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Trimantra 25 26 TrimantraDadashri: Vyavasthit is when, if the obstacles were notmeant to be removed, then until that time you would not be ableto recite the Trimantra; you should understand vyavasthit in thisway.Questioner: Despite reciting the Trimantra if the obstaclesare not removed, what can we infer?Dadashri: You would not know how large that obstaclewas and how small it became. Only I know that.Navkar Means NamaskarQuestioner: Many people recite the mantra only to theline ‘loyhe savva Sahunam’, and others say, ‘Aiso paanchnamukaro,’ and finish the Navkar mantra, is that all right?Dadashri: If they do not recite the last four lines, it isfine. The mantras are only five in all. The remaining four linesare to stress the importance of the mantra.Questioner: Is it called Navkar mantra because of thenine stanzas it has?Dadashri: No, it is not like that. These are not just ninestanzas. The word Namaskar is the same as Navkar. The originalword is Namaskar mantra but in the Maghadi language it iscalled Navkar, so Namaskar is now Navkar. It has nothing todo with the nine stanzas. In all there are only five namaskars.Om Namo Bhagavate VasudevayaQuestioner: Please explain the next mantra ‘Om namoBhagavate Vasudevaya’.Dadashri: Vasudev Bhagwan! These are beings that haveevolved from being ordinary human beings (nara) into God –Narayan. To such beings I bow. When they become Narayan,they can be called Vasudevas.Questioner: Shree Krishna and Mahavir Swami - whoare they?Dadashri: They are Gods. They are Gods with a physicalbody. Why do we call them God? It is because the Lord hascompletely manifested within them. That is why we call themGod, even when they have a body.The Lord otherwise called Vasudev, manifested within SriKrishna. There is no doubt about this, right? Vasudeva isNarayana, the supreme Lord, who manifest in a human being(nara).Lord Mahavir and Lord Rushabdev were absolute andcomplete manifestations of the Lord. Lord Krishna is calledLord Vasudev. He has one more life time left.From Human Being To The LordQuestioner: Can you explain in detail the mantra ‘OmNamo Bhagavate Vasudevaya’?Dadashri: Starting from the time of Lord Rushabdevuntil now, there have been nine vasudev bhagwans. Vasudevmeans those who have evolved from an ordinary human beinginto God; that state is called vasudev. There is no penance orrenunciation here. Along with every vasudev, there will also betheir opponent called a prativasudev (prati - opposite). On theone side a vasudev is born and on the other a prativasudev.They are the Pratinarayan! The two will engage in a battleagainst each other. Also along with these two, there will be ninebaldevas, as brothers or stepbrothers of vasudev. Krishna isvasudev and Balram is baldeva. Lord Ramchandra was not avasudev, he was a balram. Laxman was vasudev and Ravanwas prativasudev. However, Ravan too is praiseworthy; he isextremely praiseworthy. But people in India make his effigiesand burn them instead. How can this land be blessed? How canthis country be blessed where the wrong kind of knowledge is