Gopãlãnand Swãmi then asked, “Why is it that despite reading the Shãstras, the Purãns and other scriptures, the pundits of the world still do not understand the greatness of God and the Sant as it really is?”

Shriji Mahãrãj replied, “Though such a person reads the Shãstras and Purãns, he does not have the refuge of God. Thus, his jiva has been overpowered by lust, anger, avarice, jealousy and matsar; and the inner enemies in the form of lust, anger, etc., never allow him to even raise his head. As a result, the pundits perceive God and His Sant to be just like themselves. They think, ‘Just as the inner enemies of lust, anger, etc., within us are never eradicated, similarly, the same enemies are probably not eradicated from them either.’ In this manner, they perceive faults in God and His Sant. So, even though they read the Shãstras and Purãns, they fail to realise the greatness of God and His Sant as it really is.”

[Vartãl-11]