Vaat 3.59
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 59 · 3 · Verse 59
Sanskrit Original
Swāmīe ek bāvaḷiyā sāmu joīne kahyu je, “Jem retīe karīne ā bāvaḷiyo sorāī1 gayo chhe, paṇ te lākh yojanno samudra bharyo chhe, tenā jaḷe karīne līlo pallav thāto nathī, kem je, retīe karīne sorāī gayo chhe; tem ja viṣhaye karīne to jīv sorāī jāy chhe, paṇ mīṭhā jaḷnā mahāsamudra jevo ā satsang temā rahīne līlo pallav thāto nathī. Ne lok, bhog ne ā deh teṇe karīne to jīv sorāī gayā chhe, em pratyakṣha dekhāy chhe. Tem ja rūḍā guṇ chhe te paṇ traṇ prakārnā kusange karīne to nāsh thaī jāy chhe, paṇ jīv trapankhaḍo2 mūke nahi tyā sudhī jīv sukhiyo paṇ thāy nahi.” Em kahīne bolyā je, “Ā jīv to mevāsī3 thaī beṭho chhe, paṇ Bhagwānnī ne Moṭā Sādhunī to garaj rākhato nathī ne potānā jīvnī to khabar ja nathī ane jem memaṇ chaḍyo poṭhiye ne hāthmā līdhī lākaḍī ne kahe je, ‘Keke haṇā’ ne ‘keke na haṇā!’4 Em bake chhe, paṇ potānu taḷ tapāsto nathī je, mārīsh kene?” Em kahīne bolyā je, “Moṭā thāvānu manmā re dalmā ghaṇā ḍoḍ, Tevā guṇ nathī tanmā re kā kare tu koḍ. “Em jīv koḍ to bahu kare paṇ mahino - divas hāthdhoṇu5 chāle to khabar paḍe, paṇ āj oshiyāḷā kare chhe.” Evī rīte vāt bahu karī chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Chhelāī, uzarḍāī. 2. Holāno māḷo. Holo keraḍānī ḍāḷe ām-tem saḷīo goṭhavī māḷo bāndhe. Tāpmā trāse ne varsāde bhīnje to paṇ māḷo na chhoḍe. Swāmī jīv māṭe deh ane deh sambandhī padārth - sansārne ‘trapankhaḍo’ shabdathī kahe chhe. Jīv ene mūke to ja sukhiyo thāy. 3. Nirankush; kābū bahārnu. 4. Pahelānā vakhatmā vastuonī her-fer poṭhiyā (nānā kadanā baḷad)nī pīṭh par thatī. Māṇas paṇ poṭhiye besato. Ek (memaṇ) musalmān poṭhiye beṭho. Te tene kānṭo chaḍī gayo ke hu jātvant ghoḍe chaḍhyo chhu, ne laḍāīnī vāto karavā lāgyo. 5. Zāḍā.
Swami looked at a thorn bush (on the sea shore) and said, “This bush has been scraped smooth by the sand, and even if it is (watered) with a hundred thousand kilometre ocean, it will not turn luscious green, since it has been abraded by the sand. Similarly, this jiva has been eroded by the material pleasures; but even by being immersed in this Satsang, which is like a great ocean of fresh water, it does not blossom, since other people, worldly pleasures and the body have eroded the jiva. This is plainly visible. Also, good virtues are destroyed by contact with the three types of bad company.1 But the jiva does not become happy unless it forsakes attachment to the body, relations and material pleasures.” Then Swami added, “The jiva is seated within like a thief, but does not feel the need for God and his great Sadhu. And one does not have knowledge about one’s jiva. Just as a Muslim mounted a bullock2 took a stick in his hand and shouted, ‘Who should I kill and who should I not kill.’ He boasted thus, but did not consider his own status; for who was he going to kill as he was neither a soldier nor a warrior?” Then Swami recited, Motā thavānu manmā re dalmā ghanā dod, Tevā gun nathi tanmā re kā kare tu kod.3 “In this way, the jiva desires much, but if one were to suffer a month of diarrhoea, one would realize (how weak man is). But, today, it behaves carefree (and imposes conditions on the Sadhu).” In this way, Swami spoke at great length. Footnotes: 1. 1. Three types of bad company: (1) External - company of those who lead one to break the codes of Satsang. (2) Internal - company within the Satsang-fold by which one’s understanding of God’s glory is diminished. (3) Within - One’s own base instincts which hinder spiritual progress. 2. A century ago a short-legged bull was used to transport cargo. A Muslim sat on it thinking it was a horse and he was going to fight a war, shouting, “Who should I kill? And who should I not kill?” 3. You have strong desires in the mind to become prominent, but you don’t have the required virtues to be great, so why keep such desires?