Vaat 6.57
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 57 · 6 · Verse 57
Sanskrit Original
Khādhānu, pathārī, chelā ne padārth tene arthe je udyam e kāī sādhuno mārag nahī, e mārag chūkyā ne veḷa vaḷī gaī.1 Te māṭe gnān shīkhavu, te vinā bīju kāī rātripralaymā nahī rahe, ne gnān to mahāpralaymā paṇ jāvānu nahī. Ne te gnān āpaṇe chhe. Ā āmā āṭalu rahyā chhīe kharā, paṇ vanmā rahīe to paṇ sukh rahe; ne ek ṭāṇu roṭalā joīe ne ek godaḍī hoy to bīju vastra na joīe; ne vanmā rahetā tyāre ā godaḍībhar rahetā. Te ṭāḍhya hare, taḍako hare ne varsād paṇ be pachheḍīvā2 hare. Pachhī shu joīe? Evā swabhāv pāḍyā hoy tyāre, nīkar to jem ‘Āsanthī uṭhāḍtā jāṇe jagāḍyo maṇidharjī.’ Nāgne chheḍe tem thāy. Māṭe gnān shīkhavu. Footnotes: 1. 1. Samay vītī gayo. 2. Jāḍī chādar palaḷe teṭalo.
To make efforts for food, a place to sleep, servants and worldly objects is not the path of a sadhu. If the right path of a sadhu is lost, then time is wasted. Therefore, spiritual knowledge should be acquired, since, apart from that nothing will remain at the time of dissolution of the universe. But spiritual knowledge will not be lost even in the final dissolution of all creation and that spiritual knowledge is with us. We are staying here amid all these activities, but even if we stay in the jungle, we will be happy. We need food once (a day) and if we have a cotton blanket then we do not need other clothing, since when we stayed in the forest, we stayed only with this blanket. It protected from the cold, sun and even rain heavy enough to soak a thick blanket. When such an attitude is cultivated what more is needed? Otherwise, it is like ‘Āsanthi uthādtā jāne jagādyo manidharjī’. (One becomes provoked - as if a king cobra was provoked - when asked to get up from their spot.) Therefore, one should acquire gnān.