Vaat 3.31
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 31 · 3 · Verse 31
Sanskrit Original
Ek harijane prashna pūchhyo je, “Machchharthī te garuḍ sudhī bhed kahyā chhe, te machchhariyu te garuḍnī gati kem kare? Em aṇavishvās rahe chhe.” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Garuḍ pṛuthvī upar āvyo hoy ne tenī pākhmā machchhariyu besī jāy to keṭalo prayās paḍe?” Tyāre kahyu je, “Kāī prayās paḍe nahi.” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Gopāḷānand Swāmī ne Muktānand Swāmī te to garuḍ jevā chhe, tenī pākhmā āpaṇe besī gayā chhīe, māṭe kāī chintā na rākhavī.” Tyāre vaḷī pūchhyu je, “Pākh te shī samajvī?” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Āgnā ne upāsanā e be pākho chhe, tene mūkavī ja nahi, to saheje ja Akṣhardhāmmā javāshe emā kāī sanshay nathī.” Em kahīne vaḷī bolyā je, “Traṇ prakārnā pankhī chhe; temā keṭlāk pankhī to vṛutti dvāre īnḍā seve evā chhe, ne keṭlāk pankhī draṣhṭi dvāre seve evā chhe, ne keṭlāk pankhī to pākhmā rākhīne seve evā chhe. Temā vṛutti dvārā īnḍu sevātu hoy te īnḍu draṣhṭimā āve to gandu rahe?” Tyāre kahyu je, “Na rahe.” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “E īnḍu pākhmā āvīne paḍe to shu gandu rahe? Na ja rahe. E to draṣhṭānt chhe, enu siddhānt to e chhe je, vṛutti dvāre seve evā to Gopāḷānand Swāmī ne Kṛupānand Swāmī jevā chhe; tenī pākhmā paḍyā chhīe, māṭe kāī kasar raheshe nahi, em jāṇavu.”
A devotee asked a question, “Distinctions from a mosquito up to an eagle have been described (regarding liberated souls).1 How can a mosquito attain the state of an eagle? Such doubts remain.” Then Swami said, “If an eagle has come to land and a mosquito sits in its wings, then how much effort is needed by the mosquito to fly?” The devotee replied, “No effort is needed.” Then Swami said, “Gopalanand Swami and Muktanand Swami are like eagles. We have sat in their wings, so do not have any worries.” Then the devotee asked, “What should we understand the wings to be?” So Swami said, “Obeying God’s commands and upāsanā are the two wings. Never let go of them. Then, one can easily go to Akshardham. Of that there is no doubt.” Then Swami said, “There are three types of birds. Of them, some birds nurture their eggs through their mental focus on them, some birds nurture them by sight, and some birds nurture them by keeping them under their wings. Of them, if an egg being nurtured by mental focus is kept in sight, will it become dirty?” The devotee said, “No, it will not.” Then Swami said, “If that egg comes under the wings, will it remain dirty? No it will not. That is the analogy, and its principle is that Gopalanand Swami and Kripanand Swami nurture the disciples by their mental focus. We have put ourselves under their wings, so know that no deficiencies will remain.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Vachanamrut Sarangpur-17.