Daily Devotion -Apr 9, 2026 (English)- Who Truly Cares?
Doha explanation - jīva ke hitaiṣī hari goviṃda rādhe। hari se bade hitaiṣī guru hai, batā de॥
All the relationships in this world are related to the body alone. The body is formed in the mother's womb, but the soul enters from outside; it is a part of God.
God and the Guru are two personalities who need nothing from anyone. In other words, they are complete. Knowledge, bliss, and existence - these are the three principal aspects.' Sat' means eternal existence, 'chit' means knowledge or omniscience, and 'anand' means bliss, as you already know. The one who has attained all three, i.e., Saccidānanda, is called the Guru. These are received from the Supreme Lord, who is perfectly complete. Upon attaining God, the Guru also becomes complete and free of all selfish desires.
We act every moment because we want to attain knowledge, bliss, and God. But the Guru has nothing left to attain, so there is nothing he needs to do for himself. This state is called 'kṛta-kṛtya'. The Guru is kṛta-kṛtya - 'kṛta' means action and 'kṛtya' means 'that which was to be done'; thus, he has accomplished everything that was to be done. He has nothing left to do for himself, so he is selfless. Even if he does act, he does not act for himself.
God creates the universe, resides in everyone's heart, maintains all accounts, incarnates, and performs all activities just as we do. But He does all this for our sake, not for Himself. Similarly, saints also take birth and come to this world, live among us, impart knowledge to us, and work for our welfare. God and the Guru are the well-wishers of the soul, not the body. Worldly relationships, such as mother, father, spouse, etc., are well-wishers of the body. But even here, there is a subtle point - everyone is engaged in a form of transaction. No one does anything solely for another person. If someone does something for another, it is with the expectation that the other person will also do something in return. For example, a mother nurtures and raises her child because she expects the child to serve her when he grows up. Everyone in the world is selfish. If one does not serve a person's self-interest, that person does not even look at him. But no one in the world desires the true welfare of the soul. If someone's son turns toward God, instead of counting it as good fortune, people become distressed, thinking, "Now he chants 'Radhey Radhey' all day long. Who will serve us now?"
A true well-wisher has no self-interest. God is indeed such a well-wisher, but He does not come and explain the spiritual knowledge to us directly. Therefore, the greatest well-wisher is God, and an even greater well-wisher than God is the Guru, because he alone reveals to us who we truly are, who belongs to us, and how to attain God. This is why the scriptures and saints have said, rāma se adhika rāma kara dāsā - meaning that, for us, the significance of the Guru is even greater.
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