Vaat 2.114
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 114 · 2 · Verse 114
Sanskrit Original
Jīvno swabhāv baddha chhe, te tyāgīmā bandhāy ne gṛuhasthmā paṇ bandhāy, ne padārthmā bandhāy ne deshmā ne gāmmā bandhāy ne āsanmā bandhāy ne jyā ek ṭhekāṇe rahe tyā bandhāy; ne nāt-jātmā bandhāy, evā anant ṭhekāṇā bandhāvānā chhe. Te sāru to ṭopīvāḷo koīne ek ṭhekāṇe rahevā deto nathī.1 Footnotes: 1. 1. Angrejī amaldāronī samaye samaye ferbadalī thāy chhe te.
The nature of the jiva is to attach. Whether is becomes a renunciant or a gruhastha, it will become attached. It will become attached to objects or land or a village or a place or where one lives. It will attach to its caste or community. There are infinite such places to become attached. For this reason, the British do not allow anyone to stay in one place.