Vaat 6.203
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 203 · 6 · Verse 203
Sanskrit Original
Pangatyamā besīne meḷāvīne lāḍu jame te nihsvādī kahevāy ne ekalo nokho jo kācho bājro chāve toy paṇ te svādiyo kahevāy; te māṭe judu paḍye ja bagaḍe chhe ane nihsvādī kene kahīe? E prashnano uttar karyo je, pangatyamā je maḷe te meḷāvīne khāī le, bīju kāī ye upārjan na kare ne chāḷā chūnthato na fare e nihsvādī kahevāy ne tyāre ja Bhagwān enī upar rājī thāy chhe. Te rājī karavānā upāy, Sādhuno samāgam ne niyam e be chhe. ‘Garbhavāsmā shu kahīne tu āvyo re’ e kīrtan bolāvīne kahe je, taravār to kharī paṇ kṣhatrīnā hāthmā hoy ne vāṇiyānā hāthmā hoy; em āvā vachan paṇ brahmavettānā lāge paṇ bījānā lāge nahī.
If one sits in the common dinner line with others and eats even rich food, one is still described as being free from taste. Whereas one who eats on his own, even if it is only uncooked millet, is still described as being deeply attached to tasty foods. So, by eating separately progress is spoilt. And who can be described as above taste? Swami answered the question, “If whatever is available for everyone in the line at meal times is mixed and eaten, and if no other special arrangements are made for food and one is not fussy, that is described as being above taste. Only then is God pleased with him. The two means to please God are company of the Sadhu and observance of codes.” Then he had the devotional song, ‘Garbhvāsmā shu kahine tu āvyo re’1 recited and said, “A sword is a sword, but there are different results when it is in the hands of a warrior and a businessman. Similarly, the words of the enlightened have great impact but those of others do not.” Footnotes: 1. 1. What did you say (to God) in the womb before your birth?