Vaat 1.215
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 215 · 1 · Verse 215
Sanskrit Original
Vaṇthaḷīmā vāt karī je, “Ā Vaṇthaḷī gām koīkne āpe to te gānḍo thaī jāy, ne vaḷī Vaḍodaru āpe to vāt ja shī kahevī? Ne āpaṇne to karoḍ karoḍ Vaḍodarā maḷyā chhe, te em paṇ kahevāy nahi, ne have to deh rahe tyā sudhī bājaro khāvo ane Prabhu bhajavā. Ne roṭalā to Bhagwānne devā chhe, ne Sādhune devā chhe, te āpashe; ne deh paḍashe ke Bhagwān pāse jaīne besavu chhe. Te jem angarkhu utārī mūke tem deh paḍyu raheshe,” em vāt karī.
In Vanthali Swami said, “If this Vanthali village is given as a gift to someone he would go mad. So what would be his condition if he is given Vadodara? We have attained tens of millions of Vadodaras1 – even that is an understatement. So now, as long as we live, eat simple food and worship God. And both God and the Sadhu wants to give us food, so they will give. When we die, we want to sit next to God. Our ātmā will go up while our body, like a discarded shirt, will lie here.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Meaning, what we have attained is worth more than possessing millions of Vadodara cities.