Vaat 6.69
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 69 · 6 · Verse 69
Sanskrit Original
Gṛuhasthne to ām samajavu je, koī vātnī chintā na rākhavī. Ām thāy to ṭhīk em na karavu ane saheje joīe teṭalu dravya pedā karavu paṇ zāzu thāy emā to kāī sukh nahī. Te ek chār jaṇ hatā te roj “Dravya thāo, dravya thāo” em raṭaṇ kare. Tyāre ākāshvāṇī thaī je, “Bhāī, dravya maḷashe to ghaṇu dukh thāshe.” Tyāre kahe, “Brahmānḍmā jeṭalu dukh hoy eṭalu amane thāo, paṇ dravya maḷo.” Tyāre kahe, “Ṭhīk.” Pachhī chār maṇ sonu rastāmāthī maḷyu. Temā babbe jaṇ sampyā je, “Olyā bene mārī nākhīe to be be maṇ āve.” Pachhī olyā bene gāmmā mokalyā. Te kahe je, “Tame lāḍavā karīne lāvo te jamīe.” Pachhī em dhāryu je, “E bene pāṇī bharavā vāvyamā mokalīne pāṇā nākhīne mārī nākhashu.” Ne je lāḍavā levā gayā te be jaṇ paṇ sampyā je, “Olyā bene zernā lāḍavā khavarāvīne mārī nākhīe, to āpaṇe babe maṇ sonu rahe.” Pachhī zernā lāḍavā chuchavatā1 karāvyā ne potā sāru sādhāraṇ karāvyā, te laīne gayā. Eṭale olyo kahe, “Vāvyamāthī pāṇī bharī lāvo pachhī jamīe.” Tyāre te be jaṇā vāvyamā pāṇī bharavā gayā. Tene pāṇā nākhīne mārī nākhyā. Pachhī olyā be jaṇ khāvā beṭhā ne lāḍavā tapāse tyā to be jātnā dīṭhā. Te kahe, “Jo! Potā sāru sārā karyā chhe, have te āpaṇe khāīe.” Pachhī khādhā eṭale te paṇ khāīne marī gayā ne sonu paḍyu rahyu. Juone sukh! Ā em thāy chhe. Māṭe e vastu ja bhūnḍī chhe. Te jyā jāy tyā bhūnḍu ja kare. Footnotes: 1. 1. Ghīmā lach-pachtā.
Householders should understand like this: do not worry about anything. Do not think that if a certain thing (like becoming rich) happens it will be good. Earn as much money as you need, but if a lot is attained, then there is no happiness in that. There were four people who prayed daily, “Let us have wealth, let us have wealth.” Then a voice from the heavens said, “Brothers, if you get wealth, then you will get a lot of misery.” They said, “Let all the miseries of the universe befall us, but give us wealth.” The voice from above replied, “Fine.” Then they found four kilos of gold on the road, and they split into groups of two. Each group thought that if the other two were killed, they would get two kilos each. One group of two was sent to the town and told, “Go, prepare and bring some lāddus so that we can eat.” The remaining pair thought, “We will send those two to the well to fetch water and stone them to death.” The two who had gone to get the lāddus also united, thinking, “If we feed the other two poisoned lāddus and kill them, then we will get two kilos of gold each.” So they had ghee-soaked lāddus containing poison made (for the other group), and for themselves, they had simple ones made and brought them. Then the others said, “Fetch some water from the well and then we will eat.” So these two went to the well to fetch water and they were stoned and killed. Then the remaining two sat to eat, and on inspecting the lāddus, they saw two types. They said, “See! They made good ones for themselves. Now we will eat them.” Then they ate the poisoned lāddus and died. The gold remained untouched. See the happiness! This is what happens. Thus, that thing (wealth) is bad and wherever it goes, it causes disaster.