Shloka : 69

गुरु़भूपालवर्षिष्ठत्यागिविद्वत्तपस्विनाम् ।

अभ्युत्थानादिना कार्य: सन्मानो विनयान्वितै: ॥ 69 ॥

અને વિનયે કરીને યુક્ત એવા જે અમારા આશ્રિત સત્સંગી તેમણે ગુરુ, રાજા, અતિવૃદ્ધ, ત્યાગી, વિદ્વાન અને તપસ્વી, એ છ જણા આવે, ત્યારે સન્મુખ ઊઠવું તથા આસન આપવું તથા મધુર વચને બોલાવવું, ઇત્યાદિક ક્રિયાએ કરીને એમનું સન્માન કરવું. ॥ 69 ॥

And my humble devotees should pay respect to these six kinds of people - Guru, king, very old person, ascetic, learned man (scholar), religiously austere by standing up and offering them a seat whenever they enter and by addressing them in courteous manner. || 69 ||

Commentary

Here, 'Guru' means who teaches the Brahmavidya i.e. knowledge related to life after death and leads to the realization of God. 'Bhupal' means king or ruler. 'Varshishth' means who is aged. 'Tyagi' means who has renounced the worldly relations and with the strength of ascetism follows celibacy, i.e. saints, celibates etc. 'Vidwan' means who has studied the scriptures like 'Vachanamrit' etc. written by Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan and His Muk­tas. 'Tapasvi' means who follows and practices religious austeri­ties. The humble devotees of Shri Hari should welcome above mentioned people by getting up from their seats, paying the salu­tation and offering them a seat.