Vaat 1.266
Swamini Vato Prakaran 1 Vaat 266 · 1 · Verse 266
Sanskrit Original
Āj āpaṇāmāthī ekaḍmal1 karīne kāḍhī mūkyo hoy to paṇ te jagatno Prabhu chhe, te ājnāno evo mahimā chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Swāminārāyaṇ Sampradāymā tyāgīonā niyam mujab tyāgī sādhu ekalā kyāy rahī shake ke farī shake nahī. Te hammeshā joḍmā ja hoy. Shrījī Mahārājnā vakhatmā keṭlāk sādhuo ā niyam-praṇālīne āsharelā nahi, tethī Shrījī Mahārāje temano tyāg karelo. Ā ekḍamalne niṣhṭhā-bhakti to Bhagwān Swāminārāyaṇnī rahelī ne strī-dhannā tyāgno niyam paṇ teo pāḷatā.
Today, a [sadhu] who is cast out as an ekadmal1 would still be the lord of the world. This is the greatness of the [sadhus] today. Footnotes: 1. 1. Ekadmal is a sadhu who had difficulty observing the strict prakarans that Shriji Maharaj issued for sadhus. These sadhus either left the sampradāy on their own or Maharaj cast them away. Because they did not travel in pairs, they were called ekadmal. Despite leaving the sampradāy, many still possessed faith in Bhagwan Swaminarayan and still abstained from the contact of women and wealth. Therefore, Swami mentions their greatness because they came into contact with God or the Sadhu even for a short duration.