Vaat 5.280
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 280 · 5 · Verse 280
Sanskrit Original
Premī Bhagwānmā paṇ vaḷage ne bīje paṇ vaḷage ne gnānī hoy te bīje vaḷage nahī ne koī ānṭī āve to gnānī paṇ vaḷage, te upar Bhīṣhmapitānu draṣhṭānt dīdhu. E gnānī hatā, paṇ pakṣhe karīne vaḷagyā.1 Footnotes: 1. 1. Bhīṣhma Pānḍav-Kauravnā dādā thāy. Temane Kauravono pakṣh bandhāī gayo. Temaṇe Kauravonu anna khādhelu. Tethī Bhagwān Shrī Kṛuṣhṇano nishchay hovā chhatā, temanu gnān avaḷā pakṣhe karīne vyartha gayu.
“One with love will cling to God and will also cling to other things. However, one with gnān will not cling to other things. Nevertheless, if a gnāni gets tangled up with something, even he may become bound by clinging to it.” Regarding this, Swami gave the example of Bhishmapitā. “He was a gnāni but he became bound due to the wrong paksha.”1 Footnotes: 1. 1. Bhishmapitā was the great-great-grandfather of the Pandavas and Kauravas. He became bound to the Kauravas because he ate their food for many years. Although he recognized Krishna as God, he fought on the Kauravas side and his gnān was useless.