Vaat 6.258
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 258 · 6 · Verse 258
Sanskrit Original
Ek vār Mahārāje Ānand Swāmīne pūchhyu je, “Tamane koīk kriyāmā prerīe to kem thāy?” Tyāre kahe je, “Tame kaho te pramāṇe karu.” Pachhī Muktānand Swāmīne pūchhyu ke, “Tame kem karo?” Tyāre te kahe je, “Hu to ek hāth vṛutti bahār kāḍhu ne be hāth pāchhī vāḷu tyāre sukh thāy.” Pachhī Swarūpānand Swāmīne pūchhyu ke, “Tamāre kem?” To kahe je, “Hu to je je kriyā karu te padārth ṭaḷī jāy ne tamārī mūrti ja dekhāy.” Tyāre Mahārāj kahe, “E to amane samajātu nathī.” Tyāre te kahe je, “Jem tīrmā līmbu parovyu hoy ne te tīr jyā mānḍe tyā līmbu dekhāy, paṇ nishān na dekhāy, em tamārī mūrti dekhāy chhe.” Tyāre juo e paṇ sthiti, māṭe mūrti dekhāy tevī sthiti karavī, te Nijātmānam brahmarūpam e shlok pramāṇe karavī.
Once, Maharaj asked Anand Swami, “When I instruct you to do a task, how do you do it?” Then he said, “I do as you say.” Then Maharaj asked Muktanand Swami, “How do you do it?” Then he said, “I would extend my focus by one handspan outwards, and then only when it is withdrawn (inwards) by two handspans I feel happy.” Then Maharaj asked Swarupanand Swami, “How is it with you?” Then he said, “Whatever task I do, that object disappears and your murti is seen.” Then Maharaj said, “I do not understand that.” So he explained, “Just as when a lemon is fixed to the tip of an arrow, it is seen in whichever direction the arrow is pointed, but the target is not seen. In this way, your murti is seen.” That is the state to be reached. So develop a state in which the murti is seen. And do as per the shlok, ‘Nijātmānam brahmarupam...’1 Footnotes: 1. 1. Identifying one’s self with Brahman, separate from the three bodies (gross, subtle and causal), one should offer devotion to God. - Shikshapatri 116 [See footnote 1, Vat 29.17 - English version; Vat 3-13 - Gujarati version]