Vaat 4.136
Swamini Vato Prakaran 4 Vaat 136 · 4 · Verse 136
Sanskrit Original
Bhagwānnā bhaktanā guṇ kahevā; temāthī jīv brahmarūp thaī jāy, ne emā dākhaḍo kāī paṇ na maḷe, em karavānu kahyu, paṇ falāṇo āvo ne falāṇo āvo, em Bhagwānnā bhaktanā doṣh na kahevā ne tenu āpaṇe shu kām chhe? Ne koīne nahi samajātu hoy to vaḷī āgaḷ samajāshe; tenī shī utāvaḷ chhe? Ne kyā bhāgī jāy em chhe? Paṇ koīnā doṣh na kahevā. Temā Lavā ne Bādshāhnī dāḍhīnu draṣhṭānt1 dīdhu, te mukhya māthe levu. Footnotes: 1. 1. Lavo Bādshāhno kārbhārī hato. Ek vār tene Bādshāhe ‘Tenī ane potānī beunī dāḍhīne āg lāge to konī pahelā olave?’ Evu pūchhyu tyāre Lavāe kahyu, “Jahānpanāh! Pahelā mārī dāḍhīne be lasarkā mārī lau pachhī tamārī...”
“Describe the virtues of the devotees of God. By doing so, the jiva becomes brahmarup. And, in this, there is no effort. But, “He is like this and he is like that,” such faults of the devotees of God should not be spoken of. And why do we need to do this anyway? If someone does not understand his faults, then he will understand in the future. Why such a rush? He is not going to run away from Satsang. But do not talk about the faults of others.” Then he narrated the story of Lavā and Bādshāh.1 “Thus, the main thing is to always describe the virtues of devotees and not their faults.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Lavo was the court minister for the Badshah. Once, the Badshah asked him, “If both our beards caught fire at the same time, whose beard would you extinguish first?” Lavo replied, “Sire, first I would quickly douse my beard and then attend to yours.”