Vaat 4.95
Swamini Vato Prakaran 4 Vaat 95 · 4 · Verse 95
Sanskrit Original
Pūrtakarma1 chhe e sarve ashāntikṛut chhe ne kathā-vārtāmā ja sukh chhe. Bījā sarva kām karanārā ghaṇā chhe, je āgnā karīe temā taiyār chhe ne karavānu to dhyān chhe ne emā ja sukh chhe. E vāte aṭake, paṇ karyā vinā chhūṭako nathī. Nidrā ne strī barābar kahyā chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Jantānā lābhārthe kūvā-taḷāv khodāvavā, rastā banāvavā ādi kārya.
Public works are all a form of distress. Happiness is only in listening to discourses of God. There are many who are ready to do other [public] services if we command. However, what must be done is meditation and happiness is in that. But, people are reluctant to do that. However, there is no option to that. Sleep and women are considered the same.1 Footnotes: 1. 1. Just as the association with women increases lust, excessive sleep also causes lustful desires. Therefore, Swami says they are both equivalent and implies that they are a hindrance on the path of God.