Vaat 2.94
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 94 · 2 · Verse 94
Sanskrit Original
Kalyāṇno khap kevo rākhyo joīe je, ‘Ogaṇoterā Kāḷmā’ Bhīmnāthmā rānkā1 māgavā āvatā ne karagartā ne tene dhakkā māre paṇ jāy nahi, evo khap rākhavo. Footnotes: 1. 1. Agaṇotarā kāḷmā bhāl pradeshmā āvel Bhīmnāth Mahādevnī jagyāmā sadāvrat maḷatu. Nīlakā Nadīnī nchī bhekhaḍ par mandir hoī, bhūkhyā-dukhyā garīb loko nadīmāthī katār karatā upar jatā ne sadāvratmā kaḍachho thūlu (ghaunu bhaḍakiyu) meḷavatā. Rānkā gīradī kare eṭele thūlu āpanār kanṭāḷe ane ek dhakko māre te badhā ja uparāchhāparī paḍatā gulānṭ khātā nadīnī garam retīmā paḍe. Chhatā kaḍachho thūlu ahī ja maḷashe evo khap rākhī farī pāchhā chaḍhe.
What sort of intense desire for moksha should one have? It should be like the paupers who came to Bhimnath mandir (in Saurāshtra, Gujarāt) during the famine of 1879 (1823 CE) to beg for food. They would plead for food and were pushed around, yet they did not go away.1 This is the type of intense desire one should have for moksha. Footnotes: 1. 1. During the famine of Vikram Samvat 1879 (1823 CE), an almshouse was in operation at Bhimnath Mahadev mandir in the Bhal region of Saurashtra. The mandir was situated on a hillock near the river Nilka. Poor and hungry people in large numbers climbed the hillock to receive a ladleful of wheat (porridge). There was so much commotion that often the person giving out the alms would become frustrated and push the people. This would set off a cascade and everyone would end up at the bottom. Undeterred, however, they would climb up again to get the ladleful of wheat porridge as there was no other way to survive.