Vaat 5.82
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 82 · 5 · Verse 82
Sanskrit Original
Harishankarbhāīe pūchhyu je, “Vachan pāḷavu temā sarve sarakhā vachan samajavā ke tāratmyapaṇu1 samajavu?” Tyāre Swāmīe kahyu je, “Tāratmyapaṇu chhe. Vichār karīne āgnā pāḷavī.” Te upar draṣhṭānt dīdhā je, “Pratham Mahārāje em āgnā karī hatī je gaugrās,2 shvānbhāg3 vagere kāḍhyā vinā jamavu nahi, te uparthī keṭlāk sādhu babe, chār-chār lāḍavā haribhaktanā bagāḍvā mānḍyā ne keṭlāke e pramāṇe na karyu tethī Rāmdāsjībhāī vagere rājī thayā.” Bīju draṣhṭānt, “Pratham Mahārāje evī āgnā karelī je, laghushankā karīne koī āve to sarvene ūbhā thāvu. Te Jetalpurmā ame hatā tyā ek sādhu laghushankā karīne āvyā ne amārāthī ūbhā na thavāṇu tethī amāro tiraskār karyo, temāthī te sādhu gānḍā thaīne jātā rahyā.” Trīju draṣhṭānt, “Mahārāje ghoḍīne pāvānu miṣh4 laīne sarve sādhunu charaṇāmṛut karī mangāvyu paṇ Nityānand Swāmīe charaṇāmṛut na karī āpyu ne bījāe karī āpyu, te Mahārāj pī gayā tethī badhāyne āgnā vichār vinā pāḷavāthī pastāvo thayo ne Nityānand Swāmīne na thayo, em āgnāmā tāratmyapaṇu chhe.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Nyūn-adhikpaṇu, vivek. 2. Jamavāmāthī gāy māṭe amuk bhāg rākhavo. 3. Kūtarā māṭeno bhāg. 4. Nimitta.
Harishankarbhai asked, “In following the commands of God, should all commands be equally followed or should there be judgement of distinction among the commands?” Swami answered, “There is some distinction. One should use judgement when following commands.” On that, Swami explained, “In the beginning, Maharaj gave a command to save a portion of meals for cows and dogs before eating. Some sadhus wasted two to four lāddus made by devotees to follow that command. Some wise sadhus did not follow this command strictly; therefore, Ramdasjibhai and other devotees were pleased.” Swami gave another example, “Maharaj had also commanded that, if someone came back after discharging their bowels, one should stand up. We were in Jetalpur once, where a sadhu came after discharging his bowels and we did not get up. That sadhu developed an aversion toward us and became mad as a result and left.” Swami gave a third example, “Maharaj asked the sadhus to wash their feet and save the charanāmrut (water drained after washing the feet) and give it to him on the pretext of giving it to his horse to drink. Everyone gave the charanāmrut except Nityanand Swami. Maharaj himself drank the charanāmrut of the sadhus instead of giving it to his horse; therefore, the sadhus regretted giving it to Maharaj, whereas Nityanand Swami had no regret. Thus, one should use judgement in following commands.”