Vaat 4.90
Swamini Vato Prakaran 4 Vaat 90 · 4 · Verse 90
Sanskrit Original
Je je lakhyu te vānchyu nahi, to te lakhyu te na lakhyu; ne kadāpi vānchyu paṇ temā sharat na rākhī, to te vānchyu te na vānchyu. Ne kadāpi sharat rākhī paṇ tem karavāne mārge na chalāy, to paṇ shu? Māṭe raj, tam na hoy ne sattvanī pravṛutti hoy tyāre sthir thaīne sthir mane vānchīne manno tapās karavo, to te samās kare. Te mannā tapāsnu kahyu chhe je, shabda sarve judā judā potānā urmā levā ne tapāsvā; ne em thāy chhe ke nahi, teno tapās karīne em ja karavu.
If one does not read what is written; then it is as good as not having been written; and if it is read but if no concentration is kept, then it is as good as not having been read. And if concentration is kept but not acted upon, then so what? Therefore, when the states of passion and ignorance are not predominant in one’s mind and the state of goodness prevails, become steady and with a focused mind read and contemplate in the mind, then it will give satisfaction. For contemplating in the mind, it is said, “Behold all the words separately in one’s heart and analyse. Do things happen in that way? Analyse and do exactly in that way.”