Shloka : 116

निजात्मानं ब्रह्मरु़पं देहत्रयविलक्षणम् ।

विभाव्य तेन कर्तव्या भक्ति: कृष्णस्य सर्वदा ॥ 116 ॥

અને સ્થૂળ, સૂક્ષ્મ અને કારણ - એ જે ત્રણ દેહ તે થકી વિલક્ષણ એવો જે પોતાનો જીવાત્મા, તેને બ્રહ્મરૂપની ભાવના કરીને પછી, તે બ્રહ્મરૂપે કરીને શ્રીકૃષ્ણભગવાનની ભક્તિ જે તે સર્વકાળને વિષે કરવી. ॥ 116 ॥

And one's spiritual soul i.e. Jeevatma is different than the three types of body which are material body i.e. Sthoolsharir, subtle body i.e. Sookshmasharir, causal body i.e. Karansharir, it should be visualized in the form of Brahm and then through this form Shri Krishna Bhagwan should be worshipped all the time. || 116 ||

Commentary

The spiritual soul which is seperate from all the three bodies and different due to its luminous form, pure without any perception of all three bodies. Brahm means the cluster of luminous brilliance of Shriji Maharaj which is cool, calm, fully developed, blissful and white and which is also called Akshardham. One should unite one's soul with such spiritual Brahm and worship, meditate Shri Hari alongwith proper understanding of religion and ascetism.

The devotions should be performed by listening to the narratives and praise of one's God, the Supreme Lord Shriji Maharaj, reciting the narratives and praise of Shriji, contemplating the divine form of Shriji, serving at the blessed feet of Shriji, offering service and devotion to Him, offering salutations with respect, complete surrender towards Him, considering Him as a friend and offering Him all the physical and material possessions; or offering one's spiritual soul to Shriji i.e. to get united with the divine form of Shriji. A devotee who worships Shriji through these nine types of devotion with full faith and awareness of His glory, feels great affection for almighty Shri Swaminarayan Mahaprabhuji. Then the soul, senses, mind and intellect of devotee get absorbed into the divine form of Shriji; for such devotee only the divine form of Shriji is visible everywhere. He cannot perceive anything else. A devotee of God attains such unity with God through Premlakshana Bhakti i.e. devotion with great affection and by all means he experiences the bliss of unity with the divine form of Shriji. Hence, knowledgeable devotees, being one with 'Brahm' i.e. Akshardham, surrender to the devotion accompanied by proper understanding of the glory of Shriji Maharaj.

And such devotees who worship God through their unity with Brahm, please Parbrahm i.e. Ultimate Supreme God and get united with Parbrahm i.e. Shriji Maharaj. This has been mentioned by Shri Hari: "A devotee, who attains My grace, attains the ultimate unity with My divine form." i.e. he attains the equivalent qualities of Supreme God except master of all the Muktas, giver of bliss and all controller -other than these the divine and liberating qualities like (beauty) grace, virtues, splendour, (might) grandeur, ability etc. of Supreme God Shri Swaminarayan are equalled by that of such devotees.Such devotees experience the bliss of unity with divine form of Shriji Maharaj and consider themselves beyond happiness-unhappiness, birth-death etc. This is the reward of devotion through unity with the Supreme God i.e. Brahmrupa Bhakti.