Vaat 3.64
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 64 · 3 · Verse 64
Sanskrit Original
“Amārī samajaṇ to koīne kahevāy nahi, paṇ āj thoḍīk kahu.” Em kahīne bolyā je, “Kahyā vinā to gnān thāy nahi ne gnān thayā vinā moh paṇ ṭaḷe nahi ane jene moṭānī samajaṇ āvī hoy tene to Mahārājnī mūrti vinā ne Akṣhardhām vinā āhīthī te Prakṛuti-Puruṣh sudhī laghushankāno vyavahār dekhāto hoy; temā shāno moh thāy? Te evu to Sarvanivāsānand Swāmīne thaī gayu je Prakṛuti-Puruṣhnu kārya temā vṛutti rahi ja nahi. Te ek dahāḍo mārī pāse kahyu je, ‘Mahārājnī pūjā-sevā shā vate karu?’ Tyāre me kahyu je, ‘Mūrti sāmu joī raho!’ Tyāre Sarvanivāsānand Swāmīe kahyu je, ‘Karīe chhīe to em ja paṇ jo āvī vāt koīkne kahīe to ā māro khāṭalo laīne charāmā1 nākhī āve,’ evu kaṭhaṇ paḍe; paṇ Mahārājnī mūrti vinā khāvānī viṣhṭā ne pīvānī laghushankā evu chhe, paṇ jyā sudhī moh chhe tyā sudhī e vāt samajāy nahi. Evī Moṭānī samajaṇ chhe.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Gaucharnī paḍatar jamīnmā.
“What I know cannot be told to anyone, but today I will tell you a little.” Then Swami said, “Without explaining it, spiritual knowledge cannot be gained and without gaining spiritual knowledge, infatuation is not overcome. And for one who has attained understanding like the great Sadhu, except for the murti of Maharaj and Akshardham, everything from here to Prakruti-Purush appears like waste! How can one become infatuated with that? This is how Sarvanivasanand Swami understood, so his focus remained unattached to material objects. One day, he asked me, ‘With what (worldly materials) should I perform the worship and service of Maharaj?’ Then I replied, ‘Just keep looking at the murti.’ So, Sarvanivasanand Swami said, ‘That is exactly what I am doing, but if I tell this to anyone, they will pick up my bed and throw it in the waste dump. That is how hard they would find it.’ But without the murti of Maharaj food is like faeces and drink is like urine. So, as long as there is infatuation for worldly objects, this talk is not understood. Such is the understanding of the great.”