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Aptavani-4
That Which Brings the Ultimate Result Is
Purusharth
Questioner: Can prarabdha be changed through a
strong purusharth?
Dadashri: If it is only the purusharth, then it can be
changed. But you have to know what purusharth is, don’t you?
Without knowing that, what good is it? If out of this money, one
of the bills is genuine and the other is fake; however you cannot
distinguish the one that is genuine, so you take the fake bill with
you. Who will cash it for you? What do you call a purusharth?
Questioner: Whatever we do for religion and moksha is
purusharth!
Dadashri: That is not called purusharth. That is just
something you do that is beneficial (hitkari). And anything you
do other than that, is detrimental (ahitkari). Hence, all that is
either beneficial or detrimental, but what is purusharth?
Whatever you succeed in doing (safada) is purusharth.
Questioner: Some say that you can attain prarabdha
only if you work for it, and some say that you get an opportunity
to work, only if it is in your prarabdha. What is the truth in this?
Dadashri: Whatever you see through your eyes, hear
through your ears, smell through your nose, taste through your
tongue, feel through your skin; whatever you can experience
through the five senses, is all prarabdha. Now tell me, how can
anyone understand this?
Questioner: Then there is a need for purusharth, isn’t
there?
Dadashri: Actually, all this is nothi