Lok dhanawaanaa Pusena |
Lok sattela olakhina |
Paree sewadhaaryaache charana | Pujoo laagale jeewaanee ||26||
People may not ask for the rich &
wealthy persons as well as the rulers but they very humbly prostrate
before the person who has resolutely taken a vow to serve people and that
too with the sincerely of his soul. ||26|| |
Jagaat jewadhe poojya
purush zaale | Te sarva sevanechi gourava paawale |
Sewa sodataachi rakhshas tharale | Maarale gele dewaa karavi ||27||
All those great personages in the world had
earned fame and glories by devoutedly rendering their honest services to
people. If any of them left this devine work of service, and got absorbed
in enjoyment and involved in pleasures & luxiries, they were
considered as monsters because of their tendency for enjoyments and so
finally they were destroyed by the Gods. ||27|| |
Sant saamajeene seva
keli | Prasangee dhanya kothare lutavili |
Dewaanehi kadar keli | Phedale runa yewooni ||28||
When there was acute famine, Sant Damaji,
having no fear for the king's anger and punishment rendered his remarkable
service to people by looting & distributing the government granaries
to the starving public. On that occasion, god also came forward and
deposited the full cost of the food-grains in the king's court and saved
Daamaji from the impending shameful disgrace. ||28|| |
Yethe dewaane phedile
runa | Mhanaje mukhi thaatale Narayana |
Puravile Bedaree Jaawooni dhana | Bhalatiyaane ||29||
Here "God made Damaji free from the
debt" means God inspired some individual and that divine intuition in
him gave a promise of the guarantee for making good the cost of the food
grains and that individual went to the king and paid the whole amount.
||29|| |
Kona mukhi kaaya thaake
| Hey kona saangel koutake?
Jaree karma asel nike | Janaseveche ||30||
If it is the divine desireless merit of the
sincere servant, none can describe who will be inspired by God with
intuition, what divine intuition he is given and how enormous volition for
public service would be vowed by him. ||30|| |
| THE EXTREME EXCELLENCE
OF SERVICE |
Sarva karme, vrate
karoni | Teerthatani vanee phironee |
Karaavi laagate sewaachi janee | Satkeerti saathi ||31||
Though one has performed religious
enactments like giving aims, visiting the holy places, roaming through
woods & forests to earn devine merit, he must finally render service
to the people to acquire it and the divine glory & fame. ||31|| |
Teerthi daan, satpaatra
bhojana | Yadnyaadiki kharchaave anna, dhana |
Tyaat sewa drushteenech saangitale punya | Yeravi mithyaa ||32||
It is actually rendering service to people
when you give aims and donations in charity at holy places, you feed the
hungry, on the occasions of yagnas etc. you give food and money. Theretore
to acquire divine merit through them is advised. Otherwise, without the
purpose of human service, it is all in vain. ||32|| |
Jyaasi jaruri tyaasi na
dyaave | Pavitra sthaana mhanoni udhallave |
Taree tene punnya kadhi na paave | Janesevenche ||33||
If without providing the needy you
generously squander food grains and money at some holy places, you can't
earn divine merit of service to the people. ||33|| |
Teertha samajati
punnyaachi khaani | Aani paapmaya gaaviche praani |
Tyaasi teerthihi dhonda paani | saangitale santee ||34||
Those who think that divine merit can be
earned at the holy places only and consider the poor and feeble people at
their villages as the sinful, drive them away without providing them,
certainly can't earn the desired gains. The great saints had told them
that there are only stones & water at the teerthas (the holy places)
for them. ||34|| |
Kaashichya Gangechi
kaawadi | Otaavi tahaanelya jeevache tondi |
Yaatachi teerthaa hooni punya kodi | Saangati Naath ||35||
Saint Eknaath was carrying the holy water
of the Ganga in the pitchers (kawadi) from Kashi to Rameshwar. When he saw
the donkey dying of thirst, he poured that holy water into its mouth &
saved it. Thus he prooved that the crores of divine merit lies in such
timely help to the in dire need; needy. ||35|| |
Aapana zijoni angee
swataa | Jeeva jantusi dyaavi prasannata |
Sukhee karaavi gaavachi janata | heecha seva punyakar ||36||
Physically rendering hard work, the great
& excellent divine merit can be earned by making the living beings
happy. ||36|| |
Aisi seva jaya ghade |
Tute sansaarache birade |
Sakha Bhagawant rhudayee jode | Antar padena yaasi ||37||
When one renders such selfless service, all
his worldly sorrows and sufferings will be turned back and warded off. The
great God dwells in his heart. In fact, he does not remain away and aloof
as different from God. (He becomes one with God). ||37|| |
Seva heech dhana,
sampatti khari | Na sarey janma janmaantari |
Waadhavi vishsaabhimaan antari | Graam poojan sevaamaya ||38||
Service is the real wealth. It never ends
in birth after birth. The service creates the divine feel in the mind as
`The whole universe is my house' (Hey vishwachi maaze ghara) and the
village is worshiped through service only. ||38|| |
Mhanoni mhanato sevaa
karaa | Uttam haachi maarga bara |
Aapulya janmaasi uddharaa | Gaavasahit ||39||
Therefore with a great concern and
solicitude I am telling you that the only way to upliftment of the whole
village alongwith your ownself is rendering your services to the people.
||39|| |
Jari karaal seva aisee |
Tareech uddharaal jeevaasi |
Unnat karaal gaavaasi | sarvatopari ||40||
If you render such desireless honest
service then you can uplift your village alongwith your ownself. ||40|| |
Yeravhi sarvachi karitee
seva | koni kutumb seva, koni lokseva |
Pari tyaane gramoddhar ka na whava | Te hi sango ||41||
In fact, in our whole life we render some
kind of services. Some of us serve our own families, some serve people.
But these are the limited and contracted services. You can't uplift the
village by such services. Now I'll tell you the reasons for it. ||41|| |
Sevasaathi sarvachi
tatpara | chaalala sevenech vyawahaar |
Yaa seveche nana prakkar | pari varma wegalechi ||42||
All are ready to render their services. The
whole world runs on the services of human beings. There are many kinds of
services. But their imposthumes are different. ||42|| |
"Aamuchya gaavacha
mee patil | mhanoni karito seva bahaal" |
mhanavito aisa sevak khushaal | pari raabavi garibaala ||43||
The patel struts and says, "I am the
patel of this village and as the patel. I render my services to this
village". But infact, he boldy gets other villagers to labour hard.
||43|| |
Jyaachi bailjodee
upaashi | Aatavari geli hoti kaamasi|
Pari dayaa na ye to mhane tyaasi | Jump gaadi sahebasaathi ||44||
Somebody's pair of bulloks had so far gone
on strenous farming work. It had just returned and was hungry. It had
toiled till noon. But at such time the patel forcefully calls him and
without pity, he orders the villager, "yoke your bullock-cart for the
Sahib immediately". ||44|| |
Dupaarvari kaam kele |
Gharee jewaavayaasahi naahi gele |
Taree bolaawooni ghatale | Bigaari saathi ||45||
The poor miserable bullocks and its owner
had toiled hard in the field. They had not returned to their home and
didn't have their meals. Yet the patel forcefully calls him to labour
without any returns for it. ||45|| |
Jodi, maanase marooni
upaashi | Khush karato saahebasi |
Yaachi aapuli seva aisee | Saaheb mhane dhannaya tayaa ||46||
Starving the poor miserable pair of
bullocks and its owner, the patel gets the sahib pleased with him and that
sahib also applauds him for his prompt service. ||46|| |
Aamuchya gharee zaale
lagna | pari gaavakaryaasi bhasale vighana |
Khaati chor por zapaatoona | kashta karanaare meley ghari ||47||
When the patel says, "Soon there will
be marriage ceremony performed at my home". All villagers think that
it is an impending calamity for them. They all work hard in the marriage
ceremony but nobody asks them whether they have dined or not. Those, who
don't do any work, such shirkers and others eat up to great extent. ||47|| |
Gaavi mejawaanichya
ghatalya pangtee | sheth sawakaar jamavoni atee |
Keli gorgareebaanchi maati | kadar naahi tayaanchi ||48||
Inviting together seth (the merchants) and
sawakar (the money lenders) he arranges rows for dinner full of savoury
food, but puts the miserable poor workers to the dust by engaging them in
various activities of the marriage ceremony. But no seth or sawakar cares
at least for the meals of those workers. ||48|| |
"Chal be saali"
mhanoniya | jama kelyaa aaya baaya |
gharache kaam taakuniya | bigaar keli raatrandini ||49||
The patel abuses the poor females calling
them "Chal be saali" and forcefully takes them to work on
fields. Those poor souls have to give up their house hold duties and
perform this monyless labouring for the whole day and night. ||49|| |
Shewati kaame sundar
zaali | shabaaski jahagirdaara milali |
Kaame karanaari upaashi paathavili | Hey hi ek seva ase ||50||
In this way, (compelling the poor souls to
work hard till death) all the enactments are beautifully performed hence,
the observers applaud the jahagirdaars (land lords) and actually hard
working poor souls are turned away with starving and hungry bellies. This
is also a kind of service. ||50|| |
Saheb yeto aamuchya
gaavi | mhanoni yaatra jagawaavi |
Mare mare to karaavi | gaava durustee lokaanni ||51||
When some officer (sahib) is to visit the
village, the villagers toil hard the whole day and night to make the
necessary repairs of the village. ||51|| |
Yaane tond paatilaki
karaavi | kapadyaas wali pado na dyaavi |
Shewati shabaaski yaanech ghyaavi | janata sagali doorachi ||52||
The patel only gives orders. He doesn't
have a single wrinkle upon his ironed clothes. Yet applaudings are offered
to the patel for the success and the toiling villagers are left away at a
distance. ||52|| |
Gaava kele ati sundar |
Rabawonee naari nara |
Tethe naava ekalyaache thora | `Sevasheel neta' mhanoni ||53||
All the males and females of the village
toil hard to make the village ideal and beautiful. But only the patel gets
name and fame as 'the most dutiful serving leader'. ||53|| |
Ekaane khoop dhana
laavile | gaavi uttam dewool kele |
Udaar mhanoni naava gaajale | pari naahi kalale varma tyaache ||54||
Some rich individual spent a lot of money
and eracted a beautiful temple in the village. He was glorified as `the
most noble and generous'. But nobody knew the secret behind it. ||54|| |
Aadhi lutale jana
lokaansi | jama kelya dhanaachya raashi |
Maga baandhile dewoolaasi | sheeg kaahi utarena ||55||
First, looting the villagers at his will,
he accumulated the heaps of wealth. Then (for name and fame) he eracted
the temple. Yet the top level of his pile of money in his safe did not
decrease down. ||55|| |
|
Chori karooni dhanee
zaala | daan denyaat shoor tharala |
Bichaara gareeb tasaachi mela | kalata naahi kashta karuni ||56||
But (without doing a bit of hard work) by
robbing people, he became wealthy. Erecting the temple he became famous as
the most noble hearted donar - a hero of doners. The poor died vainly.
Though the poor worked hard nobody recognised his services. ||56|| |
Mhanoni sevakache photo
laava | aadarsha samorachi disaava |
Heehi aahe udand seva | bhikaari mhanati anna daata ||57||
The photograph of the public servant is
always hung at the front. The purpose behind it is that all should
remember him as the ideal servant. If somebody provides food donations to
the poor, they held him with respect as their `food donar'. This is also
one more kind of service. ||57|| |
Kaahi devaache bhajan
kariti | Manee pratishthechi haava dhariti |
Bholya bhaalya lubaaditi | `Aamhi sewak' mhanoni ||58||
Some individuals sing the bhajan
(devotional songs) to get fame and they call themselves as the true
devoted servants of God. All these pretentions are for robbing the
innocent and simple devotees. ||58|| |
Manaata yeyeel tewadhi
waragani | Gola karaavi chahubaajunni |
`Sevesaathi bandhu dharmashaala' mhanoni | Shewati raahaave aapanachi
||59||
Some individuals collect a lot of money by
way of contributions to build. DHARMA SHALA (A building for free boarding
for the poor and the travellers) to serve people. But in the end, they set
up their mundane with their family in that dharma shala. ||59|| |
Jama karaava aadhi fund
| Dnyaan sangoniya udanda |
Janaseveche kaarya prachanda | Tapasheelwar rekhaatooni ||60||
Some individuals prepare an effective plan
in details for the service to the public and convince the villagers about
their plan. By advocating Brahmadnyana (divine knowledge of Brahma) they
collect contributions from people and raise big fund for the work. ||60|| |
Daawooni tyaache phayade
nana | uttejit karaave lokaanna |
Shewati sevechya naave dhinganna | swarthaachaachi chaalatese ||61||
Telling the villagers about a number of
benefits of that scheme and compelling them to contribute generously,
these people get their selfish benefits sought through that scheme. ||61|| |
|
Kaahi yadna yaagaadi
kariti | Vishwashantiche dhyeya bolati |
Aapanachi mejwaani zodati | Sewak sagale mhanawoniya ||62||
Some people arrange a sacrifice (yagna) and
oblation (yaaga) for the universal peace. They call themselves as the
`sevak' (devoted servant) and have belliful delicious meals. ||62|| |
Lokaansi whaavi madat
uttama | Mhanoni kariti dharmaartha karyakrama |
Tyaat chaina karoni waadhavaave naam | Aisehi sewak asatee kaahi ||63||
Some arrange charity programmes to help
people. But actually they enjoy amorous and luxurious pleasures and
acquire glories for themselves. These are also the servants of people.
||63|| |
Seva aapulya housesaathi
| Naahitari kona kari ataa ati?
Pratishtha hotaachi samaadhan poti | Maanati praani ||64||
Some individuals render their services as
their hobby. If they find that their inordinate desire can't be fulfilled,
they don't make any fruitless efforts. They are satisfied if they acquire
even a little name and fame in it. ||64|| |
Kaahi janaani seva kelee
| Naava na nighata zugaaroon dili |
Ulati bhadane maajvili | `Aapule kaaya?' mhanoni ||65||
They rendered their service to acquire name
and fame. But when they found that nobody held them in esteem by giving
them glories, they hooted off the service work. Further they created
quarrels. Moreover, they said, "What are we going to gain through
it?". ||65|| |
Kahinni dhanda ubha kela
| Sevene dipawile thora mothyaana |
Aatooni nashto kele lokjeewanaala | Bhrshta vastu purawoniya ||66||
Some persons (making pretext of service to
the people) start some business. By making a pomp and show they dazzle the
eyes of even the big personalities. But adultering inferior substance in
superior goods, they spoil the life of people. ||66|| |
Ek tamaasgeer majasi
bhetala | Tyaane veshya jamawoni naach kela |
Mhane mee seva arpaayaala | Zatato aahe janatesi ||67||
(Vandaniya maharaj says) Once I met a
tamaasgir (An amorous show man). Gathering prostitutes, he presented
obscene dances before people. Moreover, he told me, "I am exerting to
serve the people." ||67|| |
Koni kaala bajaar, laach
luchapati | Yaachehi buddhine samarthan deti |
Lokaanchi adachan haato haati | Bhaagawoo mhanati sewaachi hee ||68||
Some crafty individuals take disadvantage
of the needy people. They tell people, "I'll fulfil your needs
immediately". They take bribes from people and do their work. They go
on black marketing. strangely enough, they try to justify all these wrong
enactments. This is also a kind of service to people. ||68|| |
Ekaane bhikaari jama
kele | Gaavogaavi soduni dile |
Tyaanche paise hiraawoni ghetale | Seva keli mhanoniya ||69||
One individual gathered the beggars and
sent them to different villages around for begging. When the beggars
collected money by begging, he snatched it away from them saying that he
had made arrangements for their livelihood. Thus he made his livelihood
through it. ||69|| |
Koni koni seva kari |
Tana, mana laavonee havey towaree |
Photo kaadhanyaa purati chakari | Pudhe pharaari hotaati ||70||
Then there are some public servants. They
first honestly exert their hard efforts with mind and body to serve
people. But when photographs of their enactments are taken they get
absconded. ||70|| |
Kahi sevestava pravaasa
gele | Chareekadoni phironi aale |
Pudhe bichare gharee basale | Matalab zaala mhanoniya ||71||
In the name of service, some individuals
went on travelling abroad. But after travelling in all directions,
(fulfilling their selfish purpose of free touring) they returned homes and
sat idly and comfortably at their houses. ||71|| |
Kahinni lokaa chetawile
| Seva mhanoni tata padale |
Aapan aatooni miloni gele | Swartha saadhala mhanoniya ||72||
Some persons outwardly spoke on service to
people but misguided people by creating confusion and divided them in
different rival groups. But secretly they joined hands with the leaders of
those groups and took hush money for themselves. ||72|| |
Ekaane janata ghyaaya
haati | Seva vrataachi keli pragati |
Shewatee ghetali satta hatee | Seva ghadavi mhanoniya ||73||
Then there was one individual, who wanted
to win the minds (votes) of people, made a good progress in rendering
service to the people very dutifully. But when he got a chance (winning
the election) he acquired some high official post (in the name of service)
for himself. ||73|| |
Gelee sevet varshe kiti
| Aata adhikaar whaava mhanati |
Shewati lokaas piloni khaati | Karoo pragati mhanoniya ||74||
He justified his taking executive official
post saying that, "so far, I have spent many years in rendering my
honest service to people. So it is my right now to get selected for such
authoritative designation. So saying, he took all controls of ruling power
in his hands. Telling the pretext of rendering more and better service to
people for their progress, he squeezed people and extracted a lot of money
from them. ||74|| |
Kahinni seva aaarambhili
| Seva ghenyaatachi wel gelee |
Jyaachi seva haati ghetalee | Tyaachech modale kambarade ||75||
Some selfish persons started rendering
their service but slowly they began to seek their own service by people.
Thus, those, whom he was expected to serve, were knocked down completely
by breaking their limbs in labouring hard for him. ||75|| |
Seva karaayaashi saadhu
aale | Nawardevaapari toraa chale |
Seva aiwajee jadachi zaale | Paarade yaanche ||76||
Some (so called) Saadhus (sages) : came to
serve the village people. But in fact, instead of serving the village,
they started strutting with awe like bridegrooms (in their marriage
ceremonies) upon the villagers. In this way, without rendering service,
they became unbearable burden upon the village. ||76|| |
Aajwari jana aisechi
phasale | Mhanoni paahije saawadhaan kele |
Vichaara veen je sevakaarya chale | Ghaatak zaale te sarva ||77||
Poor and innocent villagers have so far
been deceived by such different kinds of selfish persons by their
different ways and means. It is time now that the village common simple
people must be made alert & cautious about such crafty deceivers.
Remember, when any activity is started at random and without considering
the need, from and implications of such half hazard activity, it proves
harmful and destructive to the interest of the common people in the end.
||77|| |
Aisee nasaavi seva
konaachi | Sevene vruddhi whaavi sahakaryaachi |
Garaj purawaavi parasparaanchi | Lobh na thevitaa ||78||
Therefore nobody should enact such serving
activities. In service to people, the sense of mutual co-operation of each
other must grow more and more. The aim of service should be to fulfil all
needs of everybody without keeping selfish motive of any personal gains.
||78|| |
Sarvaas whave samaadhana
| Sewak sevabhaaviyaasi poorna |
Ghetaa; detaa doghejana | Santushta whaaveti sevene ||79||
The relation between the persons rendering
services and those who are being served by them should be so considerate
that both of them can become satisfied & happy. ||79|| |
Seva nasaavi varapang
daambhika | At ek, baaher ek |
Seva nasaavi krutrim, surekh | Kaagadi phulaparee ||80||
Service to mankind should not be a
superficial show. There should be no place for false pretension in it. It
must not be like having one hidden intention in mind and enacting
otherwise in actual performance. Service to mankind should not be
artificial like paper flowers and only outwardly very beautiful. ||80|| |
Seva nasaavi pratishthe
puratee | Sevak nawhe to jo aapswaarthi |
Bighadweel janajeevanaachi shaanti | dushparinaam sevene ||81||
The aims and objects of service to people
must not be for earning personal status and honours. The public servant,
who behaves selfishly is not a true servant in the real sense of the term.
Such service creates very bad and harmful effects and dissatisfaction and
unrest in the public life. ||81|| |
Kharee seva mhanaje
nishkaam karma | Parsparaanchya sukhaache varma |
Samajoni jo kareel tyaag uddyama | To chi sevabhaavi samajaava ||82||
The true and honest service means selfless
and desireless work. In it, one who clearly understands the secret truth
of happiness for both (the servant and being served) and continues his
activities for service to people with the intention of sacrifice, should
be considered as the true public servant. ||82|| |
Jyaane aapule ghara
visarave | Tyaanech "Gaava maate" mhanaave |
To chi kareel jeeve-bhaave | Seva aapalya gaavaachi ||83||
One, who keeps himself away from the sense
of selfishness for his family and gives up attachment for his family and
for household life deserves right to call the village as, "My
village". It is only he, who can (honestly and dutifully) render his
services betting his own life at stake. ||83|| |
Jyaasi gharachi
awad-niwad | to ghaalu na shakey lok hitaachi saangad |
Jaree bolakaa ase godadhad | Taree lok tyaache na aikatee || 84 ||
If one keeps thoughts of likes and dislikes
for his family and is involved in it, he can't acquire the desired welfare
of people through his service. He may have sweet tongue but people won't
listen to him. ||84|| |
Jyaacha garacha swaartha
waadhala | Tyaasi lokseva vyavasaaya zaala |
Aise disata janatela | Kona maaneel bhaavane? ||85||
If anybody is dogging behind his personal
selfish motive in serving people, it will become his earning profession
and not a true service. When people notice the truth behind his service,
how can they believe in him & in his service? ||85|| |
| TAKE AN ABSOLUTE VOW
(SEVA-VRATA) OF DESIRELESS SERVICE |
Swarthaasaathi buwa
baney | Swaarthaasaathi netaa hone |
Swarthaasaathi praanhi dene ghene | Sarvachi karitee bichare ||86||
You can find every where a lot of people
who become ascetics (Buwa) or a leader only to fulfil their own selfish
purposes. Some of them go to such an extent that they are ready to give up
their life of take away the life of others to fulfil their selfish
motives. ||86|| |
Paree yaatooni jo
nighaala | Nishkaam seva karaaya laagala |
Tochi sevak mhanoni chamakala | sarva lokee ||87||
One, who comes above the selfishness, gives
up desires and attachment and becomes deserving servant, goes forward to
render his services, can be held and honoured as the ideal servant of
people. ||87|| |
Mhanonee kaaryakartyaane
hey olakhave | Apule swaartha aawaronee ghyaave |
Tareech paaool pudhe taakave | Sevesaathi ||88||
Therefore if one has an honest and sincere
desire to work he should first understand clearly all these (kinds of
service) and then take his steps ahead for service by his enactments.
||88|| |
Soorya sakalaanchi seva
karee | Badala na maage tilbhari |
Saatattyaane chaale tayaachi chakari | Sevabhaave ||89||
The sun is serving the whole universe but
never expects any returns from the beings in the universe, even as minimum
as the `til seed' (sesame - oil seed). Yet his service is non-stop going
on. ||89|| |
Vruksha sarvaanchi seva
karito | Chaaya, pushpe, phale deto |
Shewati praan to hee kaarya laavato | Sevesaathi ||90||
The tree provides all living beings with
shadow, flowers, fruits etc., and serves them. Finally it gives up its
life also. It does such service without any desire from the world. ||90|| |
Maage kaahinni seva keli
| Dhana, dhaanye, raajyehi arpili |
Shewatee deha dewoninee poorti keli | Sevechi tyaanni ||91||
In the past, many great personages had
rendered their honest and desireless services to the mankind. For it, they
generously offered their wealth, food grains and even their kingdoms also.
They offered their bodies also for the welfare of their subjects and thus
they had very dutifully fulfilled their services. ||91|| |
Tyaanchya sevechi
puraane zaali | Tyaanchi keerti sphoortiroopa aalee |
Ti aapanahee paahije angikarili | Seva karaaya ||92||
All ancient puranaas & holy scriptures
had been written to describe their great remarkable services. In the
course of time a lot of individuals sought inspiration from the glories of
such magnificant & generous personages. We should also seek such
inspiration from those divine souls to render our true services to the
welfare of the world. ||92|| |
Seveche anant prakaar |
Te samajonee karaavi nirantar |
Aapanaasi saadhel to vyawahaar | Seva bhaavane karaava ||93||
There are infinite kinds of service to the
world. We should get knowledge of all kinds with all aspects and then
should opt the right kind of service which in consistance to our own
tendency and all our physical, mental, and intellectual abilities. ||93|| |
Anna seva, dhana seva |
Shrama seva, Dnyaana seva |
Shewatee te praan seva | Aushadhadi roope ||94||
Vyawahaar seva, saddharma
seva | Sarvat mothi aatma seva |
Aatma sevetachi sarva seva | Saadhati sattya ||95||
Our true services can be rendered by a)
providing food and money to the needy, 2) sharing the labour with our
co-operation, c) educating the ignorants, d) saving lives of the sufferers
by providing medicines and medical treatments. ||94||
e) by enacting all our dealings with
honesty & truthfulness, f) by enacting in accordance with morality as
described by the good & ethical faiths and so on. But of all these
various kinds of services, the most excellent form is the own
self-service. In fact by performing the enactments for own self service
all kinds of the services are automatically performed by us. ||95|| |
aatmaseva nawhe indreeya
seva | Aahe nirmal dnyaan theva |
gaava tituke unnat karaava | Satsangateene ||96||
Self-service does not mean coaxing our
organs by providing their objects. It means to acquire the divine
knowledge of the Purest original Truth (Shuddha brahma or Brahmatatwa).
With the divine and noblest association lead the common people to the
right way of divine knowledge and seek the prosperity and upliftment of
the village. (This is the true meaning of Aatma seva). ||96|| |
Seva mhanaje ek nawhe |
Pratyek kaarya sevamaya aahe |
Paree tyaat vyaktibhaave na saahe | Sangrahavrutti ||97||
Aparigraha sarvatoparee |
Heychi seva aahe kharokharee |
Tyaahee pekhshaa aanika sarobari | Aahe sevechi ||98||
Service does not mean some different and
special performance. Each and every enactment can become a true form of
service but even the slightest desire for some gain and selfishness is not
at all tolerable in it. ||97||
The true service lies in not to hoard and
store things more than the actual needs of livelihood of the people.
However the pure (desireless) service is more excellent than it. ||98|| |
Aapan bhoomisaman
raahave | Deen heena waree uchalaave |
Tyaatachi samaadhaan maneet jaave | Sewakaane || 99||
Aapan dyaave, aapan
dyaave | Heychee antaree japat rahaave |
Aapule kashta arponee sevaave | Yadnashesha jaise ||100||
We should live as politely as the earth and
uplift the down trodden and the poor miserables. (we should provide a
sound support to them like earth). In such selfless service the true
servant should consider his self satisfaction. ||99||
What we should always meditate in our minds
is what more to spare and to give to others. After offering it to provide
the needs of others, we should accept, whatever remains, as the divine
blessings of the yadna (sacrifice). (In Bhagwad geeta, Lord Krishan had
also told so) ||100|| |
Kashta whaave sarva
tyaaparee | Yashahi waatave sarvanchya gharee |
Aapana kaaheech naahi, chaturee | Manaave aise ||101||
All of us should have our share in toiling
and striving hard in service to the village and when an excellent success
in the services is achieved, everybody should be given a right share of
those accomplishments. But in doing so, the true wise servant should
always bear in his mind that he is not at all the performer behind the
accomplishments. The wise servant should behave with such inclination.
||101|| |
Pratishthesaathi seva
nohey | Tee swaabhavik housachee aahe |
Aatma samadhaan heychi raahe | Poorna phala tiyeche ||102||
Then rendering services to others becomes a
natural temperament and no greed for honours and high social status finds
place in it. We can seek real self-satisfaction in it and this
self-satisfaction is the only moral merit of our service. ||102|| |
Aamhee sarva gaava saaf
kele | Sarvaanchya manee sukh waatale |
Sarva lok aanandit zaale | heech tyaachi poornata ||103||
When all of us have a common feeling that
we have cleaned our village with our own efforts, all of us should have
the equal pleasure of this collective service. The pleasure of all means
the true fulfilment of our common service. ||103|| |
Aumuchya gaavi thora
aale | Mhanoni gaava sundar sajavile |
Paree karanaaranchechi naava pudhe kele | to chi khara sevaka ||104||
When great and excellent personages visit
the village, the village is decorated beautifully (to welcome them). But
when the public servant presents those for awarding praise and honours who
have actually participated in the hard efforts, then he is the true public
servant. ||104|| |
Naahitaree kashtaasi
dadey maage | Naava hotaa pudhe dhaava ghe |
Lok hasatee nana range | Tingal karoni netyaachi || 105 ||
Otherwise, if somebody shirks in doing his
duties for the village but rushes forward to share the credit for success,
people laugh & jeer at such (so called) village leaders. ||105|| |
Jyaasi aahe pralobhana |
Eershaa, raag, dwesh jaan |
Tyaachi seva vidamban | samaja kharya seveche ||106||
When man possesses vices like inducement,
malice, anger, greed and jealousy etc., and envies others, his service
means the disgrace and distortion of the real sense of service. ||106|| |
Jo dusaryaasi uttam
karito | Tyaatachi aanand manato |
Tochi sevak mee samajato | Yetyaa yugaacha ||107||
But when he tries to make others perfect
and excellent and feels pleasure in such enactments he is a true public
servant in my opinion, and he is the most ideal example of true servant
for the era to come. ||107|| |
Pratyek jeevacha haachi
vikasa | Sarvanbhooti samajaave aapanaas |
Taisechi saadhave vyawahaarasa | Aapanaasi namawoniya ||108||
The spiritual development can be sought by
every being when one realises the purest truth that "all living
beings are my ownself in infinite forms". With this sense one should
behave very politely with all living beings and attend to all his duties.
||108|| |
Sarvaancha bhaar
aapanaavari | Teech samajaavi seva kharee |
Hey kathin vrata na saadhe jaree | Apale ozey taree nasaave ||109||
The true service is to realise the
responsibilities of all living beings which are to be held by us. We have
to bear them. It is true that many of us can't hold this truth as it is
impossible or not so easy to digest. Even if it is so, we should at least
try not to lay our burden upon the rest of others. ||109|| |
Aapalya aalyaacha na
pado dhaak | Aapalyaa gelyaacha howa shoka |
Aisaa mohini vrutticha sewak | Paahije gaavi ||110||
Every village should have such a true
servant that his visit to anybody's house should not create any fear for
his coming. (Now how to make arrangements for this man? etc.) On the
contrary, when he leaves, his departure from the house should create
hankering in the minds of all family members. Such a fascinating servant
is a need of every village. ||110|| |
Naahi tari sewak aala
ghara | Dhaak padala randaa poraa |
Aata kothoni yaachi vyawastha kara? | Mhanatee aamhi gareeb ||111||
Otherwise, when the servant visits
anybody's house, his wife and children would get worried. They would
think, "we are very poor. How can we manage this great man
properly?" ||111|| |
Waastavik sewak yeta
ghara | Milaava sarva gharaasi sahara |
Anand waatava lahaan thoraa | Khelimeli tayaachya ||112||
Sewaabhaavi aala gaavi |
Temwha dasara-diwaleech waatavi |
Sarvaanchi maney santoshavi | Sahakaaryaane ||113||
In fact, when the public servant visits
anybody, all the members should feel that their protector has rushed to
them. With his playful and cheerful behaviour, all the young and the old
in that family should feel a great pleasure in his company. ||112||
When the devoted sewak, having a
consciousness for the service, visits the village, the villagers should
get delighted as if the delightful festivals like dasara and diwali have
visited them. They should receive him enthusiastically and joyfully. His
co-operation should make all happy. ||113|| |
Aisaa sewak asaava
aadarshawan | Raahanee, bolanee, kareel bhajana |
Sada sarvada satakaaryaa mana | Sewakaache ||114||
Adi adachanee loka saange
| Sewak purawonee deyee aange |
Aise jeeva janaache anat prsange | Kaam karee sewak ||115||
In every village, there should be one such
dedicated sewak whose conduct, speech and living are very sweet &
pleasant. He is always involved in singing hymns and devotional
bhajans.Noble thoughts of noble creative work should always be in his mind
and meditation. ||114||
When such true sewak comes to some village,
all villagers will place their difficulties and needs with full faith in
him and with open mind. He also will engage himself by extracting hard
efforts to ward off their difficulties and problems and to fulfil their
needs. He will extend his helping hand on such many occasions and for so
many people. ||115|| |
prayatna karee nanaparee
| Durguna kaadhavaya baheree |
Taartamya thewoni antari | Techi ase sewakarya ||116||
He considers it his dutiful service in
exerting hard in every possible way. When he notices some vices and bad
habits in others, he tries to help them to remove and save those
individuals from the perilous consequences. His true service is to do this
with wise discretion. ||116|| |
Tyaas aapule thaavechi
naahi | Je Je kareel tee sewaachi sarwahee |
Kaame karooni waacha nahi | Swaarth, sukhaachi ||117||
While constantly extending his services to
all, he never bears a consciousness for himself. He works for all but
never utters a single word about his own self gains or his pleasure.
||117|| |
Gharee; daaree;
sarvaduree | Sweakaache prem sarvaawaree |
Tareech to prachaar karee | Aadarshaacha kruteene ||118||
He may be at home, out some where or
abroad, wherever he goes, he behaves very lovingly and affectionately with
all. This is the reason how he can effectively canvass with his ideal
behaviour. ||118|| |
Gaavi asot bhinna
pakhsha, pantha | Bhinna jaatee, matey anant |
Tee sarvachi gumphili jaateel sootraat | Sevechya eka ||119||
There may exist different faiths, different
parties, different castes and different opinions. very skillfully, he
binds all these together with a thread of his affectionate and true
service. ||119|| |
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Aissaachi sewak janatena
palava | Tyaachi marge gaava uttam karava |
Sarva lokaat premabhaava nirmaava | Sewakaane ||120||
Aishya sewakaachi atee
jaroori | sewak paahije gharogharee |
Sewaka waachoni kutumba nagaree | Uttama nawhe ||121||
The villagers should maintain such honest
sewak in their village. With his co-operation and guidance they should
grow intimate affection for each other and make the village the most ideal
one. ||120||
In fact, each and every house should
produce such ideal servants. They are the real & dire need of the
villages. No family nor the village can be improved & become better
unless they have such a devoted true servant. ||121|| |
Mhanoni bolalo bol |
Seva kaarya mhaprabala |
Sewak milata sukhee hoyeel | Gava saare ||122||
Therefore I am insistantly telling you, the
work of service to human being is very powerful and forceful. If luckily
the village gets such an ideal sewak, the whole village will become happy
in all spheres of life. ||122|| |
Shroteho ! samaja yaache
mahatawa | Sarvaat lokseveche shreshthatwa |
Rhudayee patawonee ghyaa tattwa | Nighaa seva karaayala ||123||
Tyaasi kala kushalata
nako kaahi | pranjal jiwhaalachi yashadaayee |
Uthaa laaga yaa margee sarvahi | Tukadya mnane ||124||
O listeners ! Realise and understand this
importance of true service. Service to mankind is only the most excellent
of all services. Bearing this resolutely in your minds, start now to
render your honest, devoute services to the human beings. ||123||
Remember, the true servant does not need to
possess (out worldly) any arts, attributes or skills. The real need is the
deep concern & affection of a pure and noble mind. There lies the
success of the sewaka. (says so shree sant tukadoji maharaaj). Let all of
us proceed on the way of such true service. ||124|| |
Iti shreegraamageeta
grantha | Guru -shastra - swanubhava samat |
Sewa saadhana varnili yeth | Nawavaa aadhaaya sampoorna ||125||
The scripture shree graam geeta is well
consented by Guru, shastras & self experiences. The ninth chapter,
elaborating the way to practice the true service is hereby concluded.
||125|| |
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|| Sadgurunnath Maharaaj
kee jai || |
