Shloka : 99

दशम: पञ्चम: स्कन्धो याज्ञवल्क्यस्य च स्मृति: ।

भक्तिशास्त्रं योगशास्त्रं धर्मशास्त्रं क्तमेण मे ॥ 99 ॥

અને દશમસ્કંધ તથા પંચમસ્કંધ તથા યાજ્ઞવલ્ક્યની સ્મૃતિ એ જે ત્રણ, તે અનુક્રમે કરીને અમારું ભક્તિશાસ્ત્ર, યોગશાસ્ત્ર અને ધર્મશાસ્ત્ર છે; કહેતાં, દશમસ્કંધ તે ભક્તિશાસ્ત્ર છે અને પંચમસ્કંધ તે યોગશાસ્ત્ર છે - અને યાજ્ઞવલ્ક્યની સ્મૃતિ તે ધર્મશાસ્ત્ર છે - એમ જાણવું. ॥ 99 ॥

And 'Dasham Skandh', 'Pancham Skandh' and 'Yagyavalkya Smriti' represent 'Bhakti Shastra', 'Yoga Shastra' and 'Dharma Shastra' respectively; i.e. 'Dasham Skandh' represents 'Bhakti Shastra', 'Pancham Skandh' represents 'Yoga Shastra' and 'Yagyavalkya Smriti' represents 'Dharma Shastra'.|| 99 ||

Commentary

Shriji Maharaj has mentioned 'Dasham Skandh' as 'Bhakti Shastra'. But Shri Hari Himself has inspired Sadguru Varni Vasudevanand Swami to write a scripture called 'Satsangibhushan' and the first Acharya Shri Raghuveerji Maharaj to write a scripture called 'Harileela Kalptaru'. Here, Shriji Maharaj has explained the nine types of devotion and 'Premlakshana Bhakti as tenth type of devotion. Moreover, these nine types of devotion have been subdivided into eighty-one types of devotion. The eighty-second type of devotion is Premlakshana Bhakti along with awareness and knowledge. All the forms of above mentioned devotion have been explained in these two scriptures. Therefore, these two scriptures represent 'Bhakti Shastra' whereas in 'Dasham Skandh', devotion has been explained as an attraction of Gop and Gopis from Vrindavan towards Shri Krishna Bhagwan for a short duration.

Moreover, Pancham Skandh has been mentioned as 'Yoga Shastra' but in Swaminarayan sect, a lot of devotees of Shri Hari, who had renounced there family, relatives, wealth, properties etc. and surrendered to Shri Hari out of great affection, have attained the stage of Ekantik, Param Ekantik and Anandi Mukta. Such devotees have achieved the knowledge of divine form of Supreme Lord Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan through the study of the scriptures written by the God-realized saint-devotees of Shri Hari. These scriptures are 'Satsangi Bhushan', 'Harileela Kalptaru', 'Harikrishnaleelamrit', 'Harileelamrit', 'Bhaktachintamani' etc. and the supreme Yoga, which is to get united with the divine form of Shri Hari, could be attained through study of these scriptures. Therefore, these scriptures are the real 'Yoga Shastra'.

And also 'Yagyavalkya Smriti' has been mentioned as 'Dharma Shastra'. But the scripture 'Satsangi Jeevan' written by Shriji Maharaj Himself explains properly the code of conduct for all the castes and for various stages of life, worldly formalities and the methods of penance etc. Therefore, this is the real 'Dharma Shastra'.