Vaat 1.141
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 141 · 1 · Verse 141
Sanskrit Original
Ā jīv to viṣhaymāthī nokho paḍato nathī ne ā bhajan karāvīe chhīe temāthī jarāk paḷ, be paḷ nokho paḍe, temāthī nirguṇbhāvne pāmī jāy. Ne jīvne to ‘Vachanāmṛut’mā lambakarṇa jevo kahyo chhe, paṇ ā vartamān pāḷe chhe, e to jīv sārā hashe. Ne brahmānḍmā evo koī puruṣh nathī jene strī na joīe, ne evī koī strī nathī jene puruṣh na joīe, temāthī nokhā paḍavāno to Mahārāje ek shlok lakhyo chhe je, Nijātmānam brahmarūpam. Jem Gujarātnī pṛuthvīmā pātāḷ sudhī khodīe to paṇ pāṇo na maḷe, tem brahmarūp thāvu temā koī doṣh ja na maḷe.
This jiva does not distance itself from worldly pleasures, but because we make it offer devotion then it separates (from them) for a while. In this way, by detaching itself the jiva becomes pure. In the Vachanamrut, the jiva is described as a ‘donkey’. But those jivas who observe the codes of conduct must be good. In this universe there is no man who does not desire a woman and no woman who does not desire a man. To separate each from the other, Maharaj has written one shlok: ‘Nijātmānam brahmarupam...’ i.e. believe one’s true self as ātmā, not the body. Just as there are no stones when one digs (the soil) of Gujarat deep down into the earth, similarly, there are no faults in one who is brahmarup.