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102 Aptavani-2 the truth but people say they are not able to do so. People are looking for scriptures that are applicable to the era of current this time cycle of Kaliyug so that they can get their work done. New scriptures will be written that will prevent the deleterious effect of the current time cycle upon people and take them to moksha. The ‘medicine’ the scriptures preach to us, to speak the truth, to be kind, to keep peace etc., is outdated medicine. Now we will need new medicine. Your intent (bhaav) must be to speak only the truth, and if you make a mistake, you have to tell ‘Chandubhai’ to do pratikraman. ‘Our’ words will break all veils of ignorance; the power of the Gnani’s speech is such that it gives complete clarification within. You forget the world and the worldly life when you sit with me here, which verily is moksha. ‘Our’ speech is pratyaksh (direct) Saraswati; it is living and directly present Saraswati (Goddess of speech). The Goddess Saraswati you see in pictures, books and scriptures is an in-direct form (paroksha). If you want to do darshan of the real presence of Saraswati, you can do so by listening to this speech. ‘We’ (Gnani Purush and the fully enlightened Lord within) are not the speaker of everything being said here; ‘We’ are not the speaker of even a single word. Really, it is your punya (merit karma) that causes these words to come forth. ‘We’ are able to assess your punyas based on the speech that comes out. This speech is a record; ‘We’ have nothing to do with it. What is this speech like? It is completely syadvad; it is speech that does not hurt anyone, not in the least, and one that accepts every viewpoint. Such is this speech, absolutely syadvad. What is the definition of the worship of Saraswati? It means to not abuse (apvyaya) the speech in any way or form. It means to not abuse speech or utter speech that is spoken for selfish reasons. To lie is to abuse speech. For a Kshatriya, his word is his bond. A Kshatriya will