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Chapter 20: Prameya: abhidheya – Vaidhī-sādhana-bhakti

Vrajanātha and Vijaya Kumāra returned to Vrajanātha’s home before noon. Vrajanātha’s mother was waiting for them, and lovingly served them sumptuous prasāda. On completion of the meal, uncle and nephew had affectionate discussions, and

Vrajanātha gradually explained to his respected maternal uncle

all the instructions that he had previously heard from Bābājī

Mahārāja.

When Vijaya Kumāra heard these nectarean instructions, he

became blissful and said, “You are most fortunate. Sat-saṅga is

obtained only by great fortune. You have obtained the very rare association of a great saint like Bābājī Mahāśaya, and he

has given you substantial instructions about the highest goal of

life (paramārtaha). One who hears bhakti-kathā and hari-kathā certainly attains good fortune and well-being, but if these topics

are heard from the mouth of a great personality, then good

fortune comes especially quickly. You are learned in all the

śāstras, and your scholarship in nyāya-śāstra is especially unparalleled. You were born in a Vedic brāhmaṇa family, and are

not without wealth. All these opulences now appear as your

ornaments. The reason for this is that you have taken shelter of the lotus feet of Vaiṣṇavas, and acquired a taste for Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s

līlā-kathā.”