Vaat 2.15
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 15 · 2 · Verse 15
Sanskrit Original
Sangnu rūp karyu je, “Bhegā rahe paṇ sang na kare,” temā Ūnānā sheṭhiyānu1 draṣhṭānt dīdhu je, “Sāṭh māṇas bhegā rahetā paṇ temā sang to puruṣh, strī ne chhokaro e traṇne hato. Ne Bhagwānnī smṛuti vinā je je thāy chhe te khaḍ khāy chhe.2 Ne satsangī paṇ smṛuti na karāve, to kusangī bhulāve emā shu kahevu? Ne kāmmāthī parvārīne Prabhu bhajavā evī to koīe āshā ja rākhavī nahi; kem je, koīnu kām pūru thayu nathī ne thāshe paṇ nahi. Ane ā jīvne vṛukṣno deh āve temā āvaradā to ghaṇī lāmbī paṇ temā Prabhu bhajāy nahi ne pashu, pakṣhī ādiknā deh āve temā paṇ na bhajāy ne manuṣhya dehmā bhajāy; temā paṇ moṭe ṭhekāṇe na bhajāy, ne khāvā na maḷe to paṇ na bhajāy ne rog thāy to paṇ na bhajāy, ityādik vighna chhe ane ā to sarva vāte sānukūḷ chhe; ne temā paṇ Prabhu nahi bhaje to pachhī kiye dahāḍe bhajāshe?” Footnotes: 1. 1. Kalyāṇjī Sheṭh. Sampīlu bahoḷu kuṭumb hovā chhatā jīvmā satsang hato. 2. Mūrkhāī kare chhe.
The nature of association was described: people may stay together but do not associate. The example of the family of Kalyanji Sheth of Una1 was given – 60 people lived together but (close) association was confined to only the three: husband, wife and child. Whatever happens without remembering God is like eating waste (i.e. useless). If a satsangi does not help one to remember (God), what can be said of non-believers making one forget? Nobody should hope that they can finish their work and then worship God. Since, nobody’s work has ever been finished nor will it be. When this jiva gets the body of a tree, the lifespan is long but God cannot be worshipped; and even in the body of animals, birds, etc. God cannot be worshipped. Only in a human body can God be worshipped – but in that, too, in most situations, he is not worshipped when one does not get food to eat or is suffering from some disease. And there are other such obstacles. But at this time it is convenient in all respects, and if God is not worshipped now, then when will he be worshipped? Footnotes: 1. 1. Kalyanji Sheth had a united and extended family, and he was a staunch satsangi.