Vaat 1.43
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 43 · 1 · Verse 43
Sanskrit Original
Ame tapāsī joyu to ā jīv koī divas Bhagwānne mārge chālyo nathī ne sāv navo ādar chhe. Jīv-mātrane khāvu, strī ne dhan e traṇnu ja chintavan chhe ne enu manan ne enī ja kathā ne enu ja kīrtan ne enī ja vātu ne enu ja dhyān chhe. Ne temā paṇ dravyanu to ek manuṣhya jātimā ja chhe. Bākī khāvu ne strī e benu to jīv-mātrane chintavan chhe, kem je Bhagwānnī māyāno fer chaḍāvī mūkyo chhe. Ne enu chintavan na thāy e to devno paṇ dev chhe, e manuṣhya nathī. Ne khāvu, strī ne ūnghavu e traṇ vātmā guru karavā paḍatā nathī. Nadiyunā pravāh samudra sanmukh chāle chhe, em jīvne viṣhay sanmukh chālavāno ḍhāḷ chhe ne temāthī pāchhu vaḷāya e to Sādhunu chhe.
I have analysed and found that the jiva has never walked the path of God. This is a totally new venture for it. All jivas constantly think only of eating, women and wealth. This is all they think about, talk about, sing about, discuss and meditate on. And wealth is peculiar only to the human race. But eating and females are desired by all species, since God has set the wheel of māyā in motion. But one who does not desire this is a god of the gods, he is not human. And for eating, women and sleeping, one does not need a teacher. Rivers flow towards the ocean. Similarly, the jiva is inclined towards enjoying the sense pleasures. To turn back from this is the path of a sadhu.