Vaat 2.27
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 27 · 2 · Verse 27
Sanskrit Original
Shivjī, Pārvatī ne poṭhiyāne draṣhṭānte1 karīne jagatnu kahyu je, “Emā kāī pādharu na maḷe, e to game em kare temā paṇ khoṭ kāḍhe, māṭe e vāt samajī rākhavī.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Shivnu vāhan poṭhiyo. Ek vār Shiv-Pārvatī poṭhiyo laīne musāfarīe nīkaḷyā. Ek gām āvyu. Loko kahe, “Chhate vāhane chālīne jāy chhe!” Ā sāmbhaḷī banne poṭhiyā par beṭhā. Bīju gām āvyu. Loko kahe, “Chhe dayāno chhānṭo? Banne chaḍhī beṭhā chhe!” Thoḍe dūr gayā pachhī Pārvatī kahe “Hu chālu chhu tame beso.” Shivjī beṭhā. Trīju gām āvyu. Loko kahe, “Paṭhṭhā jevo chaḍhī beṭho chhe ne fūl jevī bāīne page chalāve chhe.” Ā sāmbhaḷī Shivjī ūtaryā ne Pārvatīne besāryā. Chothu gām āvyu. Loko kahe, “Ā to kevo samay āvyo chhe! Dhaṇī bīchāro page chāle chhe ne bāī chaḍhī beṭhī chhe!” Ām, lokone to ṭīkā-ṭippaṇno swabhāv ja hoy chhe. Emanā taraf lakṣhya rākhīe to ūlaṭā dukhī thavāy.
Giving the example of Shivji, Parvati, and the bull,1 Swami explained the nature of the world, “There is nothing straight-foward in the world. Whatever one may do, others will criticize. One should understand this.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Brahmaswarup Yogiji Maharaj narrates this folk tale as follows: Shivji’s vehicle is the bull (Nandishwar). Once, Shivji and Parvati were traveling with their bull. They came to one village, where the people commented, “Look at them walking with a bull. They are not even using the bull.” Shivji and Parvatiji mounted the bull and traveled forward. At another village, the people criticized them, “Do they have a drop of pity for the animal? Both of them are riding the poor animal.” Parvatiji dismounted the bull and Shivji rode the bull alone. At the third village, people said, “Look at this robust man. He rides the bull while making the lady - as delicate as a flower - walk.” Shivji and Parvatiji switched places and arrived at the fourth village. The people here also criticized, “Look at what the times have brought! This woman makes her husband walk while she rides the bull.” Whichever way they chose, people always criticized them. It is the nature of people to criticize. If we constantly change our way to please the people of this world, we will always be miserable. Therefore, we should behave according to God and the Satpurush’s wishes.