Vaat 6.40
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 40 · 6 · Verse 40
Sanskrit Original
Bhaktie karīne Mahārāj rājī thāy chhe ne enī āgnā chhe eṭalā sāru karīe chhīe, paṇ e sthūḷ mārag chhe. Teṇe karīne to moṭā lokāntarne pāmashe. Pachhī moṭānā moṭā vaibhav ne moṭān pāp; te juone, ā khanḍerāv1 ek divasmā jeṭalu pāp karatā hashe eṭalu garīb ākhā bhavmā paṇ na kare. Māṭe ā ne ā dehe bhakti paṇ karatā jāvu ne te karatā thakā anuvṛutti ātmāne viṣhe rākhe jāvī ane ātmaniṣhṭhā jevī koī vāt nathī te manan dvārāye ‘Hu Akṣhar chhu ne Puruṣhottam māre viṣhe beṭhā chhe’ em karatā jāvu, em ghaṇe ṭhekāṇe Mahārāje kahyu chhe. E sūkṣhma bhakti chhe, teṇe karīne ātyantik mokṣhane pāmashe. Paṇ morye kahī je bhakti te rūp sthūḷ mārag teṇe karīne Ātyantikī yatra na mṛutyuhāsah.2 evī mukti na thāy ane evī bhakti to chār māṇas kare eṭalī pote ekalo māne karīne kare; te sevā kare, pāṇā upāḍe, roṭalā kare, e sarve bhaktimā mān maḷe chhe teṇe karīne thāy chhe ne kare chhe, paṇ eṇe karīne siddhi na thāy. ‘Kiyā bāḷpaṇānī ramat, kiyā pāmavo sidhuno3 mat.’ Māṭe je’dī te’dī ā vāt karashe tyāre chhūṭako chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Marāṭhākāḷno ek rājā, Vaḍodarāmā Sayājīrāv bījā pachhī gādīe āvyā hatā. 2. Jyā mṛutyuno bhay nathī evī ātyantikī mukti. (Bhāgwat: 3/27/30) 3. Siddhono (Bhaktachintāmaṇi: 41/29).
There is no talk like that of ātmā-realization. One should continually think, “I am akshar and Purushottam is seated within me.” Maharaj has said this in many places. This is subtle devotion, through which ultimate liberation will be attained. But the previously described devotion is the physical path and by it – ‘Ātyantiki yatra na mrutyuhāsaha’1 – such liberation in which the fear of death is eliminated is not attained. And due to ego, one offers such physical devotion, singlehandedly, that would be offered by four people. One performs service, lifts stones and cooks food, but all this devotion is offered since praise is received. One does this but perfection is not attained by this. ‘Kiyā bālpanāni ramat, kiyā pāmvo siddhono mat.’2 Therefore, only when, someday, this talk is practiced will there be final moksha. Footnotes: 1. 1. The complete shlok is as follows: Yadā na yogopachitāsu cheto māyāsu siddhasya vishangatena; Ananya hetushvatha megatihi syādātyāntiki yatra na mrutyuhāsaha. When a perfect yogi’s attention is no longer attached to the byproducts of māyā’s powers (which are manifestations of the external energy) his progress towards me becomes unlimited and the power of death cannot overcome him. He reaches final moksha where there is no fear of death. - Shrimad Bhagvat 3/27/30 2. How can we compare child’s play with the goal of a Siddha (liberated soul)?