Shloka : 155
आढयैस्तु गृहिभि: कार्या अहिंसा वैष्णवा मखा: ।
तीर्थेषु पर्वसु तथा भोज्या विप्राश्च साधव: ॥। 155 ॥
અને ધનાઢ્ય એવા જે ગૃહસ્થ સત્સંગી તેમણે, હિંસાએ રહિત એવા જે વિષ્ણુસંબંધી યજ્ઞ તે કરવા. તથા તીર્થને વિષે તથા દ્વાદશી આદિક પર્વને વિષે, બ્રાહ્મણ તથા સાધુ તેમને જમાડવા. ॥ 155 ॥
And the wealthy Grihastha devotees should perform the 'Yagya; related to Vishnu without violence. And offer food to the Brahmins and saints at the places of pilgrimage on the festival days like Dwadashi etc. || 155 ||
Commentary
The wealthy Grihastha devotees of Shri Hari should perform 'Vaishnav Yagyas' related to Supreme God Shri Swaminarayan, in which violence of the animals is not involved. And they should offer various food items and satisfy the Brahmins who are devotees of Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan, the Tyagi saints, celebates and disciples of Shri Hari as well as to the 'Sankhyayogi' women who are firmly devoted to Shri Hari at the ‘Teerth’ i.e. pious places blessed by the touch (visit) of Shri Hari and His realized Muktas on the festival days like Poornima, Amavasya, Sankranti, Vyatipat, ‘Antardhyan’ day of Shri Hari which is the tenth day in first half of the month Jyeshth, the follpwing day of His manifestaion day which is tenth day in the first half of the month Chaitra etc. ‘Yagya’ should be performed but offering food to the saints of Shri Hari pleases the God more. Shri Hari has mentioned in Vachanamrit, Jetalpur 4th.: "You, the saints following the code of conduct, are very dear to me... if a person feeds you with affection, he attains the ‘Punya’ equivalent to that of one crore ‘Yagya’s’ and finally attains the salvation."
And the wealthy Grihastha devotees should never insult the saints and Brahmins, and always behave without any cunningness in front of a saint. Moreover, the wealthy Grihastha devotees should build the beautiful and strong temples of Supreme God Shri Swaminarayan and should fix a certain amount for the uninterrupted flow of worship to the idol of Shri Hari which has been installed into the temple. Moreover, around the temple safe and beautiful boarding houses should be built which are surrounded by the high compound walls and appropriate for the stay of the saints and devotees of Shri Hari. And they should maintain a garden with a lot of trees full of fruits and flowers near the temple and they should construct a beautiful step well having cool, clean and immense quantity of water. The devotees who construct the strong, beautiful and the best temple of Shri Sahajanand Swami without any expectation, definitely attain the salvation.