प्रेम सत्संग सुधा माला पृ. 74

prem satsang sudha mala

shastr padhakar ham bahut-si batean, logoan ko chakit kar dene vali batean bata sakate haian; parantu sachamuch in lilaoan ka darshan hokar kritarth hone ka saubhagy, inamean svayan sammilit hokar kritarth hone ka saubhagy to shriradhaji, shrikrishn ki mahanh kripa se kisi-kisi ko hi hota hai. jahaan samast paramarth-sadhana evan sadhyatatv samapt ho jata hai, vahaan is lila-tatv ka shriganesh hota hai. par yah bat dimag mean tab tak nahian a sakati, jab tak ki bhagavatkripa se antahkaran sarvatha nirmal hokar kripa ke hi parayan nahian ho jata. vedant ki sachchi sadhana yahi ho aur sachamuch ham bramhaprapti ki sthiti prapt kar sakean tatha isake bad vastutah age jo ek rahasyamay anirvachaniy sachchidanandamay sadhana ka marg hai, vah arambh ho, tab kahian sambhav hai ki manushy asali sagun-tatv ka rahasy samajh sake. nahian to, hota kya hai ki duahkh ki nivritti ho jati hai, bramhanand ki anubhooti ho jati hai. par isase bhi pare kuchh aisi rahasyamayi batean haian, aisa anirvachaniy kuchh bhagavatatv hai, jo sarvatha kisi bhi sadhana ke dvara nahian samajha ja sakata. us sthiti ki prapti sabhi bramhaprapt purushoan ko bhi ho hi, yah nishchit niyam nahian hai! ho bhi sakati hai nahian bhi. ye sab ulati-sidhi batean— shastriy jnan, tatvajnan ki charcha adi to manushy usi kshan bhool jay, yadi svapn mean bhi use ek halaki-si shrikrishn ke roop ki jhaanki dekhane ko mil jay. vah jab tak nahian milati, tabhi tak sari bahas, sari udhe d-bun hai. narayanasvami the— ek bar ve baithe hue the, samane shrikrishn dikhe. ve lage dau dane. dau date-dau date kusum-sarovar par ja pahuanche. vahaan pahuanchakar dekha— shrikrishn-pith ki or a gaye. phir pichhe dau d, dau date-dau date apane sthan par a gaye. isi prakar din bhar dau date dekhakar pujari ne poochha— ‘baba! kyoan dau date ho?’ unhoanne kuchh uttar nahian diya. bahut agrah karane par bole— ‘bhaiya! shrikrishn dikhate haian, dikhane par aisi ichchha hoti hai ki pak dakar inake hraday mean sama jaooan; par ve bhagane lagate haian. maian bhi dau dane lagata hooan. dau date-dau date jab thak jata hooan tab ve pichhe dikhane lag jate haian. maian phir pichhe ki or dau dane lagata hooan. sare din yahi lila chalati rahati hai.’ pujari ne poochha— ‘baba! unase kuchh poochhate nahian?’ svamiji ne kaha— ‘pahale to bahut-si batean yad rahati haian aur sochata hooan— yah bat poochhooanga, yah shastriy bat jan looanga, par roop dekhate hi sab bhool jata hooan. bas, dekhate hi rah jane ki ichchha chho dakar baki sab bhool jata hooan.’