Vaat 3.48
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 48 · 3 · Verse 48
Sanskrit Original
“Lākh maṇ loḍhānī loḍhī dhagī hoy tenā upar ek-be pāṇīnā ghaḍā ḍhoḷīe teṇe karīne ṭhare nahi. Ne ṭhāravī hoy to Gangānā dharāmā laīne nākhīe to das-pandar divas sudhī to havelī jevaḍī chhoḷyu1 ūchhaḷe tyāre mānḍ mānḍ ṭhare. Tem panch-viṣhaye karīne to jīv dhagī jāy chhe, tene ek-be divas rahīne jāṇe je, ṭāḍho karī jāu; em ṭāḍho thāy nahi. Ne jene ṭāḍho karavo hoy tene to das-pandar divas sudhī to fer chaḍyo hoy te ūtare tyāre vāt māhi pese; pachhī ṭāḍhu thāy chhe ane Sādhu pāse koṇ āve chhe? Ne je Sādhu pāse āve chhe tene to koī vātnī kasar rahe ja nahi.” Em kahīne bolyā je, “Tīn tāpkī zāḷ jaryo prānī koī āve, Tāku shītal karat turat dildāh miṭāve; Kahī kahī sundar ben ren-agnān nikāse, Pragaṭ hot pahichhān gnān ur bhānu prakāshe; Vairāgya tyāg rājat vimaḷ bhavdukh kāṭat jantko, Kahe Brahmamuni ā jaktame sang anupam santko. “Evo satsang maḷyo chhe, paṇ samāgam vinā koīne gam paḍatī nathī. Ne jyā sudhī satpuruṣhno sang nathī thayo tyā sudhī kāī nathī thayu.” Te upar Brahmānand Swāmīno savaiyo bolyā je, “Rāj bhayo kahā kāj saryo, Mahārāj bhayo kahā lāj baḍhāī, Shāh bhayo kahā vāt baḍhī, patasāh bhayo kahā ān fīrāī, Dev bhayo to kahā bhayo, ahamev baḍhyo tṛuṣhṇā adhikāī, Brahmamuni satsang vinā, sab or bhayo to kahā bhayo bhāī. “Em satpuruṣhno sang nathī karyo tyā sudhī kāi karyu nathī.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Chhoḷ.
One or two pots of water cannot cool a red-hot iron frying pan weighing a hundred thousand kilos. The only way to cool the pan is to throw it into the Ganga. Then for ten to fifteen days waves as high as a tall building will rise and then ultimately the pan will become cool. Similarly, the jiva is burning red-hot by desires for the five types of sense pleasures and it cannot be cooled by staying just one or two days in the company of satsang. And for one who wants to cool the jiva from the effects of the sense pleasures, it takes ten to fifteen days for the desires to calm down and then the talks penetrate within. Then the jiva cools. But who comes to the Sadhu? One who comes to the Sadhu will have no deficiencies left. Such satsang has been attained, but without close association with the Satpurush nobody realizes it. And as long as one does not have association with the Satpurush, nothing has been achieved. Upon this, he recited a verse by Brahmanand Swami: Rāj bhayo kahā kāj saryo, Mahārāj bhayo kahā lāj badhāi; Shāh bhayo kahā vāt badhi, patsāha bhayo kahā ān firai. Dev bhayo to kahā bhayo, ahamev badhyo trushnā adhikāi; Brahmamuni satsang vinā, sab aur bhayo to kahā bhayo bhāi.1 Thus, until one has associated with the Satpurush, one has done nothing. Footnotes: 1. 1. If a person becomes a king, he proclaims that his reputation has increased; if he becomes an emperor he thinks his fame has spread more; when he becomes a deity, his ego increases and the desire for reaching still higher increases; but, Brahmamuni says that without satsang all that one attains is worthless.