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Shloks 1 - 26
(Shik 1) I (Sahajanand Swami) meditate in my heart upon Lord Krishna, on whose left stands Radha, on whose bosom resides Laxmiji and who plays (with his Bhaktas) in Vrindavan
(Shik 2) I, Sahajanand Swami, write this Shikshapatri - Gospel of Life Divine - from Vadtal to all my followers, residing in various part of country
(Shik 3) Ayodhyaprasad and Raghuvir who have been installed by Me as Acharya at Ahmedabad and Vadtal respectively, sons of my brothers, Rampratapji and Ichharamji, born of Shri Dharmadev.
(Shik 4) All Naishtic Brahmacharis, Mukundanand and other saints and all house-holders, Mayaram Bhatt and others, all who have become My followers
(Shik 5) All female, married (including virgins also) and widows and all Sadhus, Muktanand Swami and others, all who have become My followers
(Shik 6) All mentioned above, shall accept My Blessings Divine, Blessings which protect their Dharmas, which carry with them the Divine memory of SrimanNarayan and which are endorsed by the Shastra
(Shik 7) All the above shall ponder deeply in their mind My object in writing this Shikshapatri - which is to ensure ultimate good for all living beings
(Shik 8) All those who follow the rules of good conduct as prescribed by the Shastras (Such as Srimad Bhagavat etc.) do indeed attain happiness both in this world and the world beyond
(Shik 9) And all those who disregard them and behave according to their own whims are indeed evil-minded and shall verily meet with great miseries in this life and the life beyond
(Shik 10) Therefore, you all, My followers, shall always follow the precepts of this Shikshapatri with care and caution, and with love and sincerity
(Shik 11) My followers shall never kill any living being under any circumstances. Knowingly, not even small insects like lice, bugs, etc
(Shik 12) (My followers) shall never kill goats and/or other living beings in sacrifice performed for the propitiation of deities and Pitris (ancestors), for non-violence is declared (by the Shastras) as the highest Dharma of all the Dharmas
(Shik 13) None shall ever kill a human being for obtaining women, wealth or even sovereignty
(Shik 14) None shall ever commit suicide even in a place of pilgrimage or through anger or on account of some untoward action by taking poison or by hanging or by falling into a well or from a hill-top or by any other means
(Shik 15) None shall ever eat meat, even if it be an offering in a sacrifice or shall ever drink liquor or wine even if it be offered to a deity
(Shik 15) None shall ever eat meat, even if it be an offering in a sacrifice or shall ever drink liquor or wine even if it be offered to a deity
(Shik 16) When an untoward action is committed either by oneself or by others, none shall through anger or excitement cut or mutilate one's limbs or limbs of other persons by means of any kind of weapon
(Shik 17) None shall ever commit theft, even for the sake of performing an act of Dharma. Even articles such as firewood, flowers, etc. owned by others shall never be taken without their permission
(Shik 18) All my followers, males and females, shall never practice adultery and/or gambling and such other bad habits, nor shall eat or drink intoxicants like hemp, opium etc
(Shik 19) No one shall eat food prepared by a person, taking (cooked) food from whose hands prohibited in the Shastras or drink water from the vessels of such a person even as a prasad (eatables offered to a deity) of Shri Krishna, in any place, except at Jagannathpuri (where prasad of Shri Jagannathji can be taken)
(Shik 20) No one should level false accusations against anyone, even for the sake of achieving some self-interest or shall utter indecent words/abuses to others
(Shik 21) None shall ever speak or hear ill of deities, places of pilgrimage, Brahmins, chaste women, Sadhus and the Vedas
(Shik 22) None shall ever accept prasad of a deity to whom offering of meat and/or liquor-wine are offered and /or before whom goats and/or other living beings are sacrificed
(Shik 23) When (my followers) on their way, come across temples of Shiv, and other deities, one shall bow down to them and have their darshan respectfully
(Shik 24) None shall give up Dharma of one's own varna (class) and Ashram nor shall practice Dharma of persons of other varnas (classes) and Ashramas or shall follow pseudo Dharma or Dharma dictated by one's own whims
(Shik 25) No one shall ever here sermons or religious discourses or philosophical talks from a person whose words are likely to lead one astray from the path of devotion to Lord Krishna and/or from the path of one's own Dharma