Vaat 5.206
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 206 · 5 · Verse 206
Sanskrit Original
Karatā hoy so kījiye aur na kījiye kag, Māthu rahe sevāḷmā ne ūnchā rahe pag. Māṭe lok to game tem kahe te mānavu nahī ne potpotānā dharmamā rahīne Prabhune bhajavā. Ne bīju badhu koī prayojanne arthe chhe em samajavu. Footnotes: 1. 1. Bhāvārtha: he kāgaḍābhāī! āpaṇā māṭe je karavā yogya hoya e j karavun, bījun n karavun. Nahīntar māthun shevāḷamān rahe ne pag ūnchā thaī jāya, evī hālat thāya. bodhakathā ek kāgaḍo bagalāno vād laī tenun anukaraṇ karī māchhalun pakaḍavā gayo, to māchhalun to n pakaḍāyun, paṇ tenī chāncha shevāḷamān khūnpī gaī ne pag ākāshamān adhdhar rahyā. bodha: je karatā hoya te karavun, paṇ bījā fandamān paḍavun nahīn. Dharma-niyam lopīne bījān sādhan karavān nahīn, nahīntar kalyāṇanī vāt to dūr rahī jashe ne ūlaṭun bījun pāpā pesashe.
Kartā hoy so kijiye aur na kijiye kag, Māthu rahe sevālmā ne uchā rahe pag.1 Let people say anything but do not believe it. Observe one’s own dharma and worship God. And understand everything else to be for some other worldly purpose. Footnotes: 1. 1. O Crow! Do whatever is appropriate and not anything else. Otherwise your head will remain in moss and legs will be raised in the air. This saying is based on the story of a crow and a swan. Once, they had a swimming contest. The crow was egoistic and felt it, too, could swim like the swan. But, after swimming a little distance, it got tired. The bird flipped over and its head got stuck in the mud and feet were suspended in the air. Soon, it died of suffocation. Therefore do not be egoistic. An alternate tale is: A crow tried to imitate a seagull catching fish in its beak. Instead of catching fish, the crow got its head stuck in the mud and its feet were suspended in the air.