Vaat 5.153
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 153 · 5 · Verse 153
Sanskrit Original
Manjībhāīe pūchhyu je, “Bhagwānne dekhavā e adhik chhe ke gnāne karīne sthiti karavī te adhik chhe?” Swāmīe kahyu je, “Dekhavā karatā gnāne karīne sthiti karavī te adhik chhe.” Te upar Parvatbhāī, Kṛupānand Swāmī, Muktānand Swāmī vagere gnānnī sthitivāḷānī vāt karī je, “Emane samādhi nahotī ne dekhatā paṇ nahī ne Parvatbhāī hāl āpaṇe samajīe chhīe tem samajatā. Māṭe potāne brahmarūp mānavu ne mārāmā Bhagwān rahyā ja chhe em mānavu. E gnānnī sthiti chhe te adhik chhe. Temā vighna nathī.” Te upar Sachchidānand Swāmī vagere samādhinī sthitivāḷā dekhatā hatā tene paṇ dukh āvyā,1 tenī vāt karī. Māṭe potānī samajaṇ Kṛupānand Swāmīnī peṭhe chhapāḍvānī vāt karī ne premī thāvu nahī em kahyu. Footnotes: 1. 1. Sachchidānand Swāmīne Mahārāj viṣhe atishay prem hato. Svadhām jatī veḷā Mahārāje saune kahelu ke koī dehno pāt na kare. Paṇ Sachchidānand Swāmī to Mahārāj pahelā Akṣhardhāmmā pahonchyā. Mahārāje temane pesavā ja na dīdhā. Pāchhā dehmā mokalyā. Svāmī kahe chhe: Prem karatā paṇ gnānnī sthiti adhik chhe. Gnānīne Bhagwānnu sāmīpya akhanḍ rahe chhe.
Manjibhāi asked, “Which is greater: to see God (in one’s heart) or to achieve an elevated state with gnān?” Swami answered, “To achieve an elevate state with gnān is greater than seeing God.”1 On that, Swami gave the examples of Parvatbhāi, Krupānand Swāmi, Muktānand Swāmi, and others who achieved an elevated state of gnān and said, “They did not experience samādhi and did not see God; yet Parvatbhāi understood as we understand today. Therefore, understand your form to be brahmarup and God resides within you. That is the elevated state of gnān, which is greater. There are no obstacles in this.” On that, Swami gave examples of Sachchidānand Swāmi and others who experienced samādhi and yet encountered misery. Then he said one should hide their understanding like Krupānand Swāmi and one should not become a devotee of love.2 Footnotes: 1. 1. Here, an elevated state of gnān means understanding one’s ātmā to be brahmarup and beholding Parabrahma in the ātmā. 2. With these words, Swāmi is not forbidding attachment to God and the Sant with love. Rather, he is cautioning against love without gnān or understanding. Love without gnān does not last. Shriji Maharaj has explained this in Vachanamrut Sarangpur 1 and Sarangpur 15.