Vaat 5.314
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 314 · 5 · Verse 314
Sanskrit Original
Charotarnā ek gāmnā pāṭīdār Girdhar Bhakta sādhu hatā tene mandavāḍmā ghī khādhāthī dehmā baḷ āvyu, tethī strīnā sankalpnī vāsanā thaī te mane kahī, pachhī me vichār karyo je, enu rūḍu thāy em karavu. Evo sankalp karīne Muktānand Swāmī dvāre Mahārājne kahī Priyavratno mārag1 chalāvyo. Tethī tyāgīne vāsanā ude thāy ne gṛuhasthāshram kare teno shāstramā bādh nahī. Footnotes: 1. 1. Jem Rājā Priyavrat Nāradjīnā updeshe tyāgī thayā ne Brahmānu dabāṇ āvatā pāchhā gṛuhasthāshramī thayā. Tem koī kāraṇsar tyāgīe gṛuhasthāshrammā javu paḍe to tenu shrey aṭakatu nathī, e Priyavratno mārg.
Girdhar Bhakta was a Patidar of one village from Charotar. He was a sadhu. When he fell ill, he ate a lot of ghee and his body gained vigor. He started having lustful desires. I thought about what would be beneficial to him, so I had Muktanand Swami ask Maharaj to start the path of Priyavrat.1 Therefore, if a sadhu starts to have lustful desires and becomes a gruhasth again, there is no objection to that according to the scriptures. Footnotes: 1. 1. Listening to Naradji’s preachings, King Priyavrat renounced. However, Brahmā pressured him to return to his familial life. Therefore, if a renunciant has to return to gruhasthāshram, his liberation is not ruined. This is the path of Priyavrat.