Vaat 4.80
Swamini Vato Prakaran 4 Vaat 80 · 4 · Verse 80
Sanskrit Original
Gām Gaḍhaḍāmā vāt karī je, “Sattvaguṇnī mūrti hoy tene Bhagwānno nishchay na thāy ane tamoguṇnī mūrti hoy tene Bhagwānno nishchay thāy.” Tyā Ālashīnu1 tathā Mayārām Bhaṭṭanu2 draṣhṭānt dīdhu. Māṭe guṇno kāī meḷ nathī. Māṭe rajoguṇ, tamoguṇ ne sattvaguṇ e traṇthī par Guṇātīt thāvu e ṭhīk chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Ghānchīno dhandho karanār Muslim bhakta. Shrījī Mahārājmā ananya prīti ne nirdoṣhbuddhino tene nishchay hato. 2. Varṇāshramdharmamā chusta rahenār pavitra brāhmaṇ. Ek vār Shrījī Mahārāje ramūjmā kahyu, “Bhaṭṭajī! Ame tamārā Lāljīmā rahīne thāḷ jamyā.” Tyāre teo kahe, “Arar! Mahārāj! Mārā Lāljīne abhaḍāvyā!” Bhaṭṭajīne Bhagwānpaṇāno nishchay kharo paṇ ā lokmā kāṭhī-darabāronī sāthe emanā hāthnu Mahārāj jame tethī Mahārājne ‘vaṭalāī gayelā’ teo mānatā. Ām, sattvaguṇīne paṇ nishchaymā khāmī rahe chhe. Bhaṭṭajīne satsangnu khūb mamatva. Mahārāje sau pratham dharmādā ugharāvavā temane rākhelā. Shikṣhāpatrīmā Mahārāje temano ullekh karyo chhe. [See Swamini Vat 5, Vat 147]
In the village of Gadhada, Swami said, “One may be full of sattvagun but not have firm faith in God; whereas one who is full of tamogun may develop firm faith in God.” Then he gave the examples of Ālshi (a Muslim devotee) and Mayārām Bhatt.1 Therefore, there is no correlation between the development of firm faith and the gunas. So, it is better to become gunātit – above the three gunas of sattvagun, tamogun and rajogun. Footnotes: 1. 1. Alshi of Manavadar: a Muslim devotee of Bhagwan Swaminarayan who had intense love for and total faith in him. Mayaram Bhatt of Manavadar: a Brahmin devotee of Bhagwan Swaminarayan who was strict in the observance of spiritual and moral codes. Once Maharaj joked, “Bhattji! I have entered your Lalji (murti of God) and eaten.” Bhattji said, “Oh no! You’ve contaminated Lalji.” Bhattji believed Maharaj as God, but felt that Maharaj has broken the codes of a Brahmin – not to eat food prepared by others. Thus, even for one who is predominantly in sattvagun, conviction in God’s form that whatever he does is correct, remain incomplete.