Vaat 6.48
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 48 · 6 · Verse 48
Sanskrit Original
“Ā loknu het to kevu chhe?” Em kahīne ek Paṭelnu draṣhṭānt vistārīne kahyu je, “Enā kuṭumbīne enā upar mare evu het hatu, to paṇ sādhunā kahevāthī māndo paḍyo ne uparthī sādhue dūdh utāryu te koīe na pīdhu, em sādhue dekhāḍyu, ane “Kāṇe jāy te adhiku raḍe, āngaṇe jaīne bhūs paḍe; Te sāru lāge te māṭe, het hoy to paḍe nahī vāṭe?1 “Evā khoṭā het chhe. Ane gṛuhasthne chhokaro na māne ke dukhiyo thāy paṇ te to sau saunā ḍahāpaṇ pramāṇe karashe. Māṭe vṛuddha thayā tene to gāmogām mandir karyā chhe temā besīne bhajan karavu ne be ṭāṇā jaīne roṭalā khāī āvavu. “Jese būḍhe belaku, kheḍu na devat khān, Mukt kahe yu vṛuddhako, sabahi karat apamān. “Jene sukhe rahevu hoy tene to moryanu mān chhe te mūkī devu, nīkar pūjā thāy.”2 Te upar kahyu je, “Guru-chelo, bāp-dīkaro ne sāsu-vahu em rahevu. Ne Dāsnā dushman hari ke’dī hoy nahī, jem karashe tem sukh thāshe, koṇ jāṇe āpaṇe vāsanā hashe tene ṭāḷavā em thātu hashe to? Em jāṇavu ne sukhe rahevu.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Bhāvārth: (Koī marī gayu hoy tyāre) khar-kharo karavā jāy te vyakti mṛutaknā gharnā sabhyo karatā paṇ vadhāre raḍe, āngaṇe jaīne dhab daīne paḍe, te to sāru lagāḍavā māṭe kare chhe. Khare-khar het hoya to maraṇnā samāchār maḷatā rastāmā ja nā paḍe? 1. Mār paḍe.
What is the affection of this world like? Saying this, Swami gave the example of a Patel in detail, “His family had such affection for him that they would die for him. Yet, on the advice of a sadhu, he pretended to fall ill and the sadhu prepared milk (with an invoked mantra that the Patel will live and whoever drank it will die), but nobody drank it. Thus, the sadhu showed that everyone is self-centered and said, ‘Kāne jāy te adhiku rade, āngane jaine bhus pade; Te sāru lāge te māte, het hoy to pade nahi vāte?’1 “Such is the false show of love. And when a son does not obey him, the father becomes miserable. But each person will do as per his own wisdom. Therefore, those who are old should sit in the mandirs, which have been built in many villages, and offer devotion, go home twice to eat simple food and return to the mandir to worship and serve. ‘Jese budhe belku, khedu na devat khān, Mukta kahe yu vruddhko, sabahi karat apmān.’2 “So, those who want to live happily should shed their ego of youth, otherwise they will be beaten.” On this, he said, “Stay as a humble disciple, a son, and a daughter-in-law who stay with a teacher, a father and a mother-in-law respectively. And ‘Dāsnā dushman Hari kedi hoy nahi, jem karshe tem sukh thāshe.’ (God is not an enemy of his devotee. Whatever he does will bring happiness). Who knows, perhaps this happens because we have intense desires and they have to be overcome? Know this and live happily.” Footnotes: 1. 1. When a person dies, relatives visit the house of the deceased during a mourning session, in which they cry out more loudly than the immediately family; they even fall at the doorstep in grief. But this is only to show that they feel concerned and to make it look as if they are genuinely pained. If they really felt pain for the deceased, why don’t they cry and fall over on the way to the deceased’s home as well? 2. Just as an old buffalo is not given proper fodder, Muktanand Swami says, in this world all insult the old. Here Gunatitanand Swami advises old people to give up the ego they had in youth in order to be happy. Otherwise they will suffer. They should behave with humility, just as a disciple behaves with a teacher, a son with a father and a daughter-in-law with a mother-in-law. He further states that God can’t be an enemy of his own follower. Whatever he does is good for a devotee.