Vaat 3.1
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 1 · 3 · Verse 1
Sanskrit Original
Dhorājīmā lālvaḍ heṭhe Mahārāje ekādashīno mahotsav karyo te samayne viṣhe Mahārāje potāno pratāp saune jaṇāvīne potāno sarvoparī nishchay karāvyo. Pachhī Ātmānand Swāmīe Mahārājne kahyu je, “Satsang bahu thayo.” Tyāre Mahārāje kahyu je, “Hajī kyā satsang thayo chhe?” Em kahīne bolyā je, “Ek ek sādhu vāse lākho manuṣhya fare tyāre satsang thayo em jāṇavu.” Em kahīne kahyu je, “Ame so karoḍ manavāro laīne āvyā chhīe eṭalā jīvno uddhār karavo chhe. Te pratham chintāmaṇiyu bharashu, pachhī pārasmaṇiyu bharashu, pachhī hīrā, pachhī motī, pachhī dāgīnā, pachhī sonāmahoro, pachhī rāḷ,1 pachhī rūpiyā ne koriyu ne pachhī chhelī bākī gāro, e prakāre pūraṇī karavī chhe;” evī rīte muktanā anant prakārnā bhed chhe, ne kalyāṇ paṇ anant prakārnā chhe. Evī rīte bahu vārtā karī. Footnotes: 1. 1. Rājkoṭ jillānā Dhorājīmā ‘Lālvaḍ’ āvelo chhe. Ā vaḍ niche Samvat 1863mā Shrījī Mahārāje Fāgaṇ sud Ekādashī ane Fūldolno utsav karī khūb gulāl uḍāḍyo hato. Tethī samagra ākāsh ane vaḍ lāl thaī gayā. Tethī ā vaḍane ‘Lālvaḍ’ kahe chhe. 2. Porchugīz lokonu tatkālīn chalaṇī nāṇu. Chāndīnā tamām sikkāomā ā moṭo, sundar ne ghāṭvāḷo hato. Te samaye aḍhī rūpiyāno ek rāḷ thato.
Maharaj celebrated the ekādashi festival in Dhorāji, under the red banyan tree.1 At that time, Maharaj revealed his powers to all and established an understanding of the supreme faith in him. Then Atmanand Swami said to Maharaj, “Satsang has spread a lot.” But Maharaj said, “Has Satsang really spread far?” With this, he said, “When hundreds of thousands of people follow each sadhu, then know that the Satsang has spread.” He added, “I have come with 1000 million huge ships (each of which can carry millions of jivas), that’s the number of jivas I want to liberate. We want to fill the ships first with chintāmanis, then pārasmanis, followed by diamonds, pearls, ornaments, gold coins, coins, rupees and koris2 and finally, soil. Similarly, there are countless differences in released souls and countless types of moksha.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Dhoraji is a city in Junagadh district sanctified by Bhagwan Swaminarayan. He held a grand Pushpadolotsav (Holi) festival there in which a lot of red colour was sprayed. As a result, this banyan tree was coated red and hence is known as ‘lal vad’ (red banyan). 2. A currency in use at the time.