Vaat 1.202
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 202 · 1 · Verse 202
Sanskrit Original
Viṣhayrūp fānsalo jīvnā gaḷāmā nākhyo chhe, tenu bahu baḷ chhe. Te nadīno pravāh chālato hoy tyā sudhī enu baḷ na jaṇāy, tene bandh kare tyāre khabar paḍe; tem moṭā moṭā Saubhari ne Parāshar ādik dishunā1 jītnārā bhāre bhāre, tene paṇ parābhav pamāḍyā chhe. Te vāsanā je lingdeh te to ātyantik pralaymā paṇ na baḷyu, te āj gnāne karīne baḷe chhe. Mahārāje to sarve bārā bandh karī dīdhā chhe, te jīv shu kare? Jem dhoriyāmā sālī tāṇe2 chhe teṇe bārā bandh thaī jāy ne pāṇī kyāī jāvā pāme nahi, em bandh karyu chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Dishāonā. 2. Ghāsnā pūḷā par chhokaro besāḍī dhoriyāmā khenche tethī kāṇā purāy ne sāf thāy.
A powerful noose in the form of material pleasures hangs around the jiva’s neck. The force of a river is not noticed as long as it is in flow, but if a dam is built then it becomes known. The great, like Saubhari, Parashar and others, conquerors of all directions, have also been defeated by material pleasures. That desire, which is the causal body, was not burnt even at the time of final dissolution, but today it is burnt through spiritual knowledge. Maharaj has closed all loopholes, so what can the jiva do? Just as, to stop a stream of water, bales of grass are placed so that the gaps are filled and no water can pass, similarly, Shriji Maharaj has closed the loopholes for material pleasures.