Vaat 2.38
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 38 · 2 · Verse 38
Sanskrit Original
Brahmarṣhi1 ne rājarṣhi,2 temā brahmarṣhino mārg uttam chhe paṇ te kaṭhaṇ chhe; ne rājarṣhino mārg mukhya chhe ne bahudhā e ja pār paḍe evo chhe. Ane vidyāo to ghaṇī chhe paṇ bhaṇavā jevī to brahmavidyā chhe, ne emā ja māl chhe ne ante em karyā vinā chhūṭako nathī, paṇ jīv e mārge chālatā nathī. Footnotes: 1. 1. Potānā ātmāne brahmarūp mānī, Bhagwānnu akhanḍ chintavan karavānā mārge chālanār. 2. Bhagwānno ananya āshray rākhī, pravṛuttimārgmā joḍāyel mumukṣhu.
The path of a brahmarshi is better than that of a rājarshi, but it is difficult. However, the path of a rājarshi is the main one, and for the majority is the one they are most likely to succeed on. There are many types of knowledge, but the one worth learning is brahmavidyā. Only it has real merit and in the end, there is no alternative but to learn it. But the jiva does not tread that path.