Chapter- 7

Eka sajjane prashn akela | Rokrahaati kalali aamhaala |
Pudhaari, netecha sudharati gaavaala | Satya hey saare ||1||

A good gentleman asked, "We have now understood how people behave. We have also understood they have a natural inclination for imitation and so they like it. It is also true that due to this tendency to imitate others, it is easy for the leaders and heads to use it to reform the village. ||1||

Pari bhalyaanneech gondhal ghaatala | Pudhaari pudhilaancha ' aree' zala |
Tayaanchya nagaarya pudhe kasala | Aawaaj aamucha taan maari? ||2||

"But whom we held and honoured as the wisemen, they have created riotous practices and activities in the village. The leaders and the servants have become the enemies of those honest persons who want to come forward for the betterment and reformation of the village. These leaders and heads have created such an awe and a fearful hold that before them, our thoughts tune feebley like the sound of a small stringed instrument before the thunderous beats of the very big drum. (Nagara). ||2||

Nyaaydevata simhaasani basavili | Teech anyaaya karoon geli |
Mag kaichee suvyavasthaa aali? | Sangaa, sangaa ||3||

"The leaders were elected on the nyaaya-panchaayat (the pancha committee to decide disputes, complaints and claims of the villagers). They are behaving unrighteously and doing injustice. Now you tell us, how can the better set up be maintained in the village?" ||3||

Satsangtisi pandit bolaavila | Tyaanech gaavi kalaha kela |
Shahaana mhanaava tocha nighaala | mahaa moorkha jaisa ||4||

"For seeking a pious, holy and spiritual association, we invited a learned and a wise pedant. but he started quarrels and disputes in the village. Thus, whom we respectfully held as the wisest at last proved to be gem of the fools. ||4||

Prasannate karita thevile gaayana | Tethe aikaave laagale rudana |
Aapalyaa potaachi soya whavi mhanuna | ade, orade ||5||

To keep our minds pleasant and delightful, we invited a classical singer to listen sweet and melodious music but instead of classical singing, that fellow started a song of his own problems of livelihood. ||5||

Ghode shikawaaya aanala swaar | Tochi padala modooni kambar |
Kaise basateel maga itara | ghodyaawari? ||6||

Once we invited a horse ride trainer. But before climbing upon the horse, he tripped down and got his waist fractured. who will now dare ride on the horse? ||6||

Imaandar mhanoni paahila dhanee | tyaanech keli beimaani |
Aata vishwaas thewaava koni | konaavari ||7||

Finding that the moneylender was an honest individual; our saving was deposited with him but he acted dishonestly and flatly refused that we have kept any amount with him. Whom should we have a faith in? ||7||

Muley shikavinyaa thevila mastera | Tyaanecha kela durvyawahara |
Shikshakaasicha shikhshanaachi jaroor | aise zaale ||8||

A teacher was appointed to teach the children in the village and develop their good moral character. That teacher enacted obnoxiously with the children. Now we have to teach him lessons in good moral behaviour. ||8||

Aushadhi dyaaya aanila doctor | Tyaane rogyaasi dile jahara |
Aata koni karaavaa upachaar | saanaga, saanga ||9||

A physician was invited to diagnose the diseases of the patients and prescribe medicines to cure them. But he himself gave posion to the patient. Now tell us who can give a right treatment to the patients? ||9||

Aise zaale aamuchya gaavi | Saanga kaaya vyawastha karaavi?
Konaas haak marooni ghyaavi | Vishwaasane? ||10||

Likewise the examples, given above, same condition is prevailing in our village now. Now guide us, what we should do. Who should we believe in and call to reform our village ? we have failed to find out a proper way. ||10||

Jana manaat yeyeel te kariti | Daroo pitee, tamaashe nachviti |
Pudhaareech pudhaakar gheti | Aisha kaami ||11||

The villagers behave at their individual free will. They drink wine arrange tamasha displays. Even the leaders also take initiative in such activities. ||11||

Gundaanna dharoniya haati | Kariti manee yeyeel tyaachi phajiti |
Tya waachoni pudhaaryaachi gati | Mhanati pragatipathaa yeyeena ||12||

If anybody stands in opposition of their misconduct, these leaders ask the ruffians (who are always with them to threaten people) to attack that good gentleman and then molest and humiliate him in a very shameful way. To justify these evil practices, they say "without creating such terror and awe, the social worker can't enact forcefully and enthusiastically." ||12||

Aisechi dharile tyaanni manee | Naash kela gaavi phiruni |
Aata chorachi zaale dhanee | Sajjan meley upawaasi ||13||

With such evil understanding, the leaders had created a wild riotous atmosphere and rowdism in the village, Now the thieves and robbers have become the lords of the village and good and honest common man is suffering starvation. ||13||

Gaava sagalechi bighadale | aapalyaapari swair zaale |
Naahi kunaache varchaswa raahile | Konaavari ||14||

The neat fold of the village is completely disturbed. People have started to behave, as they desire want. None has a controlling power to check up any wrongdoer. ||14||

Saanga saanga kaaya karaave? Tumhi mhanata gaava sudhaarave |
Konyaa maarge aapan jaave | Aisha sthiti? ||15||

You insist upon reforming the village. You now tell us what can we do in these spoiled and deteriorated circumstance? ||15||

Aapan karaave kaahi saadhan | Haasati tingal karoni jana |
Mhanati ha aala saadhu kuthon | Pota Bharaavaya ? ||16||

If somebody takes the task to improve the village and its condition, these corrupt leaders tease him, jeer at him and make a fun of him. They laugh at him and say" See, wherefrom this belly -god has cropped up?" ||16||

Kharaata ghewoni zaadzud karaavi | Tethecha mal - visarjana basavee |
Mhanati tumachi seva tumhi chaalavavi | Aamhi karu aishechi ||17||

It we start sweeping the village with a broom, the house woman brings her child to sit along the roadside for purification. If we object her, she responds saying" You go on continuing your social service, we will go on continuing as we like." ||17||

Kaahi sangaave shahanpana | Mhanati tumhi saanganare kona ?
Khushi waatel taise karon | Raahoo aamhi ||18||

If we try to tell them some good hints and convince them, they arrogantly asked us, "Who are you to advise us ? We shall behave as we please." ||18||

Aishi zaali gaavachi sthiti | waaeet waatate rhudayaa prati |
Sodooni jaave gaava yeyee chitti | Pari jeeva aawadena ||19||

Observing such bad and deteriorated condition of our village we feel great sorrow and disappointment. To avoid all this, we feel, it is better to leave this village and go elsewhere. But our minds do not allow us to do so. ||19||

Shewatee aalo tumhaasi sharana | Tumhi gaava kele aadarsha mhanon |
Kaise valavile tetheel jana? Saanga aamha laagoni ||20||

Finally we have come to you in total surrender. you have successfully improved your village and made it an ideal one. Kindly tell us how you could change people's minds and turned them to ideal behaviour. ||20||

Miltra ! too vichaarila prashna barawa | Ati harsha zaala mazya jiva |
Mee saangen dharoni bhaava | Varma maaze ||21||

Friends! I am really very glad at your question with great affection and sincerity, I will tell you the secret of the improvement and better reformation of the village. ||21||

Prathamaa kaloo de tuzee saadhana | kaaya thewatosi aapuli dharana?
Dinacharyechi kaisee rachana | Aahe tuzyaa ||22||

But before it, I would like to know what you do yourself to make the village better. What are your ideas and retention about this? How do you perform your daily routine? ||22||

Heychi aahe mukhya khoona | Jovaree vaktyaache nadise aacharana |
Towari lok waagati mhanon | Samajoo nayey ||23||

As long as the narrator - advising the morals, does not appear behaving in the way as he advises others, he can't expect others to listen to his moral advice and behave accordingly. ||23||

Lokaansi je je shikawaave | Te aadhi aapanachi aacharaave |
Nusate pudhaari mahanoni mirawaave | Tene aadar na wadhe. ||24||

You must enact yourself first what you want people to enact. In the awe of being leader, if you enact only per dictation to others (Tond patilki) nobody will listen to you. ||24||

Ekek vishayaache pudhari pana | Gheonee taise kele aacharana |
Tyaannich bighadawoo shakale gaava poorna | Gund, vyasani; vyabhichaari ||25||

Each one of you have taken a lead in inviting and spreading some evil practice of wicked tendency. The villagers then began to imitate you. You have spoiled the whole village. Like their leaders, the villagers also became ruffians, addict and adulterous. ||25||

Taisechi gaava sudhaaryaa apana | vishesh kele paahije aacharana |
Jene yeyeel angi aakarshana | Gaavaas wedhoon ghenare ||26||

People behave imitating the leader. understating this, the leaders themselves should form such ideal conduct by which, they can attract common villagers. They can acquire the power to attract people by their particularly ideal behaviour. ||26||

Yera pudhaari asot sarvahi |parantu aapala marga khuntala nahi |
Lok janu waatchi paahati sadaahi | Kon hoto pudhe mhanoni ||27||

There may be a number of leaders in the village. They can't create stumbling blocks in our work and ways to enact. In fact, the villagers are always awaiting for some one who comes forward to do something good and for the welfare of the village. ||27||

Yaa saathi niraasheche naahi kaaran | Aacharane saadhave pudharipana |
Satyachi prabhaavi sarvaahoona | Hee amol khoona visaru naye ||28||

There is no reason for disappointment. You can acquire the leadership of your village by your ideal moral behaviour. truth is the most predominant. You must always hold this decidedly and firmly in your mind. ||28||

Jyaane sattyasi naate jodale | Tyaache angee gurutwakarshan aale |
Saanganyaahooni saarmarthya chaale | Tyaachya shuddha jeevanaache ||29||

When somebody establishes a close contact with reality (truth) he can automatically attract people's minds towards him. people get more impressed by his virtueous and moral conduct than his advice. ||29||

Yaasaathi pratham paahije indriya nigraha | Khaan paanadiki nyyamaagraha |
Sarvachi vishayee asangraha | Aapulyasaathi mhanoni ||30||

Such is the way of pure, virtuous and moral conduct. First you should have a complete control on your senses and you must bring them under your discipline. The rules regarding your diet and drinks should be strictly followed. You must not hoard things more than your needs. ||30||

Pavitra, mit- aahaar - vihaar | Nidra thodi, shanti faar |
Sada prasannata mukhaavar | Bolataa chaalata ||31||

You should have a moderate diet and drinks. your conduct should be pure, moral and honest. You should not have a sleep more than six hours. Your mind should always be peaceful and your features should always be smiling and pleasant. ||31||

Yamniyamaadi taisee aasane | Saadhoniya aarogya raakhane |
Buddhi - bal - chaaturye vartane | Tejomaya asaave ||32||

Observing the rules of sound health and hygiene, practicing yogasanaas regularly you should maintain sound health. Brilliance of your intellect, vigour (of brahmancharya) and cleverness should elegantly appear in your routine behaviour. ||32||

Aapulya kashta vareech jagaave | Kunaache upkaar angee na ghyaave |
Kamitkami kharchaane rahaave | Sadhya gharee ||33||

Always live upon your own hard work and labor. Never have least obligations from anybody. Live your life very frugally and your house also should be very simple. ||33||

Anga zaakanyaapurate kapade | Shiwale asaavet sadhe bhabade |
Shoukpaani na aawade | Rahaave aise ||34||

Your cloths should be simple and moderate. they should be tailored in simple style and just enough to cover and protect your body. You should give up your inclination towards luxurious and amorous manner of living. ||34||

Aapule, parakyaache hita | Donhi asaavet lakhshaat |
Jene parakyaasi waate pasant | Taisaa vyawahaar karaava. ||35||

You should always guard your own as well as other's interest also and behave in such a manner that others would like it. ||35||

Aapulya konatyaahi kaarbhari | Anyaaya na whava konavari |
Saavadhaani asaavi rhudayaantari | Sarvakaal sattyachi ||36||

Be always cautious and vigilant in your mind while enacting or performing any activity. You must be aware and think that your any act may not do injustice to others. ||36||

Daya, khshama, shanti, namrata | Pratyek jaagi praamanikata |
Saralpana aani premalata | Hee daivee sampatti saadhavi ||37||

Keeping honesty in your every act, you should imbibe the divine wealth of virtues like simplicity, politeness, loving attribute, mercy, forgiveness, etc. ||37||

Saarvjanik kaami jaooni | kashtat Jaawe nishpruhapani |
Jaati - paksha - mitra - shatru mhanuni | Pakshapaat - kothe nasaava ||38||

While participating in some particular social or public work, you must always be selfless. You should share hard work in that public activity you should behave with equality without a least discrimination of caste, party, friends or foe etc. ||38||

Asabhya; hekat nasaave vartana | Karkashata na disavi vaaganyaatuna |
Kunaachi hee ninda stutee aikon | duraagarahi mana na karaave ||39||

Your behavour with others must not be arrogant or you should not be obstinate. Your speech must never be harsh. people may praise you or revile you. But you must not form any prejudice (good or bad) for any person. ||39||

Pratyakhsha dosh paahilyaavin | Athavaa na samajata vishwasneeya kadoona |
Karu naye nyaayadaan | Shodhalya waachoon sarva pakhsha. ||40||

Unless you have yourself witnessed the mistake or fault or unless you have obtaine completed and true facts through your faithful sources or unless giving attentive hearing to both parties in despute, you should not decide and pass your judgement. ||40||

Saamudaayik jabaabdaari | asel ji ji naagarikaavari |
Na chukata paalaavi ti nirdhaari | swaarth uree na thevita ||41||

Every citizen must fulfil his collective responsibility, without committing mistakes, resolutely and selflessly. ||41||

Na karaavi konaachi nindastuti | Apana aadarsha karaavi kruti |
Striyaa, muley, vruddhadi sarva saangati | waagave preme, vishwaase ||42||

Never praise or revile anybody (through selfish intention) your normal behaviour should be so ideal that others should be inspired to imitate it. Your behaviour towards the female, Children and the elders should be loving, affectionate and faithful. ||42||

Rakhaavi shabddachi kimmat | Veleche mahatwa sadodita |
Dusaryaanche sukha - dukkha, aaghat - hita | aapana itkecha jaanave ||43||

Always try to keep your word, with strict exactitude. Never waste your time idly. Always consider that the sorrows and joys, perils and welfare of others are as if your own. ||43||

Hey sarva java pahatil jana | Mhanateel haachi aahe sajjana |
Waadhel tumachya kaaryaache mahimaan | Halu haloo ||44||

When people will observe these noble qualities in your behaviour they will think that you are really a true and virtuous gentleman. Then whatever activity you would take up in your hands, it will be given importance and priority more and more by other people. ||44||

Lokaansi kale tumache vartana | Antarbaahya satwik poorna |
Maga paahateel devaapramane | Tumhaalaagi ||45||

When people will observe that everywhere at home, outside, in and out, your conduct is always noble, pure, righteous and kind (i.e. saatwika) they will hold you in high esteem and look to you as divine as god. ||45||

Mirtraa ! aise java too karisi | Tawa lok raahateel prasanna tujasi |
Aikanyaachi waate khushi | lokaanna tuze||46||

Friend! if you behave in this manner, people will always be pleased with you and they would very gladly listen to you. ||46||

Mhanatil tumhee saangaave | taisechi aamhi waagaave |
Tumachyaa bolanyatoon nighaave | tari maran hoyeel aamache ||47||

Poeple would tell you," we would surely listen to you whole heartedly. If we behave otherwise, it will be as if inviting our death." ||47||

Temwha pratham karvaava vichaar | Aapan ghyaava ki naahi pudhaakar |
Ekada paoola takata samora | Maage gheoo naye kalpaantee ||48||

Fist of all, with due consideration you will have to decide whether to take initiative in leadership or not in any activities, work or responsibility. When you decide to shoulder it after well consideration you must not give it up at any stage. You must try to strive as hard as you can even putting your life at stake and fulfil it successfully. ||48||

Jyaasi waate janaseva karavi | Tyaane pratham lok laaj sodaavi |
Aapulya aatmyaachi ghyaavi gwaahee | Kaarya sattya mhanoniya ||49||

When one yearns to serve people, he should first give up any sense for what people would think and say about him. He should have his own soul's decision regarding the truthfulness of the activity, which he wants to take in hands. ||49||

Jyaat aahe sarvanche sukha | Te satkaarya na karitaa avahaave vinmukh |
Hey to aahe ghor pataka | samajoni ghyaave ||50||

Always bear it in your mind that if you live your life without performing some sublime mission in which lies the interest and welfare, happiness and contentment of all, it will be like committing a great sin. ||50||

Saadhel taisee karaavi suruwaat | Murawaavaya janalokaat |
Rhudayaat aani indriyaat | Mel raahu shake aisee ||51||

After a full consideration, choose only such activity or work which you and people are able to fulfill upto successful end. Then start to enact keeping harmonious balance in your organs and souls and sow the seeds of that activity in people. ||51||

Karamanne paawool pudhe ghyaave | kaarya karita smaadhaan maanaave |
Virodhakaansi uttara dyaave | Namratene ||52||

Gradually gear up your performance of enactments. Learn to seek satisfaction in your activities, If anybody stands to oppose with any objection to your work, try to convince him politely. ||52||

Lokaansi bolane shikawaave | Tari aapan uttamachi bolaawe |
Bolanyaat madhurya otaave | aapulyaa preme ||53||

Before advising others on a good manner of speaking you yourself should first speak in an excellent manner. Your speech should be loving and you should bring sweetness in it. ||53||

Aapulyaa bolanyaane ubagateel jana | Aise kadhee na karaave bhaashana |
Konaachehi poorna aikalyaaveen | Na dyaave madhoon uttar. ||54||

Never speak in a rude manner and in a harsh tongue. It will make people tire of listening to you. Unless the person has finished his speaking and you have listened to it, never try to prevent or cut off his speech and never give your reply until he has finished his speaking. ||54||

Aapule bolane premaache | Dusaryaache bolane karodhaache |
Pari te sahan karaave tyaache | Waara angee ||55||

In spite of your loving and sweet way of speaking if smebody is responding with impulse of anger, try to bear his blows with maintaining your peace of mind. ||55||

Dusaryaane kiteehi krodha kela | Tari haasoni paahije maavaleela |
Uttar detaa yaave shantine tyaala | Aapulyaapari. ||56||

If somebody has reached the peak of anger, try to ward off his anger with your smiling and loving manner and without getting disturbed, respond to his anger in a peaceful manner. ||56||

Shanka vichaaravayaachi daatee | Laagel padopadee paathi |
Sahan karonee hee aataa aatee | Paaya pudhe taakaava ||57||

People may annoy you by raising their doubts. Try to clear away their doubts in conciliating manner and push forward your activity. ||57||

Ekada zaaliya nishchaya | Maga lokachi hotee sahaayya |
Kaame karaavayachi soya | Sopee hote ||58||

When a decision to perform some noble activity is taken people will crowd up at their own accord to offer their co-operation. It will make easy to carry on your work. ||58||

Aapoaapachi hoto nirwaala | taanda jamato bhowatee sagala |
Niwadaava tyaatooni jiwhaala | Aahe konaa ||59||

After deciding to perform your noble activity, people will come forward to render their help and co-operate you. Now you should carefully observe who, among those, have real affection and concern for the work. ||59||

Tyaasachi saathi karaave | Shakti yuktine mana bharaave |
Kaarya karvaayaasi sopawaave | Aapulyaa jaise ||60||

Then select your companions carefully from those helpers. Make the best of them. With your power of morality and intellectual adroitness fill their minds with ardant fascination. In future try to hand them over the entire responsibility of some activity and make them to perform it just as you yourself would have done it. ||60||

Aise milataa kaahi jana | Aarambha zaala satkaarya poorna |
Maga sahajachi ghyaave mhatpunya | Gaava seveche ||61||

When some such ardent and co-operative workers are brought together , start your noble mission with them in full swing and earn divine merit of your service to people. ||61||

Yaahooni naahi dusara upaaya | Aapulyaa gaavachi laagaayaa soya |
Haachi mantra aahe siddhaantmaya | Gaava aapule sudhaaravaya ||62||

There is no other surest way to reform your village. Thus is the only theoretical intention to bring the ideal plan of reformation of your village into a concrete reality. ||62||

Hey aikoneee maaze uttara | Prashna karataa bolala chatura |
Yaasi laagateel diwas faar | Towari gaavaache hoyeel kaise? ||63||

(Vandaniya Maharaj says), "Listening to my reply about unmistakable way to reform the village, the inquisitive questioner (selfish ) further asked." Your ideal plan will take a long time to become effective into a concrete form. Till then what will happen to our village? ||63||

Aapan saangitale je saadhana | Tehi aahe mahaakathina |
Kona saadheel yam-niyam, aasan | Dhyaanaadi sarva? ||64||

"The practices you have elaborately described are also very difficult. How can anybody cope up with it by extracting strenuous exertion in practicing self-control, rigid discipline, asanas, meditation etc?" ||64||

Tyaasi varshehi bareech lotati | Toparyant aamuchi gaatre shitheel hoti |
Maga kona paahil gaavaprati | Uttam aahe ki waaeet? || 65 ||

"Besides, it will take many long years. Till then we may grow old. Then who will witness whether the village has improved or impaired? ||65||

Aamhi madhyecha gelo maroon | Maga ichchha raheel apporana |
Kaaya saangaave pudhe kona | Kareel kaarya aamuche? ||66||

"Suppose, practicing according to your advice we die, our yearning for improvement of our village will remain unfulfilled. Who can then assure us that our incomplete sublime mission will be taken up by some active worker and will be successfully completed? ||66||

Yaa saathi saanga sopa upaaya | Jyaane saadhel sarva soya |
Dewoo aamhi kharcha jaree ye | Tyaasaathi kaahi ||67||

"So, kindly suggest us some other easy way to improve our village. If some expenses are to be incurred upon it, we will gladly bear our share of it. ||67||

Mitra ! aik yaache uttara | Tuj sodoni gaava whave sundar |
Aisee ichchha dharisheel teevra | Taree tee vedepanaachi ||68||

(Vandaneeya Maharaj replies) "My friend ! Now listen to my reply to your question about the improvement of your village. You may have a strong yearning to reform your village but sparing yourself from your own participation, it will prove insane" ||68||

Maaze gaava sundar whave | Mee chor-jaarachi rahaave |
Aise visangat disate aaghave | Mhanane tuze ||69||

"Your intention is to improve your village and make it beautiful but you want to remain yourself as a thief and adulterer. Your all this narration is basically wrong." ||69||

Vyaktishuddhivina dusaraa upaaya | Kaaya aahe whaaya sahaayya? |
Tikavinyaas gaavi uttam soya | Yaavin majalaa disenaa ||70||

"What other way can be helpful to maintain happiness and peace in your village except every individual's selfpurity? The santity of every individual is one and only one way for this" ||70||

Tu mhanasheel sattene sudhaaraave | Taabad tob kaayade karaave |
Tuzyaa saarakhecha taalteel aaghave | Te taisechi thevaave swaarthi jana ||71||

"If you think that using the pressure of the ruling power and making laws, you can bring the improvement and reformation of your village, but the other people also are equally selfish like yourself. They will also definitely avoid obeying the laws." ||71||

Hey mhanane kona aikel? | Kitteehi udaar bolale bol |
Taree janamana te olakheel | Chhi thoo kareel aamuchihi ||72||

"Who will listen to your such selfish reasoning? If you show by pretending to be noble, generous and affectionat, people will finally recognize what exactly you have in your mind and they will spit on our face just as they will do it to you. ||72||

Aani taisechi karoo jaave | Taree gaava kaise sudhaaraave? |
Vyaktee miloneech gaava aaghave | Hey visarataa sarva phola ||73||

"Secondly though the villagers enact according to your reasoning, your village can't be reformed at all. If you forget that village consists of each and every individual all your enactments would be fruitless." ||73||

Lok sudharanechyaa rekhaa phaadati | Paise dewoon karoo mhanati |
Pari paisa ghewoon phasaviti | Aise lok ubhecha tethe ||74||

"Many people draw plans on paper for improvements of the village. They say that they will make concrete work of village reformation according to their paper plan and by incurring expenditure upon it. But they are surrounded easily by many others who are waiting to deceive them and get the funds from them for the work. (thus these selfish evil persons will rob the money and will do nothing.) ||74||

Karoo mhanasi vyakhyaane dewoon | Tari lokahi shikateel vyakhyaana |
Kaaya hoya yaatuni nishpanna | Jowaree maanava naa badale? ||75||

Friend! you say that by delivering lectures and discourses on the village improvements, you can get the work done. But remember, there are so many others who will learn the art of lecturing (like you). But what gain can you achieve from this unless the man is not changed? ||75||

Tyaasa mukhya paahije antahkarana | Jiwhaalyaachi seva poorna |
Tareecha graam hoyeel nandanavan | Awadambaraa wachoona ||76||

First, the most essential factor is our mind. People must have firm mind to perform any act. Secondly it needs the honest and affectionate service. A village can be improved beautifully like a paradise with sincere mind and yearning for service and then no pomp and show is necessary. ||76||

Waastarika tyaasee welahi naahi | sawech chaalela sudhaaranaahi |
Suroo karoni saangat jayee | Shikavee manaasahit janaa ||77||

In fact, no spare time is needed to teach this. While rendering your own services to the reformation activity, you can teach your own mind and to the other villagers also. they can achieve previous precept easily and casually. ||77||

Bol Bol yaache uttara | Tuzee tayaari aahe kaaya satwara?
Naahitari wela maatra | Gamaaoo nakosa aamucha ||78||

"Tell me quickly if are you ready to do all this. Don't waste my time unnecessarily" ||78||

Temwhaa to niraashene wadalaa | Aparigraha jari aamhi kela |
Kaaya raaheel mulaabaalaala ? Maga kaaya zaala phaayada maaza? ||79||

"The questioner was very much disappointed. He said, "you asked us not to hoard more than our requirements. What will then happen to our children when we would not be alive? What benefit would we have in doing all this?" ||79||

Kaasayaa karaave ewadhe katheen | Chaaloo dyaa jaise chaalati jan |
Aapanachi dukkhi howoona | Kaa maraave yaasaathi? ||80||

"Why should we then put ourselves in such hard labour? let people behave as they like. Why should then we suffer sorrows and invite our own death?" ||80||

Aaise bol aiskata prashnakartyaache | Bolali thumheech gund gundaache |
Punhaa tyaatahi aamuche | Sahaayya ghetaa budawaaya ||81||

Listing to the questioners speech, I told him," In fact, you are the king of the ruffians and rascals. People like you had brought a downfall and deterioration to your village and now you are making us party to it" ||81||

Tumheech gaava budavilaa | saangayaasi aale bolabaala |
Aisaachi waate ghaat zaala | Sarva gaava deshaacha ||82||

"You have yourself destroyed your village and now you have come to me bragging and boasting to your ownself. All villages and our country have gone to dust only because of such selfish and evil people like you." ||82||

Tumachyaa warooni maja bodha zaala | Desh ashaanneech garte ghaatala |
Shahaane mhanawoon naash kela | Gaavacha tumhee ||83||

I have understood from your own example that people like you have destroyed this country. You always held a false sense of being very wise and you yourself have become the cause of destruction of your village" ||83||

Pratham je tumhee aise bolale | je je sudhaaranyaas aanale |
Tyaanneech gaava budavile | Aamuche sarva ||84||

Hey mhanane sare latake | Tumhasicha dyaave waate Phatake |
Naahi tari karaa aata nike | Saangato taise ||85||

"In the beginning, you told me that all those, whom you had invited to improve your village had spoiled the village. ||84||

But this is all a total lie. I now really feel that I should now give you a hard beating. Otherwise, now what I tell you follow it mutely and meekly" ||85||

To bhala kaahi paaya gheyeena | Phasala moha - kardami naana |
Mhane aalo hoto aapulyaa darshana | Laabh hoeel mhanoni ||86||

The fellow, who was stuck in mud of temptations had no courage to do anything. He said, "I had come to you with a hope that I would gain some beneficial advice from you." ||86||

Gaave yetee saadhu- mahant | Kaaryakarte , Vidwaan, Pandit |
Tyaanche sangati taisaa shastraatha | Karaava, heech ruchi maja ||87||

Jaise aamhi pothi, Puraane waachato | Taiseecha tyaachi charachaa karato |
Kon shahanaa hey paahato | Varachyaa varee ||88||

Taisaa bolalo aapala dnyaancharcha | Nehameecha chalati gappa aamuchya |
Hoteel kadhi kaali manachya | Bhawanaahi aishya ||89||

"When the saint, sages, workers, wise pedants come to our village, we discuss with them on many issues and topics .We have a great interest and liking in such discussions. ||87||

We discuss with them according to the books, scriptures and holy books, puraanaas etc, which we have read so far. From the discussions with them, we try to examine who is really wise and who is superficially pretending to be erudite and wise ||88||

In this way, we do have light conversation and discussions very frequently. In the same way, I held a discussion with you upon some knowledge issues. I am sure, sometime or other we will have our minds prepared to bring your advice and guidance in to practice." ||89||

Tumhee tara netachi laawala | saangata surawaatachi karaavayala |
Yaas pahije vichaar kela | Kaahi varshe ||90||

"But you are forcefully insisting us to start enacting immediately and right from now, but we will have to think upon all the aspects for some years more" ||90||

Mee aikale tyaache mhanane | Viwhala zaalo jeeve praane |
Aisehi jan nirmile Bhagawantaane | Waatate mana ||91||

When I heard his thoughts, I was extremely pained and disturbed. I thought, God has created such type of people (destroyer of the village) also." ||91||

Haat jodale tayapratee | Mhanaalo aata nako aapulee sangati |
Bahu dnyaan dile tumhaa prati | wastaadane || 92 ||

Then folding hands to him I said. "Now enough of this. your wisest master (ustaad) has already given you much knowledge of this kind. ||92||

Parantu yaapeksha moorkha bare | Te aikonee gheti bichare |
Amhee prayatna karoo mhanoni saare | Gharee jaati sadbhaave ||93||

The fools are better than these people. those poor fellows at least listen mutely, assure that they would try to enact accordingly to improve their village and bearing true and good disposition they go back to their homes. ||93||

Tumhee disataa padhat moorkha | Dusarya dukhawoni getaa sukha |
Kaloni na wale yaache koutuk | Karaave tari laajirwaane ||94||

"You are really the educated fool. You try to seek pleasure and happiness by hurting others. You understand well but never want to accept the truth. If I express wonder at your intellect, it will also be not good for us as it would be disgraceful to us." ||94||

Pari aata ek dhyaani thewaave | Yaane aapule bhale kadheehi navhe |
Pari kunaachehi samaadhan paave | Yaa charchene kriyaa yoge ||95||

"But mind it will, you will never prosper due to your such thoughts and behaviour. but anybody who will bring the essence of this discussion in practice and enact honestly and sincerely, will have a true satisfaction" ||95||

Aso, majasi jaisaa prashnakarta bhetala | Taisaa kaa koni shahaana uthala |
Tari tyaane ghaatachi zaala | Graamseva karyaacha ||96||

"If you also come across such a questioner as I have met and discuss in the same way with awe of wisdom, take it for granted that he would bring harm to the service to village and finally destroy it." ||96||

Bolanyaat te ati shahaane | Pari kaarya tyaanche ongalwaane |
Kaise gaava sudhaarel yaane? | Saanga maja ||97||

"Such people have a very swift and sweet tongue and tact to convince others very cleverly. but all their dealings and enactments are very filthy and loathsome. Now tell me, how can the village be improved by such people? ||97||

Na soditaahi pendhaaripana | Tyaanna paahije pudhaaripana |
Ichchiti sannyaasacha sanmaan | Patnee gheooni khaandyavari ||98||

On one hand they won't give up their highway robber like tendencies and on the other hand they strongly desire to have leadership of the village. It is absurd like the person, addicted immensely to woman, who carries his wife on his shoulder and expects the respect and adoration which a true sannyaasi deserves. ||98||

Saadhushi bhaavikapane bolati | Moorkhaapaashi mahant hoti |
Vyasani lokaan maaji milooni jaati | Vyasane bhogata ||99||

These people would make a great display of their devotion when they are in the company of saints and sages. They strut in the company of fools and try to impress that they are the most knowledgeable intellects and when they are in the company of the addicts they get fully absorbed in their addiction. ||99||

Aapana sarvatara maan milaava | Dhanaachahi sangraha whaava |
Aani jara taanahi na laagva | Aisaa vyaapaar havaa tyaasi ||100||

They prefer such activities by which they will gain honours and admiration from people, they can make wealth and in doing all they will not have to suffer even the least loss. ||100||

Heychi olakhaave dhoortapana | Yaaseech padhatmoorkha mhanati shastradnya |
Tyaa laagi karunahi prayatna | Asaadhya tyaancha khaata roga ||101||

The worker who honestly try to improve their village must recognize the craftiness of such wicked persons, and try to prevent them in good time. The wise call such wrong doers as educated fools. Their disease of avarice (worst tendency for getting hushmoney) will never be cured though you employ a lot of efforts. ||101||

Tyaa paasoni graama waachawaave | Khare saatwikapana gavee bharaave |
Saral panaasaathi prayatna karaave | sudhaarakaanni ||102||

It is better to save the village from such crafty people. Try to fill up the whole atmosphere with virtuousness, piousness and purity. If you can, try to change their evil tendencies and conduct. ||102||

Yaasi maja ek saadhan suche | Je je asatil gaavi aise |
Aadhi tyaachech laagave kaase | Sasemira ghewoniya ||103||

I have got a better idea. You should make a search for such persons. All of you should keep constantly to pursue them beyond their limits to endure. ||103||

Je jana bolonyaat jinkati | Aacharanaat maage raahati |
Tyaanchi ghyaavi chtaturye zadati | Graama haati ghewoni ||104||

Those who are wise and clever enough to win in debates and arguments but always lag behind in their practical behaviour should be carefully scrutinized and narrowly searched out and cleverly expose them with the help of villagers by turning them towards us. ||104||

Phuki dnyaancharcha naahi zaali | Mhanoni dnyaanshakti kami padali |
Aise kadehee na padaavi bhulee | Lokaas Maazya || 105 ||

My friends! who honestly yearn to improve the village should not form any misunderstanding that if somebody doesn't want to do or can't enter into inactive and empty discussion of knowledge it means that his power of (Practical) knowledge is below standard in that issue. ||105||

Adambha, dayaa, abhayaadi guna | Tyaasech geeta mhane dnyaana khoona |
Kriyaawan tochi pandit poorna | Sarvaboothiti rata ||106||

The Bhagwadgeeta holds it a remarkable feature of knowledge which includes (i) not to have pretence (ii) possess the excellent virtues like being merciful and (iii) fearlessness. the wise have recognized such individual as a true pedant who is absorbed in the mission of the village improvement and who is always ahead and ready to render his hard efforts on the mission. ||106||

Laakh bolakyaahooni thora | Ekachi maaza kartabgaara |
Hey wachan paloni sundara | Gaava sudhaarave kaaryaane ||107||

(Jyotiba Phuley says) who is always ahead in enacting is more excellent than lakhs of other empty boasters. According to this quotable guote (of shree Jyotiba Phule) everybody should readily come forward to pick up his share in this noble mission and with their service should improve the village. ||107||

Sudharanechi karita bolani | Mhanaave, chalaa kaame karu milonee |
Ghyaa hey topale maati bharonee | Shiraavari aapulya. ||108||

If it need be to speak on the improvement of the village say this much only. "Get up, take this spade and carry the basket of soil on you heads. let us all finish the work." ||108||

Sarvaanseech laawaawe kaam | Haachi maarga sarvaat uttam |
Yaanech banel aadarsha graam | Sahaayya deto satkaarya ||109||

The real way to reform the village is to make all to participate in rendering honest service to the village. the co-operation of all villagers will definitely make your village the most ideal one. ||109||

Aadarsha na karita jeevana | Kaisaa mile aadarashaacha maan?
Kaisaa jagee aadarsha hoya nirmaan? | Tukodya mhane ||110||

Unless we have made our life really ideal, how can we claim the honour of getting called as ' the ideal one'? How can an example of the excellent beautiful work be set before the world? (says so shreesant tukadoji maharaj) ||110||

Iti shreegraamgeeta grantha | Guru- shastra - swaanubhava sammat |
Kathila graamonnaticha aacharapatha | Saatawa adhyaaya sampoorna ||111||

Thus, in the well consented Gramageeta by the Guru, shastras and self experience, this seventh chapter enlightening the ideal way of enactments for the upliftment and prosperity of the villages, is hereby concluded. ||111||

|| Sadgurunaath Maharaj Ki Jai ||

1. People will not follow what the speaker has advised them as long as they don't find him behaving as he advocates. Therefore, what I want to teach people, I shall bring it into my practical behaviour first and then with true mind I shall advocate it to the people.

2. I want to get related to 'THE TRUTH' I have to bring in myself such a gravitational attracting force. Therefore I shall control my organic passions, I shall control my food and drinks and I shall try to become impossessve regarding all material things.

3. I shall never beg for the obligations of anybody and shall try to live upon my labour and hard work. I shall not enjoy the luxuries and shall use simple clothes. In doing so, I shall always be cautious about anything being being done wrong or unjust to anybody. I shall always bear the truth and alertness for the truth in my mind.

4. In attempting the social public work, I shall try to be impartial and becoming desireless and selfless, I shall exert with my hard efforts. I shall behave lovingly and affectionately with all.

5. I shall never indulge in praising or censuring or gossiping about others. I shall always keep the importance of time and the value to the words given. I shall always treat the sorrows and joys the welfare and the calamities of others as my personal events.