Vaat 1.255
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 255 · 1 · Verse 255
Sanskrit Original
Āvī vāt to kyāīye thātī nathī, māṭe viṣhay khoṭā thaī gayā chhe. Ne vāsanā jevu jaṇāy chhe, te to dehdhārīne em hoy; temā Sadāshivnī havelīnu draṣhṭānt dīdhu1 tathā Bhagwānnī ichchhā samajavī. Footnotes: 1. 1. Khambhātnā Sadāshiv nāmnā dhanāḍhya haribhakte kaḷā-kotarṇīvāḷī lākaḍānī havelī banāvelī. Tenā vāstu prasange Gopāḷānand Swāmīne teḍavā Vaḍodarā gayā. Swāmīne temane pandar divas rokīne jagatnā nāshvantpaṇānī khūb vāto karī. Evāmā gharethī kāgaḷ āvyo ke havelī baḷīne rākh thaī gaī chhe. Sadāshiv kahe, “Swāmī! Jo hu ahī na rokāyo hot to havelī bhego baḷī marat. Eṭalī mane āsakti hatī. E have vāto sāmbhaḷīne antarmāthī ja baḷī gaī.”
“These types of talks are not happening anywhere else; therefore, the vishays have become false. Yet, it may appear we have vāsanā because we have assumed the physical body.” Then, Swami mentioned Sadāshiv’s mansion1 and said one should understand it to be God’s will. Footnotes: 1. 1. Sadāshiv was a wealthy brāhmin from Khambhāt. He built a beautiful mansion made of wood carvings. He went to Vadodara to call Gopalanand Swami for the vāstu (ceremony performed on first entering a house). Swami kept him in Vadodara for 15 days and explained to him the perishable nature of the world. Then, he received a letter from home that the mansion burned to ashes. Sadāshiv said, “Swami, if you had not kept me here and talked to me, I would have burned with the mansion - that is the level of attachment I had. However, it has now been burnt from my heart.”