Vaat 2.118
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 118 · 2 · Verse 118
Sanskrit Original
Mahārāj kahetā je, “Haribhakta koī rīte sukhiyā thātā nathī; te jo rūpiyā āpīe to darshan karavā navarā thātā nathī ne garīb rākhīe to kaheshe je bhātu na maḷe, shu darshane jaīe? Māṭe bey vāte jīv Bhagwānne bhajatā nathī. Te sāru chār upāy karīe chhīe. Te sām je, vātu karīe chhīe; ne dām je, Bhagwān āpīe chhīe; ne bhed je, sarve khoṭu kahīe chhīe; ne danḍ je, Jampurīnā dukh dekhāḍīe chhīe; em karīe chhīe.”
Maharaj used to say, “Devotees do not become happy in any way; if we give them money then they do not become free to come for darshan and if we keep them poor, they say, ‘We do not get food, so why go for darshan?’ Thus, both ways, the jiva does not worship God. For this, we use four remedies: sām – we talk; dām – give them God; bhed – explain everything as perishable; and dand – show them the miseries of hell. This is what we do.”