Vaat 2.57
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 57 · 2 · Verse 57
Sanskrit Original
Sant kahe tem karavu te shreṣhṭh chhe ne mandhāryu karavu te kaniṣhṭh chhe, ne mangamtu karato hoy ne te tyāg rākhato hoy ne ākhā mandirnu kām ekalo karato hoy ne game eṭalā māṇasne satsang karāvto hoy, to paṇ te nyūn chhe ne tene koīk divas vighna chhe. Ane je traṇ ṭāṇā khāto hoy ne āḷasu hoy ne ūnghato hoy evī rītnā doṣhe yukta hoy, paṇ jo te potānu mangamtu mūkīne sant kahe tem kare to te adhik chhe. Ne sant kahe em karavu e nirguṇ chhe ne mangamtu karavu e saguṇ chhe. Ne ā tyāgī beṭhā chhe temā paṇ ardhā to mangamtu karatā hashe ne gṛuhasth paṇ keṭlāk mannu dhāryu kare chhe, paṇ jenu das jaṇ pramāṇ kare te kharo kahevāy, paṇ eknu kahyu pramāṇ nahi.
To do as the Sadhu says is best. To do as per one’s own wish is worst. And one who does as per his own wish, even though he observes austerities, does the work of the whole mandir and introduces many people to Satsang, is still inferior and some day will face an obstacle. While one who eats thrice daily, is lazy, is mostly sleeping and has other such faults, but acts as per the commands of the Sadhu, is superior. To do as per the instructions of the Sadhu is without blemishes and to do as per one’s own desire is full of blemishes. Of the renunciants seated here, half will be doing according to their own wishes and many householders also act according to their own wishes. But one who is endorsed by ten others is true, but approval by only one is not enough.