Vaat 2.186
Swamini Vato Prakaran 2 Vaat 186 · 2 · Verse 186
Sanskrit Original
Nānā gāmmā lākh rūpiyānī hūnḍī1 lakhanār na maḷe, te to shahermā maḷe, ne karoḍ rūpiyānī hūnḍī to koīk bahu moṭā shahermā maḷe; tem ati uttamno sang zāze ṭhekāṇe maḷe nahi ne te maḷyā vinā ati uttam gnān thāy nahi. Ne Moṭānī draṣhṭie ā lokno vahevār to kīḍiyu ne pashu-pakṣhīnā jevo chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Nāṇānī āpale karavā māṭenī shāhukārī chiṭhṭhī.
One cannot find someone who can write a check for 100,000 rupees in a small village. He can be found in a city. And one can find someone who can write a check for 1,000,000 rupees only in a bigger city. Similarly, the company of the very great [Sadhu] cannot be found in many places. And without his company, one cannot gain the greatest gnān. According to Mota-Purush’s perception, the affairs of this world are like the activities of an ant or animals and birds.