Vaat 1.197
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 197 · 1 · Verse 197
Sanskrit Original
Jīvmātra laghushankānā1 chhe te enu bhajan kare chhe, e vinā to rahevāy nahi; te kyā sudhī je, Vairāṭ sudhī na rahevāy, ne emāthī to ek Sanakādik taryā, ne ā to Mahārāje navo uṭhāv karyo chhe. Ne āpaṇe to ko’k lokmāthī āvyā hoīshu te ahī besāy chhe ne āvo jog maḷyo chhe; nīkar maḷe nahi. Ne viṣhay vinā to jīvthī rahevāy nahi; te sāru Vede karīne ne niyam bāndhīne viṣhaynī rajā āpī. To paṇ jīv Ved pramāṇe chālatā nathī ne sārā sārā māṇas paṇ nathī chālatā, kem je, viṣhaynu bahu baḷ chhe. E prakāre vāt karī. Footnotes: 1. 1. Laghushankā - māyāmāthī jīvo ūpajyā chhe tethī tenu bhajan kare chhe.
All jivas are insignificant and worship the material pleasures, otherwise they are unable to survive. What level of creation does this go up to? Up to Vairat they cannot survive without material pleasures. Of them, only the Sanakadiks overcame. But Maharaj has started a new venture. We must have come from some holy realm and so are able to sit here and have attained this company of a great Sadhu; otherwise it is not attainable. Since jivas cannot live without material pleasures, freedom to enjoy the material pleasures has been granted, based on the Vedas and moral codes of conduct. Still, the jiva does not behave as per the Vedas. Even good people do not follow them since the material pleasures are very powerful.