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[25] Understanding the Principles of Pratikraman
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will they go away or do I have to do pratikraman?
Dadashri: Then the mistakes do not remain, do they?
However, one is not aware and does not ‘know’ at the time of
the mistake. He does not remain the Knower-Seer (Gnata-
Drashta).
There is Nothing to be Done When One is
the Knower-Seer
One is the Knower-Seer (Gnata-Drashta) only if he has
awakened awareness (jagruti) – and pratikraman occurs only
with such awareness. Now You do not have to do the
pratikraman. The one who is the Knower-Seer does not ‘do’
anything. The one who ‘does’ anything, he cannot be the Knower-
Seer. Hence, ‘Chandubhai’ has to do the pratikraman. The
one who does the atikraman has to be told to do pratikraman.
Tell the one who has the attacking nature to do
pratikraman. When You tell ‘Chandubhai’ to do pratikraman,
it can occur only if You are a Shuddhatma.
Ego in Atikraman and Pratikraman
Questioner: Who does the pratikraman?
(464)
Dadashri: The one who does the atikraman.
Questioner: But who does the atikraman?
Dadashri: The ego does atikraman.
Questioner: If the ego does atikraman, then does the
ego have to do pratikraman?
Dadashri: Yes, even the pratikraman has to be done by
the ego. But who does the cautioning? It is pragnya shakti (the
liberating energy of the Self). Pragnya says, ‘Why did you do
atikraman? So do pratikraman.’
Questioner: So does pragnya come from the real or