Vaat 1.44
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 44 · 1 · Verse 44
Sanskrit Original
Ā dehmā ane ā lokmā āpaṇe choṭashu to Bhagwān choṭavā nahi de. Jem Ravajī Suthārne strī paraṇāvīne sansāranu sukh levā dīdhu nahi ne pachhī sansārmāthī toḍīne chhellī vāre sādhu karyo.1 Em Bhagwān bandhāvā nahi de. Footnotes: 1. 1. Kachchh-Bhujnā Ravajī Suthār Shrījī Mahārājnā bhakta hatā. Teo vidhur thayā tyāre Shrījī Mahārāje temane bīju lagna karavā nā kahelī. Chhatā temaṇe Mahārājne khūb vinantī karī. Tethī farī lagna karāvī āpyā. Bāī Mahārājnī param bhakta hatī. Tethī Shrījī Mahārāj bāīne kahe chhe, “Bījāne ek Jampurī ne tāre māthe be, kāraṇ ke mārā bhaktane te moh pamāḍyo chhe.” Pachhī e bāīe kṣhamā māgī tyāre Shrījī Mahārāj tene upāy batāvatā kahe, “Ravajī kahe tenāthī ūndhu ja karavu. Tenī āsakti toḍavā māṭe.” Patnīnā āvā viparīt valaṇthī dhīre dhīre Ravajī Suthār kanṭāḷī gayā. Chhevaṭe Mahārāje bāīnā dehmā bhayankar rog mūkyo. Tenī shushrūṣhā karī karīne Ravajī Suthārne sansār pratye taddan nafarat thaī gaī. Ante Shrījī Mahārāje temane vāsanā-mukta karī tyāgīnī dīkṣhā āpī hatī.
Even if we want to become attached to this body and this world, God will not allow us to. Just as Ravji Suthar1 was allowed to marry but not allowed to enjoy marital life. And then his ties with worldly life were broken and he became a sadhu. Similarly, God will not allow us to become bound to worldly ties. Footnotes: 1. 1. Ravji Suthar was a staunch devotee of Bhagwan Swaminarayan who lived in Kutch. His wife passed away and Maharaj told him not to remarry. However, Ravji repeatedly requested permission to remarry and eventually Maharaj, reluctantly, gave permission. Then he called Ravji’s wife, who was also a devout follower, and said, “Other sinners will suffer the misery of one hell, but you will suffer the misery of two hells because you have attracted my devotee.” Ravji’s wife asked for pardon and so Maharaj told her what to do. “Do the opposite of whatever Ravji says.” So she did and Ravji became very frustrated. Thereafter his wife fell very ill and he spent all his time, money and energy to nurse her, but she died. Bhagwan Swaminarayan thus liberated him from worldly desires and initiated him into the sadhu-fold.