Vaat 3.14
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 14 · 3 · Verse 14
Sanskrit Original
Prabhu bhajavā deh to dharyā chhe, paṇ pancha-viṣhay chhe te Damghoṣhnā dīkarā jevā chhe, te Bhagwānne varavā detā nathī evā bhūnḍā chhe. Tyāre pūchhyu je, “Rukmiṇījī ek vār Bhagwānnā guṇ sāmbhaḷīne bolyā je, ‘Varu to Bhagwānne varu nīkar jībh karaḍīne maru, paṇ Damghoṣhno dīkaro je Shishupāḷ tene na varu.’ Em bolyā ane āj to Mahārāj ne Moṭā Sādhu nirantar kahe chhe toy Bhagwānne mūkīne viṣhayne kem varāy chhe?” Tyāre bolyā je, “Āpaṇe Bhagwānne varavā deh dharyā nathī ne Rukmiṇīe to Bhagwānne varavā deh dharyo hato. Ne āpaṇne to Mahārājno ne Moṭā Sādhuno yog thayo chhe, te hamaṇā to Bhagwānmā rahevu kaṭhaṇ paḍe chhe ne pachhī to nīsarvu kaṭhaṇ paḍashe, evo satsangno pratāp chhe.” Tyāre pūchhyu je, “Ā deh mūkyā pachhī kevu thavāshe?” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Kāīye nahi thavāy to paṇ Swarūpānand Swāmī jevā to thavāshe, evo Mahārājno ne Moṭā Sādhuno pratāp chhe.”
This body has been given to worship God. But the sense pleasures are like the son of Damghosh1 – they do not allow one to marry God. That is how bad they are. Then he asked, “Rukmini, on hearing the virtues of God, once said, ‘If I marry, I’ll marry only God. Otherwise I’ll crush my tongue and die but I will not marry Shishupal, the son of Damghosh.’ And today, Maharaj and the great Sadhu continually state this. Yet, why does one leave God and marry the sense pleasures?” Then he said, “We have not taken birth to marry God and Rukmini had taken birth to marry God.” "We have the company of Maharaj and the great Sadhu. And, at present, we find it difficult to stay with God, but later, it will be difficult to leave him – that is the power of satsang.” Then someone asked, “What will we become when we leave this body?” Then Swami said, “Even if one becomes nothing else, one will become like Swarupanand Swami. That is the power of Maharaj and the great Sadhu.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Shishupal was the son of Damghosh. Rukshmani wanted to marry Shri Krishna, but Shishupal stood in the way and prevented her. Similarly, the jiva wants to worship God, the sense pleasures are like the son of Damghosh, and prevent the jiva from offering devotion to God.