : What else could we wish for? It was our great fortune
that we had been entrusted this seva and we had to do it. We wished
that we could do the seva properly and that we would be able to
please everyone; that we could please Maharaj and Swami.
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Krishnapriya Swami : After Shastriji Maharaj passed away Yogiji
Maharaj was with you. But both of them had different natures and
characters. Despite this did you get the same bliss from Yogiji
Maharaj as you did from Shastriji Maharaj?
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Swamishri : Yes. I never thought in my mind, ‘Why am I not
getting any bliss?’
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Kothari Bhaktipriya Swami : When devotees donated money which temple
would Shastriji Maharaj prefer to send it to?
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Swamishri : He favoured Sarangpur. Nirgun Swami and many would tell
him that the dome in Bochasan was still incomplete, and there were
so many other jobs to be finished. Swami would reply, ‘Charotar
is big and it’s easy to find donors there. There are no devotees
here.’ So he’d send the money to Sarangpur. Nirgun Swami
would complain but at the same time if a devotee gave money, he’d
go straight to Shastriji Maharaj and show him. Even if someone donated
cloth, he’d ask, ‘Where do you want to send this?’
If Swami said ‘Bochasan’ only then would he send it there.
Although in fact there was a greater need for money in Sarangpur
and so it would be sent to Sarangpur. However, when the Atladra
temple was under construction he gave special attention to that
and he did the same during the construction of the temple in Gadhada.
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Rameshbhai Dave : Shastriji Maharaj was able to give equal bliss
to everyone. We’ve seen it in Yogiji Maharaj and we can see
it today. How does such ability to do this come?
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Swamishri : It’s God’s power and God gives it. God is
here and so He gives every type of bliss.
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(26 January 1987, Bombay)
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