How can we please God? When do we truly receive His Grace? Bhagawan lovingly coaches us today and implores us to reflect.

The Lord has revealed to Arjuna, and thereby to all mankind, that He is pleased by the devotion offered by aspirants for Grace. "Bhaktiman me priyo narah" (The man so devoted is dear to Me - Gita 12, verse 19), He declares. The devotee offers prayer, worship and his thoughts, words and acts to God whom he clothes with a Form and Name, and with attributes like love, compassion, wisdom and power. Most devotees seek health, wealth, power and fame from God, which are all trivial assets yielding momentary pleasure. Divine Grace can confer the most precious gift of His Love. Man may assert with pride of achievement that he loves God. That takes him only halfway through. He does not gain much there-from. Did God respond with - “me priyo narah,” (he is dear to Me)? Only then can man claim to have achieved Grace!