17 Aug 2023
[Shri Satthireddy asked: Mee Paadapadmalaku namaskaram Swamiji, Swamiji, In the Parabrahma Gita it is mentioned "I am just the reflection of the devotee". Swamiji, a soul expects true love even though the soul is selfish towards God. In the context of God and soul, selfishness or any quality towards Him become sacred but if You show the same selfishness or any quality the way the soul shows towards You, the soul couldn't tolerate, as in worldly life, every soul expects that her husband should be like the way she loves. Please explain above statement Swamiji?? Swamiji, if anything wrong is there in the question itself, please teach to this beggar satthireddy 🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied:- What you have said is correct because God behaves in the same way as the devotee behaves, which means that the husband behaves in the same way as the wife behaves. If the wife is praising and singing songs on her husband without cooking the food, the husband also does the same without bringing any purchased material for food. The husband is the reflection of the wife and similarly, God is the reflection of the devotee (Rūpaṃ rūpaṃ pratirūpo babhūva). Krishna also told in the Gita that He will respond as per the way of the devotee. This means that God will give you theoretical boons for theoretical devotion and will give practical boons for practical devotion. This is very much justified. You say that God shall be generous unlike the greedy devotee. That is why when you are worshipping God, you are putting flowers on the ears of God and nowhere else. God is also putting flowers on your ears. Love without justice is foolishness.
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