Vaat 1.218
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 218 · 1 · Verse 218
Sanskrit Original
Moṭā Sādhunā samāgamthī viṣhaynī vāsanā ṭaḷī gaī chhe to paṇ na ṭaḷyā jevu jaṇāy chhe tenu kāraṇ e chhe je, jem taravārmā mariyā1 lāgyā hoy te sarāṇe2 chaḍāvyāthī maṭī jāy, paṇ bahu kāṭ lāgīne māhī ūtarī gayā hoy to te maṭe nahi ne te to taravār gāḷīne farīthī ghaḍe tyāre maṭe. Tem ā deh mūkīne brahmarūp thāshe eṭale sarve vāsanā ṭaḷī jāshe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Tarvār lokhanḍnī hoī vadhu samay vaparāyā vagar jo te paḍī rahe to zīṇā zīṇā kāṭnā ḍāgh tene lāgī jāy. Ā ḍāghne mariyā kahe chhe. 2. Dhār kāḍhavānu yantra.
By our close association with a great Sadhu our desires for worldly pleasures have been overcome, yet we feel that they have not been. Giving the reason for this Swami said, “Spots of rust on a sword are removed by sharpening it using a whetstone, but if the rust has gone too deep, then it cannot be removed; only if the sword is melted and remoulded can it be removed. Similarly, all desires will be removed only when, even after one leaves this body, one becomes brahmarup.”