Vaat 6.64
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 64 · 6 · Verse 64
Sanskrit Original
Karoḍ rūpiyā hashe te kāī kām nahī āve, te jyā hashe tyā em thāshe, ne em jāshe, ne Āgrāmā aḍhār karoḍ rūpiyānu kabrastān karyu chhe paṇ eṭalā rūpiyānā ghau laīne Bhagwān bhajyā hoy ne kathā karī hoy to keṭalī shānti thāy? Sāntī to ghaṇā so vadhārīe paṇ eṇe shu thāy? Dukh thāy, e sādhuno mārag nahī ne kathāe to keṭalo samās thāy, je olī chhāvaṇīmā keṭalī nokhī rasoīyu nīkaḷī gaī, nokhā āsan nīkaḷī gayā, em paḍaghā paḍe ane dravya to bheḷu karyu ke āpyu te rahetu nathī. Nasībmā hoy to rahe, māṭe niṣhkāmī thāvu, nirlobhī thāvu, nihsvādī thāvu tyāre Bhagwān rājī thāy.
Even if one has ten million rupees, it will not be of any use. Wherever it is it will be wasted. In Agra a 180 million rupee tomb has been made, but if grains for that many rupees had been bought, God had been worshipped and spiritual discourses delivered, then how much peace would have been attained? We may increase the ploughs (i.e. farming activities) by a hundredfold but what will that do? It will cause misery. That is not the way of a sadhu. Much good results from spiritual discourses. In the last session of spiritual discourses many (sadhus) gave up their separate kitchens and separate seats of study, thus echoing the power of spiritual talks. Wealth, whether it is accumulated or given to someone else to keep, does not remain. Only that which is in one’s destiny remains. Therefore, become free of lust, greed and desire for tasty foods – then God is pleased.