Vaat 6.177
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 177 · 6 · Verse 177
Sanskrit Original
Dehne to shu karavu chhe? Ām ne ām parpolā jevu karī rākhe chhe, evu na rākhavu. Khāsaḍā jevu karī nākhavu. Ā jone amārā pag vajra jevā chhe, te kānṭo vāge nahī ne dhage paṇ nahī; ne ek vār Mahārāj pāse jātā hatā, te rastāmā shūḷ hatī te karaḍ karaḍ bolatī gaī ne ame chālyā gayā. Kāīye thayu nahī; māṭe deh jo parpolā jevu rākhyu hoy to jarāk vā na āve ke jīvmāthī ākaḷo thaī jāy. Te māṭe evu deh na rākhavu.
What does one want to do with the physical body? People pamper it and protect it like a bubble. Do not keep it like that. Make it like a shoe. See this, my feet are like metal such that even thorns do not hurt; and they do not burn either. Once, I was going to Maharaj, and on the way, the sharp thorns cracked under my feet and I continued walking. Nothing happened. Therefore, if the body is kept very delicately, then even if a slight breeze does not blow, the jiva feels discomfort from within. Therefore, do not keep the body like this.