Vaat 5.331
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 331 · 5 · Verse 331
Sanskrit Original
Sādhu sāchā chhe temā asādhunī buddhi rahe te viparīt bhāvanā chhe. Ā vāt aṭpaṭī chhe. Te Sādhune bījā sādhunī joḍe meḷavyāthī oḷakhāy. Te upar Munibāvānā draṣhṭānt1 daī ghaṇīk vāt karī. Footnotes: 1. 1. Suratnā ā Vedāntī sanyāsī pāse Brahmānand Swāmī Sanskṛut bhaṇelā. Shrījī Mahārājno mahimā kahī Munibāvāne teo Gaḍhaḍā lāvyā. Mahārājmā temane Shrī Kṛuṣhṇanā darshan thayā. Teo Surat na jatā Gaḍhaḍā ja rokāī gayā ne Mahārāj pāse dīkṣhā laī tyāgī thaī gayā. Sanyāsīnā pāsh lāgyā hoī teo chhāne-chhapne hoko pī letā. Vaḷī, Ghelāmā snān karī dhyān karavā jāy chhe tevu jaṇāvatā, paṇ hakīkate kustī karavā jatā. Koīne dūrthī āvatu jue to tarat padmāsanmā dhyānmā besī jatā.
“Believing that the genuine Sadhu is like other false sadhus is an ill-disposed feeling. This truth is complicated. One can understand by comparing the [genuine] Sadhu with other sadhus.” Then, Swami gave the example of Munibawa1 and talked at length. Footnotes: 1. 1. Munibawa was a Vedanti sannyāsi from Surat. Brahmanand Swami learned Sanskrit from him. Swami gradually told him the greatness of Shriji Maharaj and brought him to Gadhada for Maharaj’s darshan. He had the darshan of Krishna in Maharaj. He did not return to Surat; instead, he stayed in Gadhada and became a sadhu. Because of his sannyāsi habits, he would secretly smoke the hookah. Sometimes, he would say he is going for a bath in the Ghela River, but he actually went to wrestle. If someone spotted him from far, he would sit down cross-legged and pretend to meditate. Munibawa has asked Maharaj questions in Vachanamrut Panchala 3 and Panchala 4.