Vaat 1.156
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 156 · 1 · Verse 156
Sanskrit Original
Chār prakārnā satsangī, temā pratham sau karatā saras ātmā ne Paramātmānā gnānvāḷo; ne te pachhī bījo dhyān ane prītivāḷo, teṇe karīne joḍāyo hoy to te pār paḍe; ne te keḍe trījo āgnāvāḷo, te āgnāmā rahīne mānḍ-mānḍ pūru kare, te paṇ pār paḍe to te ṭhīk chhe; ne te keḍe chotho te koīk sādhumā het thayu hoy teṇe karīne koīk rīte nabhe. E rīte chār prakārnā bhaktanā rūp kahyā. Te pachhī harijane prashna pūchhyo je, “Chār prakārnā bhaktamā pratham kahyo je gnānī tene koī prakārnu vighna āve ke na āve?” Pachhī teno uttar karyo je, “Koīk dhakko māre ne pachhī paḍī jāy ne pāchho ūbho thāy chhe. Ne vaḷī jem chomāsāmā paḍe chhe ne ūbho thāy chhe, tem vichāre karīne desh-kāḷne ṭāḷī nākhe ne desh-kāḷ to āve kharo; e uttar chhe.”
There are four types of satsangis: “The first and best of them all is the one with knowledge of ātmā and Paramatma. Second is one who meditates and has love. Through his attachment for meditation and love for God and his sadhus in this way, he will succeed in attaining moksha. The third is one who follows the commands of God and just about makes it. And if he succeeds that is fine. The fourth is one who attaches himself to some sadhu and as a result somehow survives in Satsang.” Swami thus described the nature of the four types of devotees. Then a devotee asked, “Of the four types of devotees described, does the first, the spiritually wise, encounter any difficulties?” The answer, “If someone pushes, one falls and gets up again. In the rain one slips and gets up again. Similarly, obstacles due to adverse time and place are controlled by proper thinking, but obstacles due to difficult place and time do arise. That is the answer.”