Vaat 4.69
Swamini Vato Prakaran 4 Vaat 69 · 4 · Verse 69
Sanskrit Original
Āpaṇe khoṭya keṭalī chhe, to jevā maḷyā chhe tevo mahimā jaṇāto nathī, ne jevo lābh thayo chhe te paṇ jaṇāto nathī, jem gāyakvāḍno1 chhokaro mūḷā sāru rue, eṭalī khoṭya chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Vaḍodarānā rājā Sayājīrāv.
How much loss do we suffer? Well, we do not understand the glory, as it is, of the God whom we have attained. And the gain we have made is also not known. Just as the son of the Gāekwād,1 the powerful ruler of Vadodarā, cries for an insignificant thing like a radish – that is the extent of loss. Footnotes: 1. 1. King Sayajirao of Vadodara. His young son will inherit the kingdom, but, out of ignorance, the prince cries when not given insignificant things, forgetting that everything is his.