Vaat 5.346
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 346 · 5 · Verse 346
Sanskrit Original
Baḷadiyāne tantīmā1 bāndhe chhe tem jīvmātrane tantīmā bāndhī līdhā chhe, te koī kriyā thāy ja nahī ne chhuṭāy nahī, ne temāthī chhūṭyāno upāy to pragaṭ Bhagwān ne tenā sangī e be ja chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Tānt, chāmaḍānī dorī; ā tantīthī je vastu bāndhavāmā āve te chhūṭī na shake. Baḷadne tantīthī bāndhī kheḍūt tene pūṭhe thāpo māre eṭale baḷad māne ke pote bandhāī gayo. Ām thoḍā abhyās pachhī bāndhanār tene bāndhe nahī paṇ khālī thāpo māre toy baḷad samaje ke hu bandhāī gayo. Chhoḍatī veḷāe paṇ khālī thāpaṭ ja māravānī!
Just as an ox is bound to a rope,1 all jivas are tied to māyā so that they can neither work for moksha nor break free. The only two means of breaking free from this bondage are manifest God and his associate, the holy Sadhu. Footnotes: 1. 1. It is the usual practice to strap a load on the back of an ox and slap its back to make it move. The ox is conditioned to move whenever someone slaps its back even when there is no load.