Vaat 3.8
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 8 · 3 · Verse 8
Sanskrit Original
Ek divas Swarūpānand Swāmī desh farīne āvyā; tene Mahārāje pūchhyu je, “Deshmā manuṣhya kevā chhe?” Tyāre Swarūpānand Swāmī dhīrā rahīne bolyā je, “He Mahārāj! Manuṣhya to līmbaḍī ke nīche dekhyā he1 ne bīje manuṣhya to nahi he.” Tyāre Shrījī Mahārāj bolyā je, “Desh farīne āvyā ne manuṣhya to dīṭhā ja nahi.” Tyāre sarve sante pūchhyu je, “Kalyāṇ kenā karyā hashe?” Tyāre Shrījī Mahārāj bolyā je, “Bījā to niyam dharāvīne vartamān paḷāve tyāre kalyāṇ thāy ne Swarūpānand Swāmīne to darshane karīne kalyāṇ thāy.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Surā Khācharnā darbārmā Nāgaḍkāmā Shrījī Mahārāj līmaḍā nīche sabhā bharīne birājelā. Te vakhate temanī sanmukh haribhakto beṭhelā eṭalā ja manuṣhyanī ahī Swāmī vāt kare chhe ke jeo dharma-niyam sahit pragaṭnī bhakti kare chhe. (Juo sandarbh: Shrīharilīlāmṛut; 7-31-80)
Once, Swarupanand Swami returned after a preaching tour to one area of the country. Maharaj1 asked him, “How are the people in the country?” Swarupanand Swami replied softly, “O Maharaj! People are only seen here below the neem tree and elsewhere there are no people.” Then Maharaj said, “You’ve traveled the country and saw no people?” Then all the sadhus asked, “Whom did he liberate?” Then Shriji Maharaj said, “Others give codes of conduct and make people observe their duties to get liberation, but with Swarupanand Swami, his mere darshan confers liberation.”2 Footnotes: 1. 1. Shriji Maharaj was seated under a neem tree in the village of Nagadka, which was ruled by Sura Khachar. 2. Swarupanand Swami’s definition of a person was one who knew the manifest form of God, observed his commands and offered devotion to him.