Vaat 2.106
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 106 · 2 · Verse 106
Sanskrit Original
Kurūpvān strīmā man taṇāy nahī ne rūpvān strīmā man taṇāy chhe, evo jīvno swabhāv chhe ne māl to e beymā ek ja chhe, paṇ temā swarūpvān strī jevī bandhankārī chhe tevī kurūpvān strī bandhankārī nathī. Tem ja sāru ghoḍu temā dukh chhe evu ūtartāmā nathī, kem je, paḍīe to thoḍu vāge ne bājaro khaḍ paṇ thoḍu joīe ne tenu zāzu rakṣhaṇ karavu na paḍe. Tem ja sāru khāvāmā, sārā lūgaḍāmā e ādik anek viṣhay chhe, te sarvemā jevu sārāmā bandhan chhe evu ūtartāmā nathī, paṇ jīvne jyā sudhī rāg chhe ne gnānnī kasar hoy tyā sudhī ā vāt samajāy nahi ne padārthno vichār ādi-antyano karavo, paṇ madhyamā na jovu. Madhyamā to moh rahyo chhe, e agnān chhe.
The mind is not attracted to an ugly woman but it is attracted to a beautiful woman. That is the nature of the jiva, but basically both the women have the same value. However, an ugly woman is not as much a cause of attachment as a beautiful woman is. Similarly, the misery attached to a small horse is not as much as with a big one; since, if one falls from a short horse, one is only slightly hurt, only a little millet and hay are needed for it and there is little need to protect it. Similarly, there are many types of good food, good clothes and many other such sense pleasures. But, the attachment to inferior objects is not as much as for superior objects. However, as long as this jiva has desires to enjoy superior objects and is deficient in spiritual wisdom, this knowledge is not understood. So, think of the origin and end of all objects, but do not see only the middle phase. In the mid-phase there is attachment, and that is ignorance.