Vaat 6.171
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 171 · 6 · Verse 171
Sanskrit Original
Sādhune koīke pūchhyu je, “Kem Swāminārāyaṇ pragaṭyā teno shu abhiprāy chhe?” Te to Mahārāje kahyu chhe je, “Jīvune mūḷ agnān chhe teno nāsh karīne Akṣhardhāmmā laī javā, e abhiprāy chhe.” Te upar draṣhṭānt chhe je, “Ek undariyu varas thayu, te undar khetar khāīne baḷiyā thayā. Pachhī teṇe vichār karyo je, āpaṇā shatru mīndaḍā chhe tene mārī nākhīe. Pachhī to thoḍāk kahe, ame peṭ khāshu, thoḍāk kahe, ame pag, thoḍāk kahe, ame pūchhaḍu, paṇ koīe moḍhānu na kahyu. Em chhe paṇ koī moḍhe chaḍīne pūchhatu nathī. “Mūvel kāu mārashe daldār1 dāval2 pīr; Dāvalthī Dedā3 bhalā, jeṇe paḍhīne kīdhā pīr. “E mūel shu pūchhe?” Footnotes: 1. 1. Daḷdar. 2. Fogaṭ, nirarthak (dāvalnī jātrā eṭale fogaṭ fero). 3. Lāṭhī gāmnā gāmdhaṇī Dedamal nāme hatā. Te samaye Tejpur (Kāṭhī)thī yuddhe chaḍelu dhāḍu te bāju āvīne ājubājunā gāmomā ranjāḍ karatu ane bahen-dīkarīone herā karatu. Tyāre Dedamal dhāḍānī sāme thayelā. Parantu dhāḍāmā sankhyā vadhāre hatī. Temaṇe Dedamalnu māthu kāpī nākhyu paṇ dhaḍ pāchhu lāṭhī āvyu. Humalākhoro tenī pāchhaḷ āvyā ane lāṭhīnā chokmā Dedāne māryo. Tyārthī ‘Amārā rakṣhaṇ māṭe Dedo marāyo’ em Dedānā yādgīrīmā dīkarīo Dedo kūṭe chhe.
Someone asked a sadhu, “What is the reason that Swaminarayan has manifested?” Maharaj has said, “We want to destroy the root of ignorance in the jivas and take them to Akshardham.” That is the reason for God’s manifestation. An analogy was given: “One year was marked with infestation of rats. The rats ate the crop in a farm and grew strong. Then, they thought that the cats are their enemies and decided to kill them. Some said we will eat their stomachs. Some said hands. Some said tails. But no one said anything about the mouth. It is like that. No one asks [Maharaj] to his face (i.e. directly).” “Mūvel kāu mārashe daldār dāval pīr; Dāvalthī Dedā bhalā, jeṇe paḍhīne kīdhā pīr. “What will the dead ask?”