Vaat 5.52
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 52 · 5 · Verse 52
Sanskrit Original
Sparshamā ne jihvāmā to jīv chonṭelā ja chhe, māṭe tene jāṇavu ke koī nahi chonṭatā hoy tene pūrveno sanskār chhe ne ā mārg to nevānu pāṇī mobhe chaḍāvyā1 jevo chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Ashakya kāryane shakya karavu. Ā kahevat chhe. Makānne ḍhānkavā ḍhaḷatā be chhāparā karī banne bāju ḍhaḷatā naḷiyā mūke chhe. Varsādnu pāṇī ḍhāḷmā nīche dadūḍe chhe. E pāṇīne mobhāre - ūnche be chhāparā bhegā thāy chhe tyā chaḍhāvavu kaṭhaṇ chhe.
The jiva is certainly attached to touch and taste. Therefore, for someone who is not attached to them, it is because of favourable past impressions. And this path is as difficult as raising water draining from the roof back to the ridge of the roof.