Vaat 6.73
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 73 · 6 · Verse 73
Sanskrit Original
Vāramvār antardraṣhṭi karavī je, ‘Ā te hu shu karavā āvyo chhu ne shu thāy chhe?’ Deh unmatta chhe, indriyu unmatta chhe te sāru pratham bhakti karavī, kem je, Mahārāj bhaktivāḷā upar bahu rājī thātā ne thāḷ āpatā. Ane bhaktie karīne, vrat upavāse karīne, tape karīne nirday thako indriyune ne dehne danḍ devo tyāre Bhagwān bhajavā de chhe ne Bhagwān rājī thāy chhe; ne Prakṛuti-Puruṣh sudhī panch-viṣhayrūpī hoḷī lāgī chhe te kūṭe chhe. Mahārāj kahe, “Panch-viṣhayrūpī pātāḷ fāṭyā chhe te pāṇīe bharavā mānḍe paṇ bharāy nahī.” ‘Vairī ghar māhi tere jānat sanehī mere’ Te māṭe māyik dhūḍya jevā panch-viṣhay teno tyāg karī devo ne ā ne ā dehe khoṭā karī nākhavā ne maḷavat karīne sarvane nāshavant ne tuchchha jāṇavā. Evī rītye deh, lok, bhog, devatānā lok e sarveno niṣhedh karavo, teṇe karīne vairāgyane pamāy chhe ne tene pāmīne antardraṣhṭi karavī, ā lokmā sho māl chhe! Ne ā vāḍī līdhī chhe te shu? Pāṇā ne kānṭā chhe, amane to kāī māl jaṇāṇo nahī, paṇ ā bajārnā kānṭā1 karatā e sārā chhe. Ane shaher sevave karīne paṇ bahu ja buddhi bhraṣhṭa thaī jāy chhe ne shaher karatā gāmaḍu sāru, kem je, gāmaḍāmā ek vār Hoḷī ane shahermā bāre mās Hoḷī ne bāre mās Divāḷī, ne gāmaḍāmā vivāh hoy tyāre vivāh ne shahermā bāre mās vivāh, paṇ emā kāī māl nathī. Footnotes: 1. 1. Shabda, rūp ādi viṣhayonā ākarṣhaṇo.
Repeatedly introspect: what have I come to do and what is happening. Both the body and senses are foolish. So, first offer devotion as Maharaj used to be happy with those who were devout and gave them his sanctified food. Mercilessly punish the senses and body through observances, austerities, fasts, etc. so they will let you worship God. By this God is pleased. Maharaj says that Pātāl in the form of sense pleasures has split open and if we begin to fill it with water, it cannot be filled. ‘Vairi gharmāhi tere jānat sanehi mere.’1 Therefore, the transient and dirt-like material pleasures should be shunned, and with this very body, they should be negated. And like faeces, they should be known as perishable and insignificant. In this way, the body, world, material pleasures, abodes of minor deities should all be negated. By this, detachment can be attained and after attaining it, introspect whether there is any worth in this world. So what if this farm has been bought? It is stones and thorns and we do not see any value in it. But they are better than the thorns of this bazaar. Since by living in the city, the mind is corrupted. And a village is better than a city, since, in a village, Holi comes only once, while in a city, Holi is for all twelve months and Diwali is also for all twelve months. So, in a village, there are occasional weddings, while in the city, there are weddings all year round – but there is no worth in it (the city). Footnotes: 1. 1. There are enemies in your home, yet you believe them to be your friends – that is a mistake.