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98 Pratikraman Such pratikraman has never been done before anywhere else in the world. Questioner: Everyone, including the aristocrats, was crying, Dada. Dadashri: Yes. What happened in Aurangabad was amazing. They all wept intensely. Even just one such pratikraman done throughout an entire lifetime would be adequate. Questioner: Where else would you find such prominent people crying? It takes a very rare person to make them cry. Dadashri: You are right, they cried a lot. Questioner: That was the first time I witnessed such prominent people cry so openly. Dadashri: They cried openly and fell at the feet of their wives. You must have been there; did you see all that? Questioner: Yes, I have never seen anything quite like it before. Dadashri: It could never be anywhere else. Nowhere else is there such an Akram Vignan, such pratikraman. There’s nothing like this! Questioner: And nowhere else is there such a ‘Dada’! Dadashri: Yes, nowhere else is there such a ‘Dada’! Not having done true alochana is what becomes an obstacle to liberation. There is no problem with the faults. With true alochana, no problems will remain. Alochana has to be done to a Gnani Purush who is all-powerful. Have you ever confessed your faults in this way? Who could you confess to? Without doing alochana, there is no liberation. Without alochana, who will forgive you? The Gnani Purush can fulfill all one’s