Vaat 3.17
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 17 · 3 · Verse 17
Sanskrit Original
Mahārāje anant prakārnī vātu jīvnā mokṣhane arthe pravartāvī chhe; paṇ temā chār vātu chhe te to jīvnu jīvan chhe. Te shu? To ek to Mahārājnī upāsanā ne bījī Mahārājnī āgnā ne trījī Moṭā Ekāntik Sādhu sāthe prīti ne chothu bhagwadī sāthe suhṛudpaṇu, e chār vātu to jīvnu jīvan chhe, tene to mūkavī ja nahi. Ne jo ashubh desh, kāḷ, sang, kriyā, shāstra, mantra, dīkṣhā ne devtā e āṭh ashubhno yog thāy to Mahārājne ne bījā avatārādikne viṣhe samabhāv karāvī nākhe ane āgnāne viṣhe gauṇpaṇu dekhāḍī de ne Moṭā Sādhune ne satsangmā gaḍbaḍgoṭā vāḷato hoy e beyne ekpaṇe karī mūke ne bhagwadīne viṣhe doṣh dekhāḍī de; e āṭh deshādik to asatpuruṣhne viṣhe rahyā chhe. Māṭe jene jīvnu jīvan rākhavu hoy tene to oḷakhīne jīv joḍavo. Tyāre ek harijane hāth joḍīne kahyu je, “Māre to bahu bandhan thayu chhe, te hu te kem karu?” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Hu to ghaṇoy sukhiyo karī mūku paṇ tem tamārāthī thāy nahi, ne hu kahu em jo tame karo to tyāthī vimukh thāo, tyāre e vāt thāy, paṇ te vinā to thāy ja nahi.” Tyāre vaḷī pūchhyu je, “Tame kaho tem kare te vimukh kem kahevāy?” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Ā be jaṇ1 hu kahu em kare chhe to tyānā tene vimukh jāṇe chhe. Paṇ jo Mahārāj ne Moṭā Sādhu rājī chhe to sarve rājī thaī rahyā chhe.” Eṭalī vāt karīne mandirmā padhāryā. Footnotes: 1. 1. Guṇātītānand Swāmīne Mūḷ Akṣharnā avatār tarīke chhaḍechok jāher karanār Prāgjī Bhakta ne Shāmjī Bhaktane uddeshīne Swāmī bole chhe. Manjībhāī, Kāriyāṇīnā Nathu Paṭel vagere Gaḍhaḍā deshnā hoī, Jūnāgaḍh jatā, tethī Gaḍhaḍānā santo temane paṇ vimukh gaṇatā.
“Maharaj has delivered countless discourses for the moksha of the jiva. Of them, four are the life-force of the jiva. What are they? First, Maharaj’s upāsanā; second, Maharaj’s commands; third, attachment with the great God-realized Sadhu; and fourth, friendship with the devotees. These four principles are the life-force of the jiva and they should never be given up. However, if inauspicious place, time, company, actions, scriptures, mantra, initiation and deities are encountered, they will make one believe Maharaj and other avatārs as equal, show spiritual commands to be unimportant, equate the great Sadhu with one who is lax in Satsang, and attribute faults to the devout. These unfavorable eight factors of place, time, etc. are found in an unrighteousness person. Therefore, one who wants to maintain the life-force of the jiva should recognize the Satpurush and attach one’s jiva to him.” Then, a devotee asked with folded hands, “I have a lot of attachments, so what should I do (to free myself)?” Then Swami said, “I can make you extremely happy, but you will not be able to do what I say. And if you do as I say, you will be rejected from the other side. But without doing what I say, it is not possible to achieve freedom.” Then (someone) asked, “How can one who does as you say be excommunicated?” Then Swami said, “These two people (Pragji Bhakta and Shamji Bhakta) do as I say so they are rejected by that diocese.1 But if Maharaj and the great Sadhu are pleased then everyone is pleased.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Both Pragji Bhakta and Shamji Bhakta openly proclaimed Gunatitanand Swami as the incarnation of Aksharbrahman. Also, Manjibhai, Nathu Patel of Kariyani, and others were from the Gadhada region, but because they were affiliated with the Junagadh mandir, they were considered excommunicated from Gadhada.