True Devotees

True Devotees

We have a wrong notion, that in order to be a true devotee of the lord, we have to renounce everything and become 


A “Bramhachari” but this an absolutely wrong notion. If you read the following verse of the Gita from Chapter –VII, then you can clearly understand everything-

“udarah sarva evaite
jnani tv atmaiva me matam
asthitah sa hi yuktatma
mam evanuttamam gatim”

The above verse talks about the different kinds of devotees who worship the Lord. Such devotees have definitely Come to the conclusion that God is almighty, omniscient, the universal Lord, supremely compassionate and the Greatest friend, and that their hopes and aspirations can be realized through Him and Him alone.

Armed with This conviction and knowledge, they give up dependence on everything else and devote their life to practices such as the worship and remembrance, adoration and service of the lord. They scrupulously refrain from doing anything Which may weaken their faith in God even to the slightest degree.

Their desires have not altogether ceased; but they seek their fulfillment from God and God alone.

For example- It is not unnatural for a devoted and faithful wife to want something for herself; but she would seek it from her beloved husband alone. She would not even cast a glance at another, much less rely on another, nor does she know anyone else.

Even so the devotees referred to above depend on God and God alone and finally which leads them the complete Realization of God. Thus such a devotee is considered to be the same as God and God is the same as the devotee; there is absolute identity between the two. Hence such a devotee ever remains constantly and unshakably fixed in God.