Vaat 6.60
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 60 · 6 · Verse 60
Sanskrit Original
Ā Bhagwān to jem – Kiyā kīḍī karī meḷāp, bheḷo thāvā bhāre bhed chhe re; Kiyā pūrṇa Puruṣhottam āp, kiyā jīv jene bahu ked chhe re. Evā maḷyā chhe. Māṭe so vātnu gamatu mūkīne āgnā pramāṇe varatavu. ‘So māthā jātā re songhā chhogāḷā’ ‘Ek shirake vāste kyu ḍarat he gamāra?’1 Have to khare-kharu manḍavu, ‘Satī nahī kuttī kahāve’2 e kīrtan bolīne kahe em pāchhā pag bharye thāy? Te sāru sanmukhnā levā. Footnotes: 1. 1. Bhāvārth: He mūrkh! (Bhagwān māṭe ek māthu āpatā shā māṭe ḍare chhe?2. Bhāvārth: Satī thavā āgamā paḍanārī strī pāchhā pag bhare to te satī nahī paṇ kūtarī kahevāshe arthāt apamānit thāshe. Ā vāt Brahmānand Swāmīnā ‘Re dhariyā antar Giridhārī’ padmā ullekhāyelī chhe.
This God we have attained is like: Kiyā kidi kari melāp bhelo, thāvā bhāre bhed chhe re, Kiyā Purna Purushottam āp, kiyā jiva jene bahu ked chhe re.1 Therefore, give up one’s wishes for a hundred things and do as instructed. ‘So māthā jātā re songhā chhogālā.’ ‘Ek shirke vāste kyu darat he gamār?’2 Now one must truly attempt. ‘Sati nahi kutti kahāve.’3 After reciting this devotional song, he said, “Can this (firm resolve to obey God’s commands) happen if we step backwards? For this, one has to move forwards.” Footnotes: 1. 1. Is it possible for an insignificant ant and a giant elephant to meet? Similar is the meeting of Purna Purushottam and an insignificant jiva, which is bound to māyā. 2. If one has to die a hundred deaths to attain God, it is still a cheap deal. (So, why be afraid of giving only one life?) 3. A sati who at first announces and prepares to die on her dead husband’s pyre and then turns back on seeing the fire is not a true sati.