Vaat 6.207
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 207 · 6 · Verse 207
Sanskrit Original
Upasham kare te mune game ne hu rājī thāu. Ne je je kriyā achālānī1 hoy te karavī paṇ pachhī dhab paḍī melavī; sankalp karyā na karavā. Ā to markaṭnī2 ghoḍye chhe. Te ek buḍhiyo vānaro tene bījāe vāndarī pāsethī kāḍhī mūkyo pachhī bokāsā3 nākhe; em āpaṇne paṇ viṣhaymāthī dukh ūpaje chhe ne bokāsā nākhīe chhīe. Māṭe viṣhaythī chheṭe rahevu. Footnotes: 1. 1. Agatyanī, jarūriyātnī. 2. Vāndarānī. 3. Chichiyārīo.
I like it when one attains profound tranquility and so I become pleased. Whatever activities are essential should be done, but then after completion, immediately give them up. Do not entertain wishes concerning activities. They are like a monkey. An old monkey was driven away by another from a female monkey. So he screamed repeatedly. Similarly, we, too, encounter misery from material pleasures and scream. Therefore, stay clear of them.