So if we only pay obeisance to the arihants and not the vasudevas who are future arihants if we say anything negative about them, what consequences will we have to bear? Some People make comment and criticize, '…this happened to Krishna, that happened to Krishna…'.

These sixty-three are those who have received the seal of approval that they have the qualities of being God. These above-mentioned fall in the category of the sixty three Salaka Purush (best of men). Can you not know there will be a transition towards full moon from the waxing moon? In the same way, one can know that this person is going to be a vasudev. And for one to become a vasudev means to go from being a human into Godhood! This transition is like the phases of the moon from the moonless dark nights of the month towards the full moon. Their linage is different altogether! But the vasudev and prativasudev have their traits many lifetimes ahead.

If it does they strive hard to come back to their straightforward ways. Everything about them is straightforward. Questioner: So how can we recognize a Tirthankar before his time?ĭadashri: Tirthankaras are simple people.

Their characteristics are entirely different altogether. A tirthankar-to-be cannot be identified but vasudevas can. A vasudev-to-be can be recognized from many lives ahead because of his attributes. Talks of vasudev is a different matter altogether! One can tell a vasudev at the time of his birth. Their very presence causes chaos in the world. The cause (karmic) of becoming a vasudev is very different. When they walk, the earth would shake! Yes, the earth actually makes a noise when they walk, and this happens many lives ahead to them becoming a vasudev. These qualities are apparent in a vasudev-to-be many lifetimes ahead. What is the indication of the cause (karmic) for becoming a vasudev? It is when a person can die from fear by merely looking into their eyes such is the power they possess. What are these vasudevas like? They are so powerful that thousands of people can be moved to fear by mere look in their eyes. It reaches all the protecting deities of Lord Krishna. So therefore this obeisance reaches Lord Krishna. Who is the vasudev of this current time cycle? Lord Krishna. How can this land be blessed? How can this country be blessed where the wrong kind of knowledge is spreading? They burn effigies of Ravan, they don't even know what Ravan was! But people in India make his effigies and burn them instead. However, Ravan too is praiseworthy he is extremely praiseworthy. Laxman was vasudev and Ravan was prativasudev. Lord Ramchandra was not a vasudev, he was a balram. Krishna is vasudev and Balram is baldeva. Also along with these two, there will be nine baldevas, as brothers or stepbrothers of vasudev. They are the Pratinarayan! The two will engage in a battle against each other. On the one side a vasudev is born and on the other a prativasudev. Along with every vasudev, there will also be their opponent called a prativasudev ( prati - opposite). There is no penance or renunciation here. Vasudev means those who have evolved from an ordinary human being into God that state is called vasudev. Questioner: Can you explain in detail the mantra ' Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya'?ĭadashri: Starting from the time of Lord Rushabdev until now, there have been nine vasudev bhagwans. Lord Mahavir and Lord Rushabdev were absolute and complete manifestations of the Lord. There is no doubt about this, right? Vasudeva is Narayana, the supreme Lord, who manifest in a human being ( nara). The Lord otherwise called Vasudev, manifested within Sri Krishna. That is why we call them God, even when they have a body. Why do we call them God? It is because the Lord has completely manifested within them. Questioner: Shree Krishna and Mahavir Swami - who are they?ĭadashri: They are Gods. When they become Narayan, they can be called Vasudevas. Questioner: Please explain the next mantra ' Om namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya'.ĭadashri: Vasudev Bhagwan! These are beings that have evolved from being ordinary human beings ( nara) into God - Narayan.

Om bhagavate vasudevaya namah