Vaat 4.4
Swamini Vato Prakaran 4 Vaat 4 · 4 · Verse 4
Sanskrit Original
Ākho dahāḍo ek jaṇ koṭ chaṇe ne ek jaṇ ek kānkarī nākhe eṭalāmā paḍī jāy. Temā antye chaṇanāro thākashe. Te kānkarī te shu je, ākhā dahāḍāmā sankalp karī karīne koṭ ūbho kare ne pachhī sānje Sādhu pāse āve; pachhī Sādhu vāt kare je, “Jo tu jugate karī, deh tāro nathī,” evī rīte khoṭu karī nākhe. Ane ā Sādhu to harek rītthī upasham karāvīne viṣhayne bhulāḍī de ne viṣhay bhogavavā hoy to tene paṇ bhulāḍī de, ne nahi to chhellī bākī bhakti karāvīne upasham karāve ne kāī sāmbharvā de nahi. Ne ā Sādhu to anek prakārthī ene brahmarūp karī de, te ene khabar paḍe nahi; jem Angrejnā loḍhā1 chhe, te ene khabar paḍe nahi ne aḍatāmā ja kāpī nākhe, em gnānīne anant lochan chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Tīkṣhṇa dhārdār hathiyār.
“One person spends the whole day building a wall and another breaks it by throwing just a stone. In the end, the builder will tire. What is that small stone? Throughout the day, one builds a wall of desires and then at night comes to the great Sadhu. Then the Sadhu talks to him, ‘By any means, believe that this body is not yours.’ In this way, he nullifies it. This Sadhu, by every means possible, makes one forget worldly desires by calming one from within. And even if one wants to enjoy worldly pleasures, one is made to forget them. And as a last resort he would calm the desires through devotion and not allow anything worldly to be remembered. Thus, this Sadhu can make one brahmarup in countless ways, which one would never know. Just as the mere touch of sharp British steel weapons1 will cut a person without his realizing it, similarly, the truly enlightened have infinite ways of making one brahmarup, without one even realizing it.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Refers to sharp blades and swords.