Shri Hariraiji teaches that before beginning any important task, we should first offer our respectful salutations to Shri Vallabh.
This act of reverence helps us approach our work with humility, clarity and devotion. By remembering Shri Vallabh before we begin, we seek His grace so that our knowledge becomes pure, our understanding becomes deeper, and our efforts are successful.
A simple way to offer respect is to bow before Shri Vallabh’s image and touch His feet in reverence. This is not merely an outward action. It is a way of placing ourselves under His guidance and recognising that all true wisdom comes through His grace.
Naturally, we may ask: why should we do this, and how does it benefit us? Most people are more willing to follow a practice when they can understand its value in their own lives.
Shri Hariraiji explains that offering salutations to Shri Vallabh brings a real and meaningful benefit. Our knowledge becomes refined, and the work we undertake becomes more complete, purposeful and successful. We begin to carry out our duties with greater care, understanding and devotion.
This Sakhi also teaches that this practice brings a nectar-like sweetness and bliss into our work. As our understanding of Shri Vallabh’s divine form becomes deeper, we experience a sacred inner joy. This spiritual happiness nourishes the heart and gives the feeling of having tasted divine nectar.
Therefore, before beginning any work, let us first remember Shri Vallabh with sincerity and reverence. Through His grace, our knowledge, actions and inner life can become more pure, refined and filled with bliss.
