<div><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Shastriji Maharaj chapters 1-6</span></div>

A spiritual scene depicting Shastriji Maharaj's childhood, featuring a village setting with children playing, a small mandir made of sand, and a vibrant sky to convey a sense of tranquility and devotion.

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Test your knowledge about the early life of Shastriji Maharaj with this engaging quiz! Dive into the fascinating details of his upbringing, spiritual journey, and impactful moments captured in chapters 1-6.

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When was Shastriji Maharaj born?

Monday, 31 January 1867 (Maha sud 1, Samvat 1921)

Monday, 31 January 1865 (Maha sud 5, Samvat 1921)

Thursday, 30 Dec 1865 (Maha sud 11, Samvat 1921)

Saturday, 31 March 1866 (Chaitra sud 15, Samvat 1922)

Who were Shastriji Maharaj’s parents?

Motibhai and Diwaliben

Jinabhai and Puribai

Dhoribhai and Hetba

Mathurbhai and Vasantibai

What was the relation between Dungar and Sonaba, Raliyatba, Mathurbhai and Laldas?

Aunts and uncles

Sisters and brothers

Friends

No relation, just people he knew from the village

At what age and who initiated Dungar into the Swaminarayan Sampraday?

At 6 months old by Shukanand Swami

At 6 months old by Vaikuntanand Brahmachari

At 2 years old by Bhagatji Maharaj

At 10 months old by Nishkulanand Swami

Gunatitanand Swami said “Shuk Swami is considered the right hand of Shriji Maharaj. So, if Shuk Swami has initiated him, consider him to have been initiated by Shriji Maharaj himself.”

True

False

Why was Dungar quite different from other children?

He did not want to visit mandirs.

Because he was not interested in playing games.

He did not enjoy reading or learning anything new.

He only wanted to be by himself.

Dungar would build little mandirs from sand. Dungar would install a tiny murti of God in his small earthen mandir. He would offer snacks to the murti, imagining that he had prepared a great annakut for God. Then, he would perform arti of the small murti.

True

False

Fill in the blank: At the age of six, Dungar went to a family wedding in the village of Karamsad. While everyone else was enjoying the occasion, Dungar slipped out into the village and went……....

To the mango garden.

Went for a bath at a nearby river.

To the local mandir.

Went to the confectioner to buy some sweets.

At the age of six, Dungar went to a wedding. When 400 people there were pressuring Dungar to eat, what did Dungar say?

I do not want to eat, because I do not feel well.

There is nothing I like to eat, I only like simple food.

I have heard from the shastras that to eat food made from grains on Ekadashi is as sinful as eating meat. So, I will not eat.

I have heard from the shastras that to eat food made with nuts on Ekadashi is as sinful as eating meat. So, I will not eat.

The last thing Dungar would do before going to sleep was to listen to incidents from the Ramayan, Mahabharat, and Shrimad Bhagvat from his father.

True

False

Why did Dhoribhai ask Dungar “Didn’t you feel scared coming here all by yourself?” when he saw him at the farm alone?

Because he did not have a stick with him.

Because someone could have seen him and he could have got into trouble.

Because he is too young and he could have got lost on his way.

Because it was said that a ghost haunted the road to the farm at night.

The scribes often threw away old and unwanted pages from their handwritten manuscripts of the shastras. From where did Dungar gather these pages?

Ahmedabad

Gondal

Vartal

Mahelav

In which year did Dungar start studying in the village school?

1864 (Samvat 1920)

1874 (Samvat 1930)

1876 (Samvat 1932)

1880 (Samvat 1936)

Who was Dungar’s teacher at the village school?

Gangaram Mehta

Raghavji Rana

Kuverji Dave

Rampratapbhai Patel

Dungar had resolved that, “If I am to study, I will be a student of the first rank, and if I am to become a sadhu, I will be a sadhu of the first rank.”

True

False

At what age would Dungar give spiritual discourses, when there were no sadhus at Mahelav mandir?

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Which wealthy businessman of Mahelav wished “If only I had a son like Dungar. A boy like him would make suitable use of my wealth and further my prestige”?

Kuverji Rana

Gumarsinh

Ravjibhai

Kishorilal

Fill in the blank: Once, a new sinhasan was being made for the village mandir. Dungar advised the carpenter to make the sinhasan identical to the one in the……………… mandir assembly hall.

Gondal

Vartal

Loj

Bhadra

A Maanbhatt came to Mahelav, which scripture was he reciting whilst playing the maan (traditional metal pot used as a percussion instrument)?

Ramayan

Shiv Puran

Bhagvat Gita

Mahabharat

Which Swami thought, “If this youngster becomes a sadhu, he is surely capable of carrying forth our lineage of spiritual knowledge.” With this belief, he asked Dungar, “Son, do you want to become a sadhu?

Shukanand Swami

Vignananand Swami

Gunatitanand Swami

Anandswarup Swami

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