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Pratikraman
Dadashri: No, that will occur. Atikraman occurs
automatically. What is atikraman? It is that which happens on
its own. No one ever wants to do atikraman.
Questioner: But that is fine, if it is done deliberately.
Dadashri: No one will do it deliberately. It is not possible
to do so, even if one wants to.
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Questioner: Then, Dada, how can we say that one has
done atikraman?
Dadashri: If you say harsh words to your father, if you
had a verbal ‘boxing,’ will you do pratikraman or not? If you
do not do pratikraman, then it means that you are siding with
the atikraman, but if you do pratikraman, then who are you
siding with? With pratikraman.
Questioner: I do not have such a bhaav (inner intent) of
doing atikraman.
Dadashri: Your inner intent is not so, but even then you
are on the side of atikraman. If you do not have any intent of
opposing it, atikraman, then you are on the side of atikraman.
Therefore, do pratikraman and that will mean that you do not
side with the atikraman.
If you step on someone’s foot, should you or should you
not say you are sorry?
Questioner: We should say it. That is true.
Dadashri: That itself is pratikraman. There is no other
thing.
Questioner: Yes, in that sense, but not otherwise, right?
Dadashri: That is what I refer to as pratikraman. It is
like when we say we are sorry. It is just like saying ‘sorry.’
‘We’ call that pratikraman.