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buffalo likely to ever come out? Such a pleasure is called
garavata.
Questioner: Which entity in the antahkaran–the inner
mechanism of mind, intellect, chit and ego - indulges in
garavata?
Dadashri: Which can it be? It is the ego; it is not anything
else. The intellect will explain this is garavata and it is pleasant.
Questioner: But the main involvement in garavata is of
the chit vrutti – the tendencies of chit, is it not?
Dadashri: The chit will have a tendency to rove around
there.
Questioner: In the places of garavata?
Dadashri: Yes, just like a fly, it roves and hovers around
there.
The mind (mun) is born out of opinions; a lot of
importance is given to the mind. Now how does an opinion
arise? Vishesh-bhaav - the sense of ‘I am Chandulal’ as
opposed to ‘I am Shuddhatma’ - gives rise to the ego and the
ego gives rise to opinions. Opinions give rise to the mind, which
in turn begins to make the chit impure. And as the chit begins
to become impure, one starts to sink in the mud. Now, who will
pull him out of that mud? In addition to that, there is the issue
of garavata! There is ras-garavata, which is garavata of
taste, riddhi-garavata, which is garavata of wealth, and
siddhi-garavata, which is garavata of special energies! A
person is trapped in these three kinds of garavata, so who will
pull him out of these garavata?
All this is garavata too…
Questioner: Can you explain this ras-garavata?
Dadashri: All the juices, like the juice of mangos, other
types of juices, the taste of basundi (ambrosia milk) etc.