Vaat 1.257
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 257 · 1 · Verse 257
Sanskrit Original
Lākaḍānī ne loḍhānī beḍī karatā paṇ strī-dhannī beḍī kaṭhaṇ chhe ne moṭī chhe. Ne te bethī mukāy to pachhī indriyu-antahkaraṇnī beḍī moṭī chhe, ne ethī na dabāy e to māyāparno āvelo hoy te na dabāy, bījo dabāy. Ne indriyu-antahkaraṇthī na dabāy e dev ke manuṣhya na kahevāy.
The fetters of women and wealth are stronger and bigger than those of wood or metal. If these two can be overcome, then the chains of the senses and inner faculties are bigger. And one who is not bound by them has come from above māyā. Anyone else would be enchained. So, one who is not suppressed by the senses or inner faculties is a released soul and cannot be called merely a deity or a human being.