Vaat 6.269
Swamini Vato Prakaran 6 Vaat 269 · 6 · Verse 269
Sanskrit Original
Ek vār varsād bahu bhāre thayo, te haraṇiyā ākaḷā thaīne dhoḍyā, te bāṭavāmā1 pesī gayā. Have e tyāthī nīkaḷnārā chhe? Em jīvmātra bāṭavānā haraṇiyā jevā chhe, te viṣhaymā bharāī gayā chhe. Footnotes: 1. 1. Soraṭhnu ek rājyanu gām. Ā gāmmā te samaye krūr māsāhārī Musalmānonī vasati vadhāre. Tethī temanī hadmā peṭhelu haraṇ pāchhu jīvatun nīkaḷī na shake.
Once, it rained very heavily, and the deer became agitated and ran directly into Bātvā.1 Now, will they ever come out of there? Similarly, all jivas are like the deer in Bātvā – they are trapped in the material pleasures. Footnotes: 1. 1. A village in the Sorath (Saurashtra) district where the Muslim residents killed all stray animals that entered to eat their meat.