Vaat 5.236
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 236 · 5 · Verse 236
Sanskrit Original
“Mahārāj hatā te dī jevā chhe tevā na oḷakhāṇā tathā Raghuvīrjī Mahārāj tathā moṭā moṭā sādhu hatā te divase jevā chhe tevā oḷakhāṇā nahī. Pachhavāḍethī vakhāṇ thāy chhe. Hāl paṇ jem chhe tem Sādhu oḷakhātā nathī.” Nāraṇ Bhakte pūchhyu je, “Bhagwān jem chhe tem kem oḷakhātā nathī?” Tyāre Swāmī bolyā je, “Jem chhe tem oḷakhāve to samās na thāy, ūlaṭo asamās thāy. Ne Mahārāje jem chhe tem vātu karī tethī sau māṇas vartamānmāthī paḍī gayā. Pachhī Mahārāje keṭlāk Vachanāmṛut khoṭā karī nākhyā ne kahe je, ‘Eke Vachanāmṛut rākhavu nathī.’ Pachhī Nityānand Swāmīe prārthanā karīne kahyu je, ‘Dharmāmṛutamā tathā shāstramā maḷatu āve em shodhīne lakhashu.’ Tyāre āṭalā rahevā dīdhā; māṭe jem chhe tem samajāve to samās na thāy, māṭe em samajavu je, Mahārāje karyu chhe te āpaṇu sāru thāy em karyu chhe, nīkar bījānā jevu āpaṇu thaī jāy. Temā ne āmā fer rahe nahī.”
Swami said, “When Maharaj was present, no one understood his true greatness as it was. And when Raghuvirji Maharaj and other great sadhus were present, no one understood their true greatness as well. Now that they are not present, everyone praises them. And today, no one understands the greatness of the Sadhu as it is.” Nāran Bhakta asked, “Why does one not understand God as he is?” Swami answered, “If he revealed himself as he is, then that would cause regression rather than progression. When Maharaj did reveal his true identity, the unworthy transgressed the observance of the religious vows.1 Then, Maharaj excluded many Vachanamruts2 and said, ‘I do not want to keep any Vachanamrut.’ But Nityānand Swāmi prayed, ‘We will keep the ones that conform to the Dharmāmrut and the scriptures.’ Then Maharaj agreed to that. Therefore, if he explained his true form as it is, one would not progress. One should understand that whatever Maharaj did was for our own benefit. Otherwise, we would also start to transgress our religious vows like others and there would be no difference between us and others.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Swami purport here is that when Maharaj spoke of his extraordinary greatness, the unworthy started transgressing the religious vows, mistakenly thinking that as long as we understand his greatness, he will liberate us. 2. The Vachanamruts Maharaj is referring to here are the ones that reveal his supremacy. Maharaj has said in a few Vachanamruts that as long as one understands the greatness of the manifest form of God, even if one sins by mistake, they will still be liberated. However, the unworthy mistook that and used their understanding of God’s greatness to purposefully transgress the religious vows. Therefore, Maharaj wanted to eliminate all the Vachanamruts. For this reason, Swami says in this vāt that when one is unworthy and he listens to the talks of God’s supremacy, one may regress by transgressing the religious vows.