Vaat 6.202
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 202 · 6 · Verse 202
Sanskrit Original
Ā jīv ām sankalp kare chhe. Jem olyā sūtarno tāṇo karīne lūgaḍu kare chhe em ekras ākāshnī ghoḍye karyā kare chhe, paṇ āhī rahevu nathī e khabar nathī, evo jīvno swabhāv chhe.
This jiva forms desires like this: just as one weaves clothes from thread using a loom, in the same way (the jiva forms desires) in the vastness of space.1 However, it does not know it cannot remain here. That is the nature of the jiva. Footnotes: 1. 1. Swami’s analogy here is that the jiva continuously forms desires like the thread is weaved into clothes with a loom continuously. And just as there is no end to space, there is no end to the jiva forming desires. These desires are of this world; hence, Swami says the jiva does not know that it cannot remain here permanently, despite all its desires are of this world.