Vaat 3.28
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 28 · 3 · Verse 28
Sanskrit Original
“So karoḍ rākhnā paḍīkā vāḷīne paṭārāmā bharī mūkīe ne tāḷā daī rākhīe ne je divas kāīk kām paḍe ne kāḍhīe to kāī sāru nīsare?” Tyāre kahyu je, “Nā, Mahārāj!” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Mahārājnī mūrti vinā ane āvā Sādhu vinā Prakṛuti-Puruṣh sudhī rākhnā paḍīkā ja chhe, te game to mūrtine mūkīne devtānā lokmā jāo ne game to īshvarkoṭinā lokmā jāo ne game to puruṣhkoṭinā lokmā jāo, paṇ Mahārājnī mūrti vinā ne ā Sādhu vinā sukh ke shānti kyāī nathī.” Em kahīne bolyā je, “Surpur1 narpur2 nāgpur3 e tīnme sukh nāhi; Kā sukh Harike charanme kā santanke māhi.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Svargalok. 2. Manuṣhyalok. 3. Pātāḷlok.
“If one fills many trunks with 1000 million packets of ash, locks and keeps them, and if when, someday, one needs them (to pay for something) one takes them out, will something useful come out?” Then (someone) said, “No, Maharaj.” Then Swami said, “Without the murti of God and without the Sadhu, all things upto Prakruti-Purush are packets of ash. If you forget the murti and go to any abode of the gods or the abode of any ishwar or the abode of any Purush, still, without the murti of Maharaj and without this Sadhu there is no (permanent) happiness or peace anywhere.” Having said this, Swami said, “Surpur narpur nāgpur e tinme sukh nāhi; Kā sukh Harike charanme kā santanke māhi.”1 Footnotes: 1. 1. There is no happiness in surpur (heaven), narpur (earth) or nagpur (nether-world); there is happiness only at the feet of God or his holy Sadhu.