Vaat 6.76
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 76 · 6 · Verse 76
Sanskrit Original
Vaḷī, Satsangijīvannu sār Mahārāje Shrī-Vāsudev-Vimalāmṛut-Dhām-Vāsam e stotra kāḍhyu chhe ne tenu sār chhello shlok Dharmastyājyo na kaishchit1 e chhe, te pramāṇe rahe to bahu sāro thāy. Ne āsharo draḍh rākhavo, vyabhichāriṇī bhakti karavī nahī ne niṣhkām bhakta thāvu ne uttam pativratānā lakṣhaṇ to kene kahīe je, koī deva-devī ke īshvarādikno lagāre bhār paḍe nahī. Evā bhakta Mahārāj kahe, "Amane bahu game chhe." Footnotes: 1. 1. Ā shlok Satsangijīvanā sārbhūt be shlok paikī ek chhe. Teno artha chhe, ‘Ved-shāstramā kahelā sadāchārrūpī dharmano koīe paṇ kyārey tyāg karavo nahī, ne potānā ātmāne brahmarūp mānīne tejomay Akṣhardhāmmā virājmān evā sadā ek divya sākār mūrti Shrī Vāsudev Bhagwānnī bhakti karavī tathā Bhagwān sivāy bījī vastumāthī alp paṇ prītino sampūrṇa tyāg karī, paramātmā Puruṣhottam Nārāyaṇnu māhātmya jāṇavā māṭe ekāntik santonī sevā karavī. Em Shrī Dharmadevnā putra Shrī Nīlakanṭh Varṇī potānā āshritone updesh kare chhe...’
The essence of the Satsangijivan has been summarized by Maharaj in the verses of ‘Shri Vāsudeva-vimalāmruta dhāmavāsam’1 and the essence of this is the last shlok in ‘Dharmastyājyo na kaischit.’2 If one lives according to this, a lot of good will happen. So, be firm in one’s refuge. Do not offer unfaithful devotion, but become a desireless devotee. The qualities of the highest faithful (devotee) are described as those on whom no gods, goddesses or ishwars, etc. have any influence. “Such a devotee,” Maharaj says, “I like a lot.” Footnotes: 1. 1. This is the first shlok of a series of 11 shloks in the Satsangijivan: section 5, chapter 66, shloks 12-22. 2. This is the last shlok of the 55th chapter of the fifth section of the Satsangijivan. Meaning: “Nobody should forsake their dharma as described in the Vedas. Without harbouring even a trace of attachment to any material things, one should identify one’s ātmā with Aksharbrahman and offer devotion to the brilliant and luminous murti of God. To offer devotion and understand the glory of Shri Hari keep the close company of sadhus,” says Nilkanth, the son of Dharma, to his devotees. - Satsangijivan 5/55/28