Vaat 3.74
Swamini Vato Prakaran 3 Vaat 74 · 3 · Verse 74
Sanskrit Original
Ek divas Mahārāje mane kahyu je, “Kaho to kāḷ pāḍīe ne kaho to ṭūṭiyu1 lāvīe.” Tyāre me kahyu je, “Kāḷ pāḍasho mā. Ṭūnṭiyu lāvajo.” Tyāre Raghuvīrjī Mahārāje kahyu je, “Beyanī nā pāḍīe nahi?” Tyāre me kahyu je, “Mahārājnī marajī pramāṇe ja kahevāy, paṇ marajī vinā to kahevāy ja nahi.” Ne vaḷī bolyā je, “Ek divas me Mahārājne kahyu je, ‘Tamārā gharmā andhāru kem chhe? Je kheḍūt kāmī kāmīne2 marī jāy chhe tene khāvā maḷatu nathī, ne vepārīne parsevo vaḷato nathī to paṇ tene khāvā maḷe chhe ne kheḍu bhūkhe mare chhe.’ Te divasthī Mahārājnī draṣhṭi thaī chhe je, kheḍunā gharmā hoy tyāre moghu ne vepārīnā gharmā jāy tyāre soghu thāy chhe, ne te divasthī khāvā maḷe chhe. Te juone, rūnā ḍūchā laī jāy chhe ne be karoḍ sonānā rāḷ Sābarmatīne ā kānṭhe nākhī de chhe, evu karyu chhe. Paṇ Prabhu bhajavā navarā thātā nathī. Are, āpaṇe āvu kyā hatu ne hajī rātripralay sudhī thāshe; paṇ Raghuvīrjī Mahārāje chār mahinā sādhune rākhīne kathā karāvī ne vātu ja karāvīyu, em koī karashe nahi ne karāvashe paṇ nahi. Evo māyāno moh chhe!” Em kahīne vaḷī bolyā je, “Amey sādhune rākhīne mahinā sudhī vātu ne prashna-uttar karāvyā. Paṇ keṭlākne to gam ja nahi, Swāmī shu kahe chhe ne shu thāy chhe? Ne āpaṇe to sopo ja paḍato nathī.” Em kahīne bolyā je, “Kyā bāḷpaṇānī ramat, kyā pāmavo siddhuno3 mat e vātnī khabar ja nathī je, shu karavā āvyā chhīe ne shu thāy chhe?” Eṭalī vāt karīne ḍābe paḍakhe paḍakhābhar thayā ne sarve kīrtan gāvā lāgyā. Iti Shrī Sahajānand Swāmīnā shiṣhya Shrī Guṇātītānand Swāmīnī vāto temā Mahārājnā sarvoparī nishchay tathā mahimānu mukhyapaṇu kahyu e nāme trīju prakaraṇ samāpt. Footnotes: 1. 1. Ek prakārno tāv. Sane 1872-73mā Gujarātmā ā rog fāṭī nīkaḷyo hato. Ā tāv āve eṭale sharīrnā sāndhā sajjaḍ thaī jāy. Daradī ṭūṭiyu vaḷīne paḍī rahe. Narmakoṣhmā ṭūṭiyāno arth ‘kolerā’ lakhyu chhe, paṇ ṭūṭiyu te kolerā ke kogaḷiyu nahī, parantu baḷiyā, orī ane achhabaḍā jevo sānsargik vātjvarno ek prakār chhe. Chhellu sane 1913-14mā ṭūṭiyu Gujarātnā keṭlāk shaheromā dekhāyu hatu. (Vāt 2/185) 2. Kamāī kamāīne. 3. Siddhono.
“Once, Maharaj asked me, ‘If you say, we will cause a famine or if you say, we will bring a plague.’ I replied to him, ‘Do not cause a famine. Bring a plague.’” Raghuvirji Maharaj said, “Would we not say no to both?” I replied, “We have to answer according to Maharaj’s wish.” Then, Swami said, “I once asked Maharaj, ‘Why is there darkness in your house? The farmers die toiling and they cannot find food to eat. The merchants, however, do not even perspire and they have food to eat. The farmer are dying of hunger.’ From hence, Maharaj’s grace fell on them and when [the crop] is in a farmer’s house, it has a higher price and when it reaches a merchant’s house, it has a lower price. And from that day, [the farmers] have food to eat. Also, they earned a great fortune, but they are not free to worship God. “Raghuvirji Maharaj kept the sadhus for four months and arranged constant discourses. No one will do that now or in the future. That is the delusion of māyā.” Then, Swami said, “I also kept the sadhus for one month and had them engage in a question and answer dialog. But some simply do not like it. What does Swami ask us to do and what are we actually doing? For me, there is no break from spiritual discourses.” Then, he continued, “Kyā bālpanāni ramat, kyā pāmvo siddhono mat.1 But we do not know about the importance of this talk; what have we come to do and what are we doing?” Then, Swami relaxed on his left side and everyone else started singing kirtans. Footnotes: 1. 1. How can you compare child’s play with acquiring the God-realized state of the spiritually elevated?