Vaat 1.7
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 7 · 1 · Verse 7
Sanskrit Original
Bhagwānmā joḍāṇā hoy ne Bhagwānnī āgnāmā rahetā hoy ne Bhagwānnī marjīne jāṇatā hoy evā Sādhu sāthe potānā jīvne bāndhavo; te thakī dharma, gnān, vairāgya, bhakti ane mahimā sahit upāsanā e sarve guṇ pamāy, paṇ te vinā kyāthī pamāy? Ne jevā sādhune seve tevā guṇ āve; te mumukṣhu hoy te paṇ ghaṭī jāy ne pāmar hoy te vadhī jāy, māṭe sarvenu kāraṇ sang chhe.
One should attach one’s jiva to a sadhu who is attached to God, obeys God’s commands and knows God’s wishes. From such a sadhu one can acquire all the virtues of dharma, spiritual knowledge, detachment, devotion and upāsanā along with the knowledge of God’s glory. Apart from him, where else can they be acquired? A person acquires the virtues of the sadhu he serves; even if he is a genuine spiritual aspirant if he is not attached to a God-realized Sadhu, he may regress; and even an evil person may progress if he associates with a genuine Sadhu. Thus, the cause of everything is the company of a great Sadhu.