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Pratikraman
Now the pratikraman that they do, there is no energy in
it. They do it without understanding.
And how do they do it? They do it in the Maagdhi language.
They do not understand even a word of it. What do you
accomplish by saying, ‘Pardon me, pardon me,’ in English when
you yourself don’t understand English?
Having done so many pratikramans, if they had done
just one real pratikraman! Instead, had they been explained to
in Gujarati, to do pratikraman in this way, they would realize,
‘I have wronged this person and that is why I am doing
pratikraman for it.’ But people do not understand it at all and
they let all the faults accumulate for a year. Or they do rayshi-
devshi (nightly and daytime) pratikraman.
Then that other person will say, ‘I did Premshi
pratikraman!’ He thinks that, ‘The other person did it in his
name so I will do it in my name!’
Here, people have ingested medicine meant for external
use. So, now ingest medicine that was meant to be ingested, and
rub the medicine that was meant to be rubbed. If one realizes
his own mistakes, then he can become the absolute Self –
Parmatma.
There is always a veil that occurs in any act of ‘doership.’
Once the veil appears, it conceals the mistake; he will never be
able to see his mistake. His mistake will only become visible
when the veil is destroyed. Only the Gnani Purush can destroy
the veils; one can never do it on his own. The Gnani Purush will
fracture and cast off all veils of ignorance.
Ordinarily, one cannot remember all that occurred during
the day. People forget. So they cannot afford rayshi-devshi
(nightly and daytime). People are unaware, are they not?
It is like this: Those who do rayshi and devshi
pratikraman, the Lord rewards with a quarter because they