Vaat 5.72
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 72 · 5 · Verse 72
Sanskrit Original
“Vāsanā chhe te jaṭharāgnithī baḷatī nathī, bāhya agnithī baḷatī nathī, pralaykāḷnā agnithī baḷatī nathī, jem pṛuthvīmā bīj chhe te agni lāge chhe to paṇ baḷatā nathī, pāchhā ūge chhe. Ne te bījne tāvaḍīmā shekīe to ūge nahi. Tem vāsanā bījā agnithī baḷatī nathī, paṇ gnānrūp agnithī baḷe chhe, te gnānrūp agni te shu je, Bhagwānnī upāsanā ne Bhagwānnī āgnā tethī vāsanāling kāraṇ dehno nāsh thāy chhe, bījā koī sādhanthī nāsh thato nathī.” Ne keṭalī vāsanā baḷī chhe ne keṭalī bākī chhe te uparthī Shukmuninī kahelī vāt karī je, “Āgnā paḷe chhe eṭalī vāsanā baḷe chhe. Ne āgnāmā to niyam āvyā paṇ Shikṣhāpatrīmā āgnā karī chhe te pramāṇe pāḷyāthī vāsanā baḷe, te āgnā kaī? To Nijātmānam brahmarūpam e āgnā paḷe to kāraṇ dehno nāsh thāy chhe; paṇ ‘Shikṣhāpatrī’ barābar paḷatī nathī teṭalī khoṭya chhe ne teṭalu dukh chhe.”
“The digestive fire does not burn desires. They are neither burnt by external fire nor by the fire at the time of dissolution. Seeds in the earth are not affected by fire and so sprout again, but if these seeds are roasted in a pan, then they will not grow; similarly, desires are not burnt by any type of fire but are burnt by fire in the form of spiritual knowledge. And what is this fire in the form of spiritual knowledge? It is that, by the upāsanā of God and by obeying his commands, the desire-dependent causal body is destroyed, but it is not destroyed by any other endeavour.” On the topic of how many desires have been destroyed and how many remain, Swami narrated what Shukmuni had said, “The extent to which commands are followed is the extent to which desires are destroyed. And commands include codes of conduct, but by following the instruction in the Shikshapatri, desires are destroyed. Which instruction? That of ‘Nijātmānam brahmarupam’1 – if this instruction is followed, the causal body is destroyed. But the Shikshapatri is not observed properly – that is the extent of deficiency and misery.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Shikshapatri 116: Identifying one’s self with Brahman, separate from the three bodies (gross, subtle and causal), one should offer devotion to God. (chp 29, vat 17, footnote 3, p. 182.)