[What are the various important points to be always remembered in the spiritual path while travelling to reach God? O Venu Gopala Krishna! Tell me the true spiritual knowledge, which is very rarely available.]

Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]

[O darling! Justice and devotion are the two eyes of God. The grace of God is only one look projected by the above said two eyes. The graceful look of God is a mixture of justice and devotion.]

[Both these justice and devotion are called Pravrutti and Nivrutti respectively. Both are equally dear to God. Will anybody say that one eye is greater than the other eye? Justice, which is mandatory represents behavior with rigid binding. Devotion, which is optional represents behavior with independence and free will.]

[It is not convenient to wait for entering into Nivrutti or spiritual life after finishing Pravrutti or worldly life. The convenient way is to simultaneously follow both Pravrutti and Nivrutti in life because both are not contradicting each other, instead both supplement each other. Both these justice and devotion are based on one God only (since both are equally dear to God) and hence, can’t be mutually contradicting.]

[One may doubt that since the mutually contradicting difference between justice and devotion is already told (that justice is rigidity and devotion is independence), how can one do the simultaneous practice of both? One need not doubt this because the simultaneous mutually supporting practice of both is possible if logical analysis is done by the intelligence.]

[Both justice and devotion are like Rukmiṇī and Radha, who are like white Ganga River and blue Yamuna River. In between them, the unseen flowing river called Sarasvatī is like Krishna, who represents the intellectual knowledge with logical analysis that makes both to mutually unite without contradiction.]

[The human being starts its life with Pravrutti or worldly life only. In a worldly life, there will be several problems. In order to cross these problems during the worldly life itself, one has to take the path of devotion for the help of God in solving the worldly problems. Even if a devotee enters Nivrutti by worshipping God without any aspiration in return, such a devotee also may face some serious worldly problems for which the devotee has to approach God for relief so that the devotee can pursue the spiritual effort peacefully in the life. Hence, simultaneous Pravrutti and Nivrutti is inevitable for any devotee at any stage.]

[A Nivrutti-devotee prays God for relief from serious worldly problems for the sake of peace that helps the spiritual efforts to attain salvation. In such case, such prayer to God comes under the account of Nivrutti only. A Pravrutti-devotee prays God for relief from serious worldly problems for the sake of peace that helps the devotee to enjoy worldly happiness. Such prayer to God comes under the account of Pravrutti only.]

[The human rebirth is almost impossible for every soul because God grants human rebirth only to a very very deserving soul, which puts spiritual effort continuously and a very little spiritual effort is leftover to reach the goal. All ordinary souls shall take the human rebirth as strictly impossible. Some foreign religions say that the human rebirth is impossible for any soul and such strict concept overrules the omnipotence of God because if God wishes, human rebirth is possible for any soul. On the other hand, it is also wrong to think that every human soul will have human rebirth. A serious spiritual aspirant must think that his/her death can come at any time on any day due to unexpected accidents and shall pursue his/her spiritual efforts in every minute throughout the life.]

[A human soul putting efforts only in the materialistic line for earning wealth to eat and enjoy sexual life, may be disturbed by spiritual preachers. God being the Father of souls (Ahaṃ bīja pradaḥ pitā— Gita) removes this spiritual disturbance to such materialistic human souls by granting them the continuous births of animals due to the high fascination of God for His children so that such materialistic souls can continuously enjoy in the materialistic line without any trace of spiritual disturbance because animal can’t understand anything even if a spiritual preacher preaches about God in its ear.]

[If the human being is constantly in the service of contemporary human incarnation of God, God will extend the life of such devotee to any extent. Hanuman, who was constantly in the service of God Rama, who was His contemporary human incarnation, was made immortal (Ciraṃjīvī) without death at all. While progressing in the spiritual path, the spiritual aspirant must take a lot of care about his/her physical and mental health, which is emphasized in the preliminary five steps (from Yama to Pratyāhāra) of Aṣṭāṅga Yoga (Eight steps) preached by sage Patanjali.]

[God as human incarnation preaches about Pravrutti (justified worldly life) to a soul present in Dushpravrutti (unjust worldly life) as the highest step (arthavāda) and the same incarnation preaches Nivrutti (spiritual life) to a soul present in pravrutti to make such soul climb the next step. In pravrutti also, Nivrutti exists as the worship of God for fulfilling selfish worldly desires. If a soul worships God due to true love on God without aspiring any materialistic benefits, the same soul present in pravrutti is spontaneously transferred into Nivrutti.]

[Dushpravrutti gives horrible hell with misery. Pravrutti gives heaven with happiness. Nivrutti gives the abode of God with bliss. In hell, fear for sin is developed. In the abode of God, devotion to God is developed. In the middle justified worldly life, the fear for sin and the devotion to God are in mixed condition and developed partially.]

[Majority of the human beings are not well developed in devotion to God. Hence, for the majority, the fear for hell alone can control them from doing sins. Only minority of human beings is very much devoted to God and such devotees don’t indulge in sin because they don’t like sin since God doesn’t like sin.]

[When God comes down in human form, He mainly preaches Nivrutti because Nivrutti is also present in pravrutti as a controlling factor from committing sins and attaining punishments. All the efforts put by the contemporary human incarnation are only with the aim to protect the human souls on earth from the inevitable punishments of their own sins. We shall not misunderstand that the incarnation is trying to get fame by propagating spiritual knowledge and we shall also not misunderstand that the incarnation is trying to fulfill some selfish desire. The respective reasons for both these are that God is already bored with huge fame in the upper world and that He is also fulfilled with all desires since He is omnipotent.]

[The three concepts of i) existence of God and His most powerful administration, ii) heaven for rewarding good deeds and iii) hell for punishing bad deeds are the basis for every religion and sub-religion in this world. Communicating this spiritual knowledge to the public is of utmost importance because when true spiritual knowledge is well-established in the minds of people, they naturally develop a strong fear of being punished by God for their sins in the hell. This fear results in an inbuilt resistance in them to do sin. Such inbuilt self-resistance to sin reduces crime rate in every society bringing peace in the world.]

[By establishing justice through fear for sin, peace will be established by which the world becomes peaceful, which gives happiness to every individual. This world-peace is deeply connected to God because God has created this world like an industrialist establishing an industry. It is quite natural that the industrialist always expects that his industry must run peacefully with perfect discipline and co-operation among workers. Similarly, God expects that His creation must run on peaceful lines based on discipline and co-operation among human beings created by Him.]

[In every generation, God comes down to the earth and preaches spiritual knowledge to all the human beings on this earth. In His knowledge, fear for sin and devotion to God stand as main concepts. By fear for sin, Dushpravrutti is controlled. By both fear for sin and devotion to God, Pravrutti is controlled. By devotion to God alone, Nivrutti is guided. All the three (Dushpravrutti, Pravrutti and Nivrutti) are guided in this way. Both these fear for sin and devotion to God spread peace in the world as far as possible. When both these fail at the end of Kali age, God comes down as the final incarnation called ‘Kalki’ to destroy the entire world.]

[By propagating the spiritual knowledge of God, the basis of which is the peace of the world, God will be very much pleased with any devoted preacher dedicated to this divine service. If God is pleased with the devotee involved in His divine work, the devotee will be happy in this world and will also be happy in the upper world after his/ her death. For any soul, the goal of the life must only be to please God.]

[Since every human being is dragged by uncontrollable selfish ambitions, the governments run by human beings are always prone to error, injustice and partiality. Even the courts of law have human judges, who are not omniscient. A rich criminal can escape the human court by bribing the police and judge. But, any sinner cannot escape the administration of God that is omnipotent. Ultimately, sinners can never escape the punishment of their sin. When courts fail to punish sinners, God severely punishes them in their lives outside the court. This punishment of sinners by God is recognized even by the public. Along with the sinner, God also punishes the advocate, who helped the sinner escape and even the judge if he/she has deliberately given the wrong judgement.]