Vaat 2.16
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 16 · 2 · Verse 16
Sanskrit Original
Mahārāj game eṭalī pravṛutti karāvtā to paṇ ek paḍakhe pustak nirantar rākhatā ne ‘Hare! Hare!’ karatā, te āpaṇne shīkhavtā. Ane Mahārāje kahyu hatu je, “Keṭlāk moṭā moṭāne to pravṛuttimā na bhaḷavu; kem je, pūrve ṛuṣhi pravṛuttimā1 bhaḷyā te āhnik2 bhūlī gayā hatā. Pachhī vaḷī koīk vṛuddha pāsethī shīkhyā ne te pachhī shāstra karyā.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Yagnādik karmakānḍ. 2. Nitya thatī Bhagwad ārādhanā, navadhā bhakti.
However much work Maharaj gave to do, he always kept a scripture near at hand and called out, “Hare! Hare!” and thus he taught us (not to forget discourses). And Maharaj said, “Some of the seniors should not be engaged in work, since, previously rishis engaged in work and forgot their daily rituals. Then they learnt from some elder and wrote scriptures.”