Vaat 6.88
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 88 · 6 · Verse 88
Sanskrit Original
Nishchay chhe paṇ Ṛuṣhabhdev narakmā1 paḍyā rahyā evā charitra kare to sanshay thāy. Māṭe yogya-ayogya charitramā Uddhavjīnī peṭhe sashany na thāy tyāre ṭhīk, te to Kāmādibhirvihīnā ye sātvatāhā kṣhīṇ-vāsanāhā. Te māṭe sāttvik sevavā, je vāt gnāne karīne thāy te ṭhīk, kem je, Gītāmā gnānīne ja ātmā kahyo chhe. Moṭānu joīne koī kāī vād karasho mā ne kahe tem karajo. Jem agni jaḷe olāy ne vījaḷīno agni ne vaḍavānal agni te jaḷmā rahyā thakā paṇ na olāy. Te Kṛupānand Swāmīe vāt karī je, "Jaḷkūkaḍī pāṇīmā rahe to paṇ pānkh na bhīnjāy, ne bījā janāvarne pāṇī pānkhamā bharāī jāy ne ūḍī shake nahī, ne jaḷkātarṇī māchhalu jāḷmā āve nahī ne sāmu bījāne jāḷ kāpīne kāḍhatu jāy;" em Kṛupānand Swāmī jevāne thāy. Footnotes: 1. 1. Potānā maḷ-mūtramā.
One has conviction but if [God] performed actions similar to Rishabhdev remaining in hellish conditions,1 one would form doubts. So, like Uddhavji, when doubts do not arise in the appropriate or inappropriate actions (of God and his holy Sadhu), then that is fine. Therefore, one should serve a pure [Sadhu]. All the talks that occur from wisdom are good, because in the Gita, a gnāni is considered the ātmā [of God]. One should not imitate the great but do as they say. Ordinary fire is extinguished by water but the fire of lightning and the vadvānal fire is not.2 Krupanand Swami used to say, “A water fowl swims in the water but its wings do not become wet. Other birds’ wings do become wet and cannot fly. And a swordfish cannot be caught in a net, but will cut the net and release others from the net.” Such is that state of the great like Krupanand Swami. Footnotes: 1. 1. In his own body waste. 2. Ordinary people (like ordinary fire) lose their status when they try to enjoy the materialistic pleasures. However, enlightened Purushes are not affected by the materialistic pleasures.