Vaat 5.149
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 149 · 5 · Verse 149
Sanskrit Original
Harishankarbhāīe pūchhyu je, “Gnāne karīne nirlep rahevāy chhe ke viṣhay na bhogave teṇe karīne nirlep rahevāy chhe?” Swāmī bolyā je, “Gnāne karīne nirlep rahevāy chhe. Paṇ man, indriyu ne deh e traṇ prakāre pativratāpaṇu jāy chhe, te be prakāre to āpaṇāthī paḷe tem nathī paṇ dehe karīne pāḷavu eṭale traṇe prakāre pāḷī chūkyā.”
Harishankarbhai asked, “Can one remain unaffected (by material objects) through spiritual wisdom? Or is it by not enjoying the material objects that one remains unaffected?” Swami said, “By spiritual wisdom one can remain unaffected, but fidelity (towards God) is lost in three ways – through the mind, senses and body. Of them the first two are difficult to observe. But observe with the body and it is like observing with all three.”