Shloka : 25

कृष्णभक्ते: स्वधर्माद्वा पतनं यस्य वाक्यत: ।

स्यात्तन्मुखान्न वै श्रव्या: कथावार्ताश्च वा प्रभो: ॥ 25 ॥

અને જેનાં વચનને સાંભળવે કરીને શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાનની ભક્તિ ને પોતાનો ધર્મ, એ બે થકી પડી જવાય, તેના મુખથકી ભગવાનની કથાવાર્તા ન સાંભળવી. ॥ 25 ॥

And one should not listen to the narratives of God from someone whose statements offend or distract one from the devotion of Shri Krishna Bhagwan and from following one’s religion. || 25 ||

Commentary

One should never listen to the narratives of God from a person who lacks devotion towards God and does not follow proper code of conduct. It is not beneficial to listen to the narratives of God from a person who lacks firm belief in God and His glory; on the contrary it is harmful. Besides, Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan has mentioned in 'Satsangi Jeevan' that: one should not listen to the narratives of God from a person who crosses the limits set by the religion i.e. who is not devoted to God alongwith proper code of conduct. Moreover, there are six types of people whose in­fluence can damage one’s wisdom. They are: who is an ascetic but full of anger; who is a devotee of God but eager to fulfill his sexual desires; who follows the code of conduct but lacks devotion towards God; who has renounced everything but is greedy; who has been appointed as Guru but is unable to make his disci­ples follow the code of conduct set by the religion and scrip­tures; who is a scholar but denies divine and visible form of God through his logic. As the influence of a miscreant diminishes all the virtues in this world as well as in the next world, similarly the influence of these six types of people also diminish all the virtues. Therefore, their company should be avoided.