Vaat 6.224
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 224 · 6 · Verse 224
Sanskrit Original
Pānchāḷ deshmā ek gām chhe, temā ek chāraṇ hato; te mānne līdhe telno ḍagalo pe’rīne hoko pīte pīte ūbho ūbho baḷī mūo. Te sau kahe, “Page ḍāmaṇī1 dyo bhāgī jāy nahī.” Eṭale e kahe, “Are bhāge shu? Hāu?” Em ne em baḷī mūo. Kaho have, emā thoḍu dukh thayu hashe? Evu jene dekhāy tene to viṣhaymā dukh chhe; te jo viṣhay āj mūkīe to mukāy em chhe ne mahine-be mahine-varase-so varase ne so janme paṇ je dī mūkīe te dī mukāy em chhe, ne mūkyā vinā antye chhūṭako nathī; māṭe kalam mūkī je, Viṣhayān viṣhavat tyajet2 te māṭe khabardār thaī jāvu. Footnotes: 1. 1. Beḍī. 2. Viṣhayono tyāg zernī jem karavo.
In a village of the Panchal region, there lived a Charan. Due to ego, he donned a coat covered with oil and while standing, smoking a hookah, he burnt to death. Then all said, “Tie his feet so that he does not escape.” Proudly, he said, “Oh, what’s there to run?” In this way, he burnt himself to death. Now, would he have suffered only a little pain in this? For those who realize, the same pain resides in the material pleasures. But, if we desire to give up the material pleasures today, they can be given up. Even after a month, two months, a year, a hundred years or a hundred births, they can be given up. So in the end, without giving them up, there is no release. Therefore, the clause has been placed: “Vishayān vishavat tyajet.”1 Therefore, be alert. Footnotes: 1. 1. One should renounce the sense pleasures like one renounces poison.