Vaat 5.8
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 8 · 5 · Verse 8
Sanskrit Original
Boṭād madhye Harishankarbhāīne vāt karī je, “Karakā1 upar be janāvar beṭhā hatā te madhyethī ek thoḍuk doṣhdhyān thavāthī ūḍī gayu ne ek besī rahyu. Tene gnān thayāthī tathā potānī joḍe janāvar hatu tenā guṇ līdhāthī ne potānā doṣh samajāṇāthī mokṣha thayo ne ūḍī gayelā janāvarne karakāmā guṇdhyān rahyāthī janma levā paḍyā.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Hāḍ-pinjar. 2. Doṣh-dhyān eṭale viṣhaya bogavavāthī āvatā kharāb pariṇāmno vichār athavā chintan. 3. Guṇ-dhyān eṭale viṣhaya bhogavavāthī maḷatā sukhno vichār athavā chintan; āsakti.
In Botad, Swami said to Harishankarbhai, “There were two birds sitting on some bones. One realized the detriment of enjoying the panch-vishays and flew away, while one remained sitting. The one that remained sitting gained wisdom, understood the virtue of the one that flew away, and realized its own flaw; therefore, it was liberated. The one that flew away, however, did not completely realize the detriment in enjoying the panch-vishays and had to take another birth.”