Vaat 3.22
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 22 · 3 · Verse 22
Sanskrit Original
Swāmīe ek divas Shivlālne kahyu je, “Āj kyā gayā hatā?” Pachhī hāth joḍīne kahyu je, “Āj to shahermā gayo hato.” Pachhī vaḷī kahyu je, “Ek rasoī laī āvyo chhu.” Pachhī Swāmīe kahyu je, “Rasoī kevī?” Tyāre Shivlāle kahyu je, “Sonu laīne bīje dīdhu temāthī doḍhaso rūpiyā rahyā tenī rasoī.” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “E to ṭhīk paṇ sonu levāno sankalp thayo paṇ koī dī so karoḍ maṇ ḍhūsā1 laīne kamāṇī karīe, evo sankalp thāy chhe?” Tyāre kahyu je, “Nā, Mahārāj!” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Moṭā Sādhunī samajaṇmā to Mahārājnī mūrti vinā Prakṛuti-Puruṣh sudhī ḍhūsā ja chhe, paṇ kāī māl jaṇāto nathī. Tame eṭalī ghaḍī āvā Sādhunā darshan ne vātu mūkīne shī kamāṇī karī?” Em kahīne buddhino ḍoḍ ṭāḷī nākhyo. Footnotes: 1. 1. Ḍhūṇasā, khetarmā dāṇā pāke te ḍūnḍāmāthī dāṇā kāḍhī līdhā bād vadhelo bhāg (kusakā-kūchā).
One day Swami asked Shivlal Sheth of Botad, “Where did you go today?” Shivlal replied with folded hands, “Today, I went to the city.” Then he added, “I’ve sponsored a meal.” Swami enquired, “How?” Then Shivlal said, “I bought some gold from one place and sold it at another place – from this I earned a profit of 150 rupees. I sponsored the meal with that amount.” Then Swami said, “It is proper that you thought of trading in gold. But have you ever thought of taking 1000 million kilos of agricultural waste and making some money?” Then he said, “No, Maharaj.” Then Swami said, “According to the understanding of the great Sadhu, except for the murti of Maharaj, everything upto Prakruti-Purush is just waste and is of no value. By leaving the darshan and discourses of such a Sadhu, what have you earned?” Saying this, Swami destroyed the intellectual ego (of Shivlal).