Pujya Swami Ramsukhdasji Maharaj's pravachan

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The Blessed Lord says -

 

O Partha, there is no fall for him, either here or hereafter; for

none who works for self-redemption, meets with an evil end. (Gita

6:40)

 

" Paartha naiveha naamutra vinaasastasya vidyate " - O Son of Prthaa, a

spiritual aspirant who has failed to attain perfection in Yoga

(deviates from Yoga), never falls.

 

This means that he never goes to a state inferior to what he has

already attained. His spiritual practice and aim go with him, to his

next birth and he will not take birth again and again. He retains his

spiritual propensities, stored in previous birth. This draws him

towards God. This pronouncement by the Lord is a great assurance for

all spiritual aspirants.

 

Though the question put forward by Arjuna was - " What end does a

striver meet at the time of death? Yet Lord Krishna answers, that

there is no fall for him, here and hereafter. Now a question arises,

why Ajaamila and Bilvamangala were over powered by prostitutes and

why there was a fall for them? The answer is that people thought that

they had a fall, but actually it was not so. After leaving the body,

Ajaamila was escorted by courtiers of the Lord; and Bilvamangala

became a devotee of God.

 

A devotee following a spiritual path may seem to have been degraded

sometimes, because of his carelessness, but he never falls to a state

inferior to what he has already attained. When once again encountered

with the association of good company, or when misfortune befalls on

him, he once again starts following the spiritual path speedily. But

delay in God Realization is indeed, a kind of downfall for him. Bad

company are no doubt obstacles for a aspirant in spiritual progress.

So he should always beware of bad company and should never be

overpowered by sensual pleasures and lust.