Vaat 3.61
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 61 · 3 · Verse 61
Sanskrit Original
“Jem jem gnān thātu jāy tem tem Bhagwānno mahimā jaṇāto jāy.” Te upar draṣhṭānt dīdhu je, “Ek rabārī chālyo jato hato tyā hīro hāth āvyo, te bakarīnī koṭe bāndhyo. Pachhī te bakarīne vāṇiye laīne te hīro base rūpiyāmā dīdho, te basevāḷe hajārmā dīdho, hajārvāḷe das hajārmā dīdho, em ne em chaḍatā lākh rūpiyāmā dīdho. Pachhī te lākhvāḷe koīk shāhukār hato tenī pāse jaīne kahyu je, ‘Ā hīro tamāre rākhavo chhe?’ Tyāre shāhukār hīro joīne bolyo je, ‘So moṭaliyā1 karo ne dī ūgyāthī te āthamyā sudhī dravya laī jāo eṭalu tamāru.’ Tyāre gāmmā hāhākār bolyo je, ‘Shāhukāre khajāno lūnṭāvī dīdho!’ Pachhī te shāhukārnā bāpe āvīne pūchhyu je, ‘Shu jaṇas līdhī?’ Tyāre kahyu je, ‘Ā hīro līdho chhe.’ Tyāre teṇe joīne kahyu je, ‘Mafat paḍāvī līdho, ek divasnī kamāṇī paṇ dīdhī nahi!’ Tyāre juo, sarve karatā e shāhukārne e hīrānu gnān bahu kahevāy; tem ja Bhagwānnā mahimānu jāṇavu. Te jem jem Bhagwānnā mahimānu gnān thātu jāy tem tem mahimā vadhu vadhu jaṇāto jāy chhe.” Te upar Sārangpurnu Sattarmu Vachanāmṛut vanchāvyu. Tyā ‘Vāsudev Hare’ thayā te jamavā padhāryā. Footnotes: 1. 1. Moṭiyā, bhār ūnchaknārā majūr. 2. ā hīrānu nām Chandrakānt Maṇi hatu. Te Sharad Pūname tene sonānī thāḷīmā rākhī chandranā kiraṇo sāme rākhatā temāthī tevī ja jātnā asankhya hīrā utpanna thāy. Māṭe tevā ek Chandrakānt Maṇinī kimmat ja ānkī na shakāy. Tethī āṭalā rūpiyā āpyā te paṇ kāī ja na kahevāy. [Yogījī Mahārājnī Bodh Kathāo: 199]
As one’s spiritual knowledge develops, the greater the glory of God one comes to know. To illustrate this Swami gave an example, “A shepherd was walking and he found a diamond, which he tied around his goat’s neck. Then a merchant bought the goat along with the diamond and sold the diamond for 200 rupees to another. This man then sold it for 1000 rupees, and then it was sold for 10,000 rupees. In this way, the diamond’s value increased and was sold for 100,000 rupees. This person then went to a trader and asked, ‘Do you want to buy this diamond?’ After assessing the value of the diamond, the trader said, ‘Bring a hundred labourers and take all the money you can carry away from my treasury between sunrise and sunset.’ The townspeople were stunned that the trader had allowed his treasury to be looted. Then the trader’s father came and asked, ‘What have you bought that you have paid so much?’ The trader replied, ‘I have bought this diamond.’ The father looked at it and commented, ‘You have got it for free! You’ve not paid even one day’s worth of income.’1 So, you see, of all these people, the trader can be said to have the most accurate knowledge of the true worth of that diamond. It is the same with the glory of God. As one’s knowledge of God’s glory increases, one’s understanding of his glory increases.” To illustrate this, he had Vachanamrut Sarangpur-17 read. Footnotes: 1. 1. The name of this diamond was Chandrakant Mani. It is placed in a golden dish on the day of Sharad Purnima. When the rays of the moon fall onto the diamond, it gives many more diamonds exactly like it. Therefore, the value of this diamond cannot be assessed. [Yogiji Maharaj’s Fold Tales (Gujarati): 199]