Vaat 2.73
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 73 · 2 · Verse 73
Sanskrit Original
Mahārāj kahetā ke, “Kāḷā bhūt jevā ne koṭmā ūtariyu1 ne rūḍā-rūpāḷā hoy ne paheravā lūgaḍu na maḷe, ne vaḷī shūrvīrnā shīngaḍā2 ne taravārne myān na maḷe, ne foshīnā rājā3 hoy ne so rūpiyāno mahino, te to sarve prārabdh chhe.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Gaḷāmā sonānā ābhūṣhaṇ. 2. Shūrvīromā shreṣhṭh. 3. Atyanta ḍarpok.
Maharaj used to say, “One who is ugly as a ghost wears a golden chain around his neck; and another who is attractive cannot find clothes to wear. And one who is the foremost among the brave does not have a sheath for a sword; in contrast, a king of the cowards earns 100 rupees a month. This is all because of prārabdha.”1 Footnotes: 1. 1. There are three types of karmas. (1) Kriyamān are karmas being performed currently through the indriyas, antahkaran, and the physical body. (2) Sanchit is the aggregate form of pure and impure karmas that do not bear fruit immediately. Collecting overtime, they become the good or bad sanskārs. (3) Prārabdha karmas are a portion of the sanchit karmas that bear fruit in this life as bestowed by God. As willed by God, one’s good or bad fortune in their current birth is the prārabdha.