Pt. Vijay Shankar Mehta's column: If you go to listen to satsang, then bathe the mind along with the body

Satsang also has its own protocol for listening. When Garud ji went to Kakbhushundi ji's place, the satsang was taking place under the banyan tree. Tulsidas ji writes- Kari tadag majjan jalapana, but tar gaya hridayan harshana. After bathing and drinking refreshments in the pond, he happily went under the banyan tree. Now three things are written here. First, took a bath, then had refreshments, and then became happy. Whenever you go to listen to satsang, purify the body, eat and drink something because there is no hungry hymn, Gopala and be happy. Worry about worldliness and come out with shoes and slippers. Here bathing has another deeper meaning. It is written in our scriptures that a person should also take a mantra-bath. We bathe the body with water, but the mind needs oxygen to bathe. So take a mantra, take it in your breath and flow it in the body as if we are washing our mind. Then sit in the satsang. After doing this, what we will get in the satsang will be unique, wonderful and very useful.