Vaat 6.50
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 50 · 6 · Verse 50
Sanskrit Original
Jene sukhiyā thāvu hoy tene to soḷ varasno chhokaro thāy ke Tuḷasīne pāndaḍe karakāne1 arpaṇ karavo eṭale thayu, ane eke pāntīe2 jīvne kyā samu chhe? Mare to te dukhiyo thāy. Te olyā brāhmaṇno chhokaro marī gayo tyāre poke poke ruve ne bījā paṇ rovarāve je, “Bahu ḍāhyo hato ne ā karato” em hajāru kahe. Tyāre Bhaṭṭajī kharkhare gayā, te vaḷate divase nāvā gayā ne kahyu ke, “Tu to khāto-pīto nathī te shu chhe? Ā tāro dīkaro marī gayo te shu kāī Udepurnī gādī khālī thaī? Ā ek brāhmaṇ mūo to ek khaḍiyo3 ochho, emā te shu!” Pachhī to olye vichāryu; tyā to kahe, “Kharu.” Pachhī kahe, “Hu to pandar divasmā marat, tame jīvato rākhyo,” Em chhe. Kāī kheḍu malakmā thoḍā chhe? Vāṇiyā, saī, nāgar, sonī, luvār, kaḍiyā e ādiknī kāī khoṭya chhe? Em gnān shīkhavu. Khajurāno pag bhāngyo to paṇ shu ne sājo to paṇ shu?4 Kūkaḍī vinā vāṇu nahī vāy? Emā shu? Em vichārīne sukhe Bhagwānnu bhajan karavu. Footnotes: 1. 1. Karaku eṭale hāḍpinjar; paṇ ahī Swāmī strīnā arthamā karaku shabda prayoje chhe. 2. Pakṣhe, bājue, bābate. 3. Bhikṣhā māgavā māṭenī kapaḍānī zoḷī. 4. Kahevat. Ghaṇu hoy emāthī najīvu nukasān thavu. Kānkhajūrāne anek pag hoy chhe.
Those who want to become happy should get their son married when he becomes sixteen years old and fulfil this duty. And also, even in worldly activities everything does not always go smoothly. A Brahmin’s son died, so he cried uncontrollably. Also, many others made him cry more by saying, “He was very smart and used to do this and that.” Thousands spoke in this way. Then Mayaram Bhattaji went to mourn. The following day, when he went to bathe, Bhattaji asked the Brahmin, “Why is it that you have stopped eating and drinking? Your son has died, but has the throne of Udaipur become vacant? Well, one Brahmin has died, so there will be one person less begging for alms. So what!” Then that Brahmin (father) thought and said, “This is true.” Then he said, “I would have died in fifteen days, but you have kept me alive.” Are there insufficient farmers in the land? Is there a shortage of Vanias, Sais (tailors), Nagars, Sonis, Luhars, Kadias and others? Learn knowledge like this (that everyone dies and there is no shortage of human beings). So what if a leg of a centipede1 is broken and so what if it is not? If the cock does not crow will the sun not rise in the morning? Think on these lines and happily offer worship. Footnotes: 1. 1. Why worry if one leg of a centipede is broken? A folk saying which means that from abundant resources, if an insignificant loss is incurred there is nothing to worry about.