Vaat 5.240
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 240 · 5 · Verse 240
Sanskrit Original
Ek manuṣhyane khāvā na maḷe ne ek baḷad lāḍvāne paṇ khāy nahī. Pachhī e manuṣhye tap karavā mānḍyu tyāre khoro loṭ maḷavā mānḍyo. Tyāre kahe je, “Hu tap karu chhu tene roṭalā maḷatā nathī ne ā baḷadne lāḍvā kem maḷe chhe?” Tyāre kahyu je, “Te kāī karyu nathī, te have tap karīsh te pachhī maḷashe ne ā baḷade to bahu karyu chhe, paṇ kāī sanskārthī baḷadno deh āvyo chhe. Te deh mūkīne Bhagwānnā dhāmmā jāshe.” E rīte gnāne karīne tathā tape karīne muktamā adhik-nyūnpaṇu chhe. Prahlādnu deh Bhagwāne jīvnā jevu karyu, tethī baḷe nahī, saḍe nahī ne shastra paṇ vāge nahī. Evu thāy tyā Bhagwānnu kartavya jāṇavu. Evu bhaktathī potā vate thāy nahī ne dehdhārīmā to Shrī Kṛuṣhṇane bāṇ vāgyā ne Prahlādne bāṇ na vāgyā, e Bhagwānnu kartavya samajavu. Ne pāṇīmā chhāṇu tare em pṛuthvī pāṇīmā tare chhe. Ne pāsherno pāṇo ḍūbī jāy ne ā keṭlāk parvat chhe paṇ ḍūbatā nathī e Bhagwānnu kartavya chhe. Tem ja jaṭharāgni tathā varsādnā māhātmyanī vāt karī.
One man did not get any food to eat whereas an ox got sweets which it could not eat. Then the man began performing austerities and he got rancid flour. Then he wondered, “I perform austerities and do not even get simple food, so why does this ox get sweets?” Then he was told, “You have not done anything pious yet, and now if you perform austerities then afterwards you will get the fruits. And the ox had done a lot of good, but due to some deeds of past births has attained the body of an ox. It will leave this body and go to God’s abode.” In this way, due to spiritual knowledge and austerities, there is a gradation in the moksha attained. God made Prahlad’s body (indestructible) like a jiva and so it would not burn, would not rot and could not be hurt even by weapons. When these kinds of events happen, know them to be the work of God. This cannot be done by devotion on one’s own. And among those who possessed a body, Shri Krishna was injured by an arrow while arrows did not injure Prahlad – understand this to be the work of God. Also, just as cow dung floats in water, this earth is floating in water. Even a quarter-pound stone sinks, while there are so many mountains (in the middle of the ocean, i.e. islands) but they do not sink – this is all the work of God.