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infinite other such virtues besides these. That is where you can
find a Sat Purush.
Krupadudev has gone as far as writing:
“Sansar kevad ashata mai che…ek ansha shata thi
karine poorna kamta soodhi ni sarva samadhi tenu sat
purush je kaaran che”
‘The worldly life is filled with nothing but ashata -
suffering… underlying the phenomena in which, from the point of
a fraction of easiness (shata) to the entire expression of the state
of eternal bliss, lies the exclusive cause (kaaran), and that cause
is a Sat Purush. Despite having amazing prowess and capability,
he has no spruha (acquisitiveness or inclination of anything), no
relative sense of accomplishment (unmattata), no sense of ‘I-
ness’ (potapanu), no doer-ship (garva), no indulgence in
worldly comforts (garavata); to such an awe inspiring Sat
Purush, I reminisce over and over again and I bow.’
Nispruha: non-acquisitiveness; no inclination
Questioner: When Shrimad Rajchandra says that the Sat
Purush has no spruha - in what regard?
Dadashri: Shrimad Rajchandra said ‘there is no spruha
(no inclination)’. Many people in India are nispruhi (non-
acquisitive) so are these people acceptable? No these nispruhi
people will not do. There are countless such people.
All hermits, ascetics etc., are nispruhis; complete nispruhi.
They reject everything; they are non-acquisitive in worldly
matters. Such ascetics claim in scornful tones, ‘What do I care?
I do not need anything.’ People bring them milk thinking, ‘Bapji
(the ascetic) will be pleased and he will be helpful to me some
day. Besides my son does not have any children.’ The ascetic
on the other hand responds, ‘I do not need anything. Go away
from here, why did you come?’ he also curses at them. But
people are greedy and so the ascetic’s work gets done. And