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॥ શ્રી સ્વામિનારાયણો વિજયતે ॥

॥ THE VACHANAMRUT ॥

Spiritual Discourses

by Bhagwan Swaminarayan

Gadhada III 3

Dayā ane Snehnu

Samvat 1883nā Āṣhāḍh vadi 1 Paḍavāne divas Swāmī Shrī Sahajānandjī Mahārāj Shrī Gaḍhaḍā madhye Dādā Khācharnā darabārmā potānā utārāne viṣhe virājmān hatā. Ane te divas Ṭhakkar Harjīe8 potāne gher Shrījī Mahārājnī padharāmaṇī karī tyāre Shrījī Mahārāj tyā padhāryā. Pachhī ugamṇe dvār oraḍānī osarīye ḍholiyā upar gādītakiyā bichhāvīne Shrījī Mahārājne virājmān karyā. Pachhī Harjī Ṭhakkare Shrījī Mahārājnī kesar-chandanādike karīne pūjā karī. Evī rīte Shrījī Mahārāj pūrva mukhārvinde virājmān hatā ne sarva shvet vastra dhāraṇ karyā hatā ane kanṭhne viṣhe mogarānā puṣhpanā hār tathā be bhujāne viṣhe te puṣhpanā gajarā tathā pāghne viṣhe te puṣhpanā torā te atishay virājmān hatā. Ane Shrījī Mahārājnā mukhārvindnī āgaḷ muni-manḍaḷ tathā desh-deshnā haribhaktanī sabhā bharāīne beṭhī hatī.

Te samaymā Shrījī Mahārāje sarva sant-manḍaḷne prashna pūchhyo je, “Je haribhaktanā hṛudayne viṣhe dayā ne sneh e be svābhāvik rahyā hoy tyāre snehnu swarūp to madh jevu chhe te jyā-tyā chonṭe ane dayāno swabhāv evo chhe je, jyā-tyā dayā kare. Tyāre Bharatjīe mṛugalā upar dayā karī to te mṛugalīne peṭe janma levo paḍyo.9 Ane je dayāvān hoy tene je upar dayā āve te sangāthe sneh thayā vinā rahe nahī. Ane e dayā ne sneh tene ṭāḷyāno upāy to ātmagnān ne vairāgya e bey chhe. Te ātmagnān evu chhe je, jemā kāī bīju pese ja nahī. Ane vairāgyanu evu swarūp chhe je, sarve nāmrūpne nāshvant dekhāḍe. Māṭe ātmagnān ne vairāgya e be vate karīne dayā ne snehno nāsh thaī jāy chhe ane sthūḷ, sūkṣhma ne kāraṇ e ādik sarve upādhino paṇ nāsh thaī jāy chhe ane kevaḷ brahmasattāmātra rahe chhe. Pachhī ene Bhagwān tathā Bhagwānnā bhaktane viṣhe dayā ne sneh rahe chhe ke nathī raheto? E prashna chhe.” Pachhī Muktānand Swāmī tathā Shukmuni tathā Nityānand Swāmī e ādik Paramahanse jenī jevī draṣhṭi pūgī tevo teṇe uttar karyo paṇ Shrījī Mahārājnā prashnanu samādhān thayu nahī.

Pachhī Shrījī Mahārāj bolyā je, “Lyo, ame uttar karīe. Eno to uttar em chhe je, gnān ne vairāgya karīne traṇ sharīr, traṇ avasthā ne traṇ guṇ e sarva māyik upādhi thakī chaitanya judo thaī jāy chhe ne kevaḷ sattāmātra rahe chhe, paṇ māyik upādhino lesh paṇ raheto nathī. Tyāre jem dīpakno agni te koḍiyu, tel ne vāṭya traṇne yoge karīne draṣhṭimā āve tathā grahaṇ karyāmā āve, paṇ jyāre e traṇ prakārnī upādhino sang chhūṭī jāy chhe tyāre e agni koīnī draṣhṭimā paṇ na āve ne grahaṇ paṇ na thāy; ne upādhie yukta hoy tyāre ja draṣhṭie āve ne grahaṇ karyāmā āve. Tem gnān-vairāgye karīne sarve māyik upādhi nivṛutti pāme chhe tyāre e jīvātmā chhe te kevaḷ brahmasattāmātra rahe chhe ne te man-vāṇīne agochar chhe ne koī indriye karīne grahaṇ karyāmā āvato nathī. Pachhī te kāḷe to ene jo shuddha sampradāye karīne Bhagwānnu gnān prāpt thayu hoy ne Bhagwān ne Bhagwānnā bhaktanu māhātmya yathārthpaṇe samajāyu hoy, tene to sarva māyik upādhino sang ṭaḷī jāy ne potāno jīvātmā brahmarūp thāy to paṇ Bhagwān ne Bhagwānnā bhaktane viṣhe je dayā ne prīti te nirantar rahe chhe. Tyā draṣhṭānt chhe: jem dīpaknī jyot chhe tene jyāre upādhino sang ṭaḷī jāy chhe tyāre e agni koī indriye karīne grahaṇ na thāy evo ākāshne viṣhe rahe chhe to paṇ e agnine viṣhe sugandhī tathā durgandhīno je pāsh lāgyo hoy te ṭaḷato nathī. Jem vāyu chhe te to agni thakī paṇ vadhu asangī chhe to paṇ tene sugandhī tathā durgandhīno pāsh lāge chhe. Tem je jīvātmāne gnān-vairāgye karīne māyik upādhino sang ṭaḷī jāy chhe to paṇ satsangno pāsh lāgyo chhe te ṭaḷato nathī. Ane te brahmarūp thāy chhe to paṇ Nārad-Sanakādik ne Shukjīnī peṭhe Bhagwān tathā Bhagwānnā bhaktane viṣhe atishay dayā ne prītie yukta varte chhe. Tyā shlok -

‘Pariniṣhṭhito’pi nairguṇya uttamashlokalīlayā |
Gṛuhītachetā rājarṣhe ākhyānam yadadhītavān ||’
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“tathā

‘Harerguṇākṣhiptamatir-bhagwān bādarāyaṇihi |
Adhyagānmahadākhyānam nityam viṣhṇujanapriyah ||’
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“tathā ‘Ātmārāmāshcha munayo’12 tathā ‘Prāyeṇ munayo rājan’13 tathā Gītāmā kahyu chhe je,

‘Brahmabhūtah prasannātmā na shochati na kā'nkṣhati |
Samah sarveṣhu bhūteṣhu madbhaktim labhate parām ||’
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“ityādik ghaṇāk shloke karīne pratipādan karyu chhe je, Bhagwānnā bhakta hoy te gnān-vairāgye karīne māyik upādhine tyāg karīne brahmarūp thayā hoy to paṇ Bhagwān tathā Bhagwānnā bhaktane viṣhe dayā ne prīti teṇe yukta hoy chhe. Ane je Bhagwānno bhakta na hoy ne kevaḷ ātmagnān ne vairāgye karīne māyik upādhine ṭāḷīne sattāmātra vartato hoy, tene to sādhan-dashāne viṣhe Bhagwānnī upāsanāe rahit evā je kevaḷ ātmagnānī tenā sangrūp kusangno pāsh lāgyo chhe; māṭe Bhagwān ne Bhagwānnā bhaktane viṣhe dayā ne sneh thatā nathī. Jem vāyune ne agnine durgandhno pāsh lāge chhe tem ja ene te kusangno pāsh lāgyo chhe, te koī prakāre ṭaḷato nathī. Jem Ashvatthāmā brahmarūp thayo hato,15 paṇ ene kusangno pāsh lāgyo hato; māṭe Shrī Kṛuṣhṇa Bhagwān ne te Bhagwānnā bhakta je Pānḍav tene viṣhe dayā ne sneh thayā nahī. Tem kevaḷ je ātmagnānī chhe te brahmarūp thāy chhe to paṇ tene kusangno pāsh jato nathī ne Bhagwān ne Bhagwānnā bhaktamā dayā ne sneh thatā nathī. Māṭe Bhagwānnā bhaktane to māyik upādhino sang maṭī jāy chhe to paṇ Bhagwān tathā Bhagwānnā bhakta tene viṣhe atishay dayā ne prīti vṛuddhine pāme chhe; paṇ koī rīte dayā tathā prīti ṭaḷatī nathī, akhanḍ rahe chhe.” Em vārtā karīne Shrījī Mahārāj ‘Jay Sachchidānand’ kahīne potāne utāre padhāryā.

॥ Iti Vachanamrutam ॥ 3 ॥ 226 ॥

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This Vachanamrut took place ago.


PĀDAṬĪPO

8. Gaḍhaḍānā Khojā bhakta.

9. Bhāgwat: 5/8.

10. Vachanāmṛut Pan. 2nī ṭīpaṇī-17mā ā shlokno arth tathā sandarbh kramānk darshāvyā chhe: Arth: Shukdevjī kahe chhe ke, “Hu nirguṇ brahmamā sthiti karu chhu, chhatā he Rājarṣhi! Uttam kīrtivāḷā Bhagwānnī līlā mārā manne ākarṣhe chhe ane tethī ja ā Bhāgwat ākhyān hu bhaṇyo chhu.” (Bhāgwat: 2/1/9).

11. Arth: Bhagwānnā guṇothī jenī buddhi ākarṣhit thaī chhe ane Viṣhṇujano jene priya chhe evā Bhagwān Shukmuni Bhāgwatrūp je moṭu ākhyān tene nirantar bhaṇavā havā. (Bhāgwat: 1/7/11).

12. Ā shlokno sampūrṇ bhāg Vachanāmṛut Pan. 2mā tathā teno arth ane sandarbh kramānk pād-ṭīpaṇī-16mā darshāvyā chhe: Arth: Ātmārām ane rāg-dveṣhādirūp granthie rahit evā munio paṇ Bhagwānnī niṣhkām bhakti kare chhe, kāraṇ ke Bhagwānmā kāruṇya, saushīlya, vātsalyādik guṇo rahyā chhe. (Bhāgwat: 1/7/10).

13. “Prāyeṇ munayo rājan nivṛuttā vidhiṣhedhatah | nairguṇyasthā ramante sma guṇānukathane harehe ||” Arth: He rājan! Prāyah vidhi-niṣhedhanī aṭ-paṭī kriyāomāthī nivṛutta thayel, nirguṇbhāvne arthāt sattvādik traṇ guṇothī par thayel munio Bhagwānnā charitrarūp guṇonu gān kare chhe. (Bhāgwat: 2/1/7).

14. Vachanāmṛut Lo. 7nī ṭīpaṇī-30mā ā shlokno arth tathā sandarbh kramānk darshāvyā chhe: Arth: Je brahmarūp thayo chhe ane prasanna man chhe eṭale klesh karmādik doṣhthī jenu man kaluṣhit nathī ane koīno paṇ shok karato nathī, tem koī padārthne ichchhato nathī, sarva bhūtomā sambhāvthī raheto, kashānī ākānkṣhā nahī karanāro, te puruṣh māre viṣhe parābhaktīne pāme chhe - arthāt jene ātmāno ‘brahmarūpe’ sākṣhāt anubhav thayo hoy tene ja parābhaktimā adhikār prāpt thāy chhe. (Gītā: 18/54).

15. Lokmā kathanmātra brahmarūp, vāstaviktāmā nahi.

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