Atmanand Saraswati Calls Selfless Love Life’s Priceless Jewel During Bahraich Bhagwat Katha

“Selfless love is the priceless jewel of life,” said Atmanand Saraswati Ji Maharaj during the Shrimad Bhagwat Katha being held at Shri Shyam Baba Temple, located near the railway station in Bahraich city.

On the sixth day of the religious programme, Swami Ji Maharaj, who had arrived from Mumbai, Maharashtra, explained that satsang is the means to develop love for the Supreme Being. He said that devotion becomes stronger through satsang, and a devotee gains both knowledge and detachment through it.

He said that in Kaliyuga, chanting the name of God and attending satsang are the means of practising devotion. According to him, the name of God itself is the true way to attain God. The name given by the Guru is like a boat that helps a person cross the ocean of worldly existence.

Maharaj Ji further said that the influence of worldly desires and their distortions cannot overcome devotion. He said that the Supreme Being remains under the influence of devotion. During the discourse, he also recited the following lines:

“राम भक्त निरुपम निर्मउपाधि । वसईये जासु उर सदा अबाधि। तेहि बिलोकि माया सकुचाई। कई ना सकई कछु निज प्रभुताई।”

He said that listening to the Bhagwat Katha during Pitru Paksha leads to the upliftment of ancestors. He explained that when the soul, in its form of rasa, meets the Supreme Being, the great form of rasa, in a sagun union, it is called Maharasa.

Maharaj Ji gave a detailed account of the marriage of Lord Dwarkadhish and Mata Rukmini during the Katha. Devotees swayed to the beautiful tableaux of Maharasa and Lord Dwarkadhish with Mata Rukmini, along with the sweet devotional songs presented during the programme.

Sumeet, the president of Swami Atma Prakash Jan Kalyan Samiti, Vineet Tekriwal, Pankaj Srivastava, Lal Ji Sharma, Shiv Mangal Mishra, Ajay Singh, Gopal Pathak, Vijay Srivastava, Satendra Sharma, Lav Ji Pathak and Dinesh Mishra were among those present at the Katha. Thousands of devotees also attended the programme.