Vaat 5.356
Swamini Vato Prakaran 5 Vaat 356 · 5 · Verse 356
Sanskrit Original
Sūī raheto hoy paṇ te bhāre bhagwadī hoy, te āpaṇāthī oḷakhāy nahī. Te upar gām Bhādrānā Ḍosābhāīnī1 vāt karī je, e mandirmā āvīne sūī rahetā ne bījā aḍadhī rāt sudhī besatā. Paṇ tenī barābar thāy nahī. Footnotes: 1. 1. Ḍosābhāī Jūnāgaḍh āvyā tyāre Guṇātītānand Swāmī temane Sudāmā ane Shrī Kṛuṣhṇa maḷyā te rīte maḷelā; evā e bhaktarāj hatā. 1905nī sālmā Gopāḷānand Swāmīe temanī pāse, “Guṇātītānand Swāmī Mūḷ Akṣhar chhe,” te Bhādrāmā Mahārāje kahelī vāt pahel-vahelī karāvelī.
One who sleeps a lot may be a great devotee, but we are not able to recognize him. On this, he talked about Dosabhai of Bhadra, that he would come to the mandir and sleep, and others would stay up half the night. But they did not compare to him1 in their devotion. Footnotes: 1. 1. Dosabhai was originally from Bhadra. He was one of the recipients of Shriji Maharaj’s grace. Shriji Maharaj once said that 18 muktas have taken birth in Bhadra. Dosa Bhakta was one of them. Because of Maharaj’s grace, he experienced the bliss of samādhi. On the banks of Und river of Bhadra, under a banyan tree, Maharaj taught Dosabhai Sanskrit shloks and kirtans. When Dosabhai of Bhadra came to Junagadh, Gunatitanand Swami received him with great affection. He was a great devotee. In Vikram Samvat 1905 (1849 CE), Gopalanand Swami first asked him to narrate the incident in which Shriji Maharaj had described Gunatitanand Swami as Mul Akshar in Bhadra. Maharaj often performed divine lilās with him when he bathed in the river. When Maharaj spoke the greatness of Mulji Bhakta to his mother Sakarba, Dosa Bhakta was present. Once, he was eating a dry rotlo. Some said, “Dosabhai, why are you eating dry food?” Dosabhai replied back, “Others eat dry food. With each morsel, I eat while remembering Maharaj. How can that be dry?” This was the high level of his devotion.