Vaat 5.242
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 242 · 5 · Verse 242
Sanskrit Original
Koṭhārmā Harishankarbhāīe pūchhyu je, “He Mahārāj! Āsharānu shu rūp chhe?” Tyāre uttar karyo je, “Bāyaḍī-chhokarāno āsharo chhe tem tathā rūpiyā hashe to bhūkhe nahī marāy e āsharo, tem ja Bhagwān vinā bījāmā māl na māne e āsharānu rūp. Evo āsharo hoy tene Bhagwān Sādhuno sang āpī, gnān āpīne potānī pāse rākhe ne evā bhaktanī fakar Bhagwānne chhe, jem āpaṇā mandirmā āj māṇas āvyu ne kāl māndu paḍe, pachhī vīs varas māndu rahe to paṇ chākarī āpaṇe karavī paḍe ne tenī fakar āpaṇne hoy.” Pachhī pūchhyu je, “Bhagwān maḷyā pachhī Bhagwānnā bhakta sāthe ahankār kem rahe chhe?” Tyāre uttar karyo je, “E to rajoguṇmā em rahe ja.”
In the storeroom, Harishankarbhai asked, “O Maharaj! What is the nature of true refuge?” The answer, “Like the refuge one has in wife and children, and the refuge in money - that one will not die of hunger if one has money, similarly, believing that there is no worth in anything except God is the nature of true refuge. For one who has such true refuge, God gives the company of a Sadhu, gives spiritual knowledge and keeps him near him, and for such a devotee, God cares. Just as if a person comes to our mandir today and falls ill tomorrow and remains ill for 20 years, still we have to serve him and worry about him.” Then he asked, “Even after attaining God, why does ego remain before a devotee of God?” Then he replied, “In the state of rajogun it remains like that (even in a devotee of God).”