Chapter- 32

||THE SAINTS AND THEIR APPEARANCE||
(Sant-Swaroopa)
||Salutations to Shreegurudeva||

THE GREATNESS OF SAINTLINESS AND THE WAY TO RECOGNISE THE REAL SAINT

Shrotaa sadbhaave karee prashna | chamatkaar nawhe sant-khoona |
Maga santaanchi olakhana | samajaavee konyaa prakaare? ||1||

With the sense of good faith the listener asked, "If the saints can't be rightly recognised and judged through the miracles, then what is the another way to recognise the real saint? ||1||

Saadhu disatee jethe tethe | kaise jaanaave khare-khote te? |
Tyaanche taatwik roop konatee? sangaavey aamha ||2||

We find the sadhus, ascetics and sages here, there, and everywhere. How can we recognise who is the real sadhu and ascetic and who is not? Please, tell us about the philosophical form of the true saint. ||2||

Shrotayaanchaa aikoni prashna | karoni sakalaansi namana |
kathito santaanchi olakhana | Graamhitaasaathee ||3||

Listening to the listener's question, (Vandaniya maharaj says), "I have listened to your question. Now prostrating to all of you, I am going to tell you the norms and characterestics to recognise the real saint and an identical significance of the saint for the welfare of your village. ||3||

Shrotayaat saadhu nase baisalaa | mhanataa kaaley laagel tondaala |
Mhanoni prathamachi namaskaar kelaa | Graam-shrotejanaa mee ||4||

If I think and say that there is none a sadhu or saint sitting among the listeners, it will be my great mistake. Hence, before starting to explain the way of recognition of a real saint, I have offered my humble salutations to you all. ||4||

Saadhu sarvatrachi aahe | saadhutwaa veena sthira kaaya raahe? |
Je asel te vilayaa jaaye | sadhutwa nasataa ||5||

Sadhus and saints are present everywhere. The stability of this world cannot be maintained unless the holiness and the divine saintliness exist and prevail in this mortal world. Without the existence of the divinity and holiness of the saints and the sadhus, this world will be destroyed. ||5||

Satee aani saadhu vruttee | heech gaavaachi mahasampatti |
saadhutwaween kone reetee | Tikel jeevan jagaache? ||6||

The most loyal, devoted and sincere wife and the divine, holiness and saintliness these two are the most excellent and superior wealth of the village. How can this world exist & live without the divine saintliness? ||6||

Sarva parasparaa khawoo baghatee | Tyaanaa saambhaalee santavruttee |
Aaghaat sosooni deyee shaanti | sarava janaa annya kona? ||7||

People in general are very selfish. In their struggles and quarrels they become so wild and violent that they get easily ready to destroy each other for their selfish interests. The saintly attitude existing in the world protects and controls those wild violent people. The saints accept and endure all attacks & blows of the unfair and unrighteous powers. Who is there except the holy saints to pacify those violent brutal people? ||7||

Dayaa, khshama, shanti, viweka | yaanche kendrasthaan saadhu dekha |
pratyek kaaryee aavashyaka | purush aisaa sarva hitaa ||8||

The saints and sadhus are the centres of mercy, forgiveness, peace and the controlling power of descrition. The world earnestly needs such saints and saadhus for achieving the betterment and welfare of all and in every enactment. ||8||

A WAY TO IDENTIFY THE REAL SAINT

Pari tyaachi olkhana | Bahirangaavaroni kareel kona? |
sant olakhaavaa vruttiwaroon | Athawaa sadguna paahoniyaa ||9||

But the problem is how to identify the real saint from the superficies of the individuals. the true and sure recognition can be possible by trying to experience thoroughly the attitude and the virtues of the person. ||9||

Naahi taree olakhataa na ye | Naanaa saampradaayik sant disataahe |
Naanaa rangaanni sajalaa raahe | varoniyaa sant konee ||10||

There are so many cults, sects and faiths exisisting in the society. How can the real saint be recognised in these different sects, cults & faiths? Some saints appear adorned in multicoloured apparels of their sect, group or faith. ||10||

Konee bhagweech vastre ghalitee | konee kaala rang pasant karitee |
konee pandhare phataphateet waaparatee | vastra angee ||11||

Somebody puts on clothes of red-ochre colour. somebody prefers black colour and some others prefer dead white clothes. ||11||

Konee maatha bhaar thevitee | konee maala, tiley laavitee |
konee langoteech paridhaan karitee | naaralaachi ||12||

Some individuals maintain a mass of tuft on their heads. Some keep rosaries around their necks and put on a red mark (Tila) on their foreheads. Some wear a loin tied to their waist with the line of coconut tuft. ||12||

Konee angaasi phasitee bhasma | konee dhunee laawuni ghetee naam |
konee saadhitee panchaagni karma | bahirangaane ||13||

Some individuals rub or smother their bodies with ash. Some others keep a `Dhunee' (constant fire hearth) and reiterate the name of God. There are some ascetics who perform a austere devotional practice sitting in the midst of flaming fire on four directions and under the scorching sun. (This is called the `panchaagni saadhana'). ||13||

Chirkut chindhyaa angaa baandhatee | Ghongadi-bhopalech konee miravitee |
konee onjalinecha paanee pitee | sarva kaal ||14||

Some wind up their bodies in shattered rags. Some put on a piece of coarse woolen cloth (ghongadee) around their bodies. Some carry with them the `Tumba' (a gourd). Some always drink water through hollow fold of their palms just to show that they possess non-possessing attitude for any thing. ||14||

Konee akhand ubhe raahatee | konee diwasabharee paahara detee |
konee guptachi waawaratee | lokaanmaajee ||15||

Some ascetics keep themselves in a constantly standing position. Some offer their devotional services by playing on the tamboree (a stringed instrument) and constantly stand at the door of a temple. (This is called paahara). Some roam through the crowds of people under disguise. ||15||

Konee ekaane samaadhi saadhalee | khalagaa karonee maan puravilee |
chovees taasaanni kaadhalee | shewatee ghetalee shiphaarasa ||16||

Some ascetic individual attains yogic trance some other inters his neck under ground in a deep pit and cames out after twenty four hours. Then he gets the incident certified by the spectators. ||16||

Konee mhanavee deen sewaka | konee awataar mhanavee aloukik |
yogeeraaj mhanawonee waajawee shankha | aise anek khare-khote ||17||

Some individual calls himself the most humble, poor and lowest servant of God. The other individual calls himself as a rare incarnation. One individual blows his conch claiming that he is the `yogee raaj' (The King of the Yogees). Thus there are various real and unreal sages, saints and ascetics. ||17||

Naanaa mataanche naanaa sant | Naanaa antaanche naana panth |
kon niwadaavaa uttam tyaat | veshaadikaanni kalenaa ||18||

There are several different saints belonging to different faiths, groups and sects. They hold different principles. It is not then possible to spot out the excellent saint from their outward enactments and appearances in particular apparels etc. ||18||

Mhanoni santaanchyaa oona - khune | konee na paave bahirangaane |
Tyaasa paahije sahawaasa karane | athawaa olakhane kaaryaavara ||19||

Therefore it is impossible to identify the real saint from the less or more particular outwardly signs they show on them. The exact way to recognise and identify a real saint is to live in association of the saints or to judge them from their enactments and practical behaviour. ||19||

Kaarya kadhi dambhikahi karee | Aaatale na jaanave loukaree |
Dnyaan, dhyaanahi boley vaikharee | Olakhoo ye na sahaj to ||20||

But here also may exist one flaw. Sometimes, some hypocrite may seem to be enacting some saintly enactments. He may speak wisely on spiritual knowledge, meditation etc. Therefore we can't properly judge his mind and intentions and his real appearance. ||20||

Yaalaa kaaran aapalaahi swabhaava | bhinna prakruteeche bhinna bhaava |
pari baahya veshaavari sant-asant gourava | detaa, nohe hitaache ||21||

One more reason for this is our nature or temperament. All human beings have their different natures & temperaments. They have undergone the different impressions. They hold different attitudes and senses. But to decide the reality or unreality about saintliness from merely outward appearances and to consider somebody as a saint or a hypocrite is not at all good & fair for us. ||21||

Baahya satkaarya, vartana, dnyaan | yaasi maanile shraddha sthaan |
Tene maatra adhappaatana | nawhe aapule sadbhaave ||22||

If somebody notices the noble and virtueous enactments being done by any individual, sees his moral and virtuous behaviour and tests the knowledge he possesses and if that person holds such an individual as a saint with belief, it is not the downfall of that person; though he has formed faith for that individual by his outward appearance only. ||22||

uttam guna, sadaacharana | abhed vrutti vishaal dnyaana |
Hey dise towarich tethe gurupana | maanitaa konee phasena ||23||

When we find in some individual the most excellent virtues and qualities, his noble and moral behaviour, his undescriminiting attitude, his vast knowledge, we may hold him high in esteem and treat him as the Guru. In this case there is no possibility of getting cheated. ||23||

Maanavyaachaa uttam aadarsha | naahi vishaad, naahi harsha |
saral, vivek, satkaarya-santosha | santaapaashi paahaava ||20||

There in saintliness lies the most excellent ideal where there is no room for meloncholy or delight. You will always find the excellent attributes and qualities like goodness, sense of righteous judgement, satisfaction in enacting virtueous deeds in all saintly individuals. ||24||

Jyaache gele sankuchitpana | zaale vishaal antakkarana |
jyaachaa vyawahaar aadarsha poorna | tyaaseech namra asaave ||25||

When we come cross a person whose contraction of mind has completely disappeared, whose mind and soul have become broad and generous and whose dealings and conduct are completely ideal, we must be always humble before him and offer our heartfelt salutations to him with great respect and admiration. ||25||

Eravhi sant mhanata haat jodaave | jawal jaataa nirakheet jaave |
Aise karita phajeet na whaave | laagel kadhee ||26||

Normaly, if anybody is known as the saint, we should fold hands in salutation to him. But we must closely observe him to know him well by coming close to him. Then we will never be put to disgrace or deceived. ||26||

Aasakteene lobhee na whaave | Mumukhshutwa angee baanawaave |
Mhanaje aisha taishaa gurusi na phaave | bhural ghaalane ||27||

Never form an attachment for anything through avarice. If you earnestly and sincerely attempt to realise the most excellent truth no `Tom-Harry-Dick' can deceive you by pretending to be a saint and rob you. ||27||

Jo swaye uttam shishya zaala | Tyaasi guruhi laabhe bhalaa |
pari satwikatechaachi aadar kelaa | paahije nischaye ||28||

One, who can become the most excellent and sincere disciple, can surely become worthy of seeking equally authoritative and excellent Guru. But he must always respect the piousness and excellent virtues. (i.e. satwikata) ||28||

THE IMPACT OF THE SAINTS AND OF THE ASSOCIATION WITH THE SAINTS

Aho! satwasheel tochi saadhu bhalaa | jo rikaamaa kadheech na paahilaa |
To kaam karitaachi olakhalaa | paahije sattya ||29||

O Folks! He is the real virtuous saint or sadhu who will never be found sitting idlely without doing anything. Real saint can be recognised by the enactments he goes on performing. ||29||

Samaja, to jethe ubhaa ase | kaahi karaaya smarey ulhaase |
To jethe baisalaa dise | Tethe lok taise basaave mhanoni ||30||

If he is standing some where, he will be meditating upon enacting some good deed. If he seems sitting, he wants people gathered there, should also sit as neatly as he is sitting there. ||30||

Jethe to sabhaa sthaanee jaaya | lokaanche jode raanget thevitaahe |
Athawaa loka baisawee neet upaaye | samaaj soundarya kalaaravyaa ||31||

If he goes to attend the assembly, you will find him there arranging the shoes & foot wears of the people in neat and proper rows before the working of the assembly begins. or he will be busy in making a neat and systematic decoration of rows of people so that the decorum of the assembly and the listeners will be maintained. ||31||

To jethe bhojanaas baise | une padochina detase |
une disataa kaami laagatase | vyawasthechyaa aapanachi ||32||

If he goes to attend any dinner party he will never allow any shortage or deficiency of anything. If he notices anything short, he will try to fulfil it by himself and will make all efforts to make good of those shortages and deficiencies. ||32||

To jethe jethe kaam karee | Te graam banawee swargapuree |
Tyaachi sewa maha kraantikaaree | gramoddhaarak ||33||

When he takes the work of reformation and betterment of some village, the village will surely turn into the heaven. His service is so revolutionary that it can uplift the entire village. ||33||

Boley taisaa chaale uttama | Lok sangrahee tyaache prema |
Aapanchi karee aapule kaam | nawardeo na hotaa ||34||

He enacts as he speaks. He is very fond of gathering more and more people with and near him. He does all his duties and enactments by himself. He will never sit without work like any bridegroom in awe and pride. ||34||

Jagane parishramaawaachoon | Hey navhe santaache lakhshana |
zatooni karaave lok kalyaan | niskaamapane ||35||

The person living as an idler, without enacting hardwork can't stand to the characterestics of a saint. He is the true desireless saint who strives hard and strenously to seek the welfare of people and he works for the whole day and night. He is only worthy of calling the saint. ||35||

Aapulyaa dehee anaasakta | Pari heen deenaanchaa zaala bhakta |
Ahoraatratra sevanurakta | namrabhaave sant to ||36||

The individual who does not hold attchment for his own body and physical comforts, who is fully absorbed in rendering his services to the poor, miserables and weak round the clock, who is always humble before all is really worthy of being held as the saint in high esteem. ||36||

Janata tayaasi waate deva | sevet naahi lapandaava |
pari adhikaar taisee deyee theva | upadeshaachi sarva jana ||37||

The saint firmly believes that the people are the forms of God. He never plays hide and seek game in his services to the human beings. But he advises people judging their level and worthiness of the different individuals. ||37||

Moorkhaasi karaave shaahaane | Heychi tyaache nehami paahane |
Jad, adnyaanaasi bodha dene | kaamachi santaache ||38||

The saint always has an eye to make the fools wise; to give knowledge to the ignorant and innocent people. It is really the duty of the saints. ||38||

Haa to santaacha sahaj swabhaava | Na paahaavaa bhed-bhaava |
Bodha karaavaa sadaiva | satkarmaachaa sarvaansi ||39||

The saints have a natural tendency not to find people with the sense of discretion and to impart them proper precept to enact noble and virtuous deeds. ||39||

Oja ase tayaanchiyaa waanee | sahaj bolataa gheyee vedhoni |
Namra hotaa aikatee praanee | sant wachanaa ||40||

The saint's speech holds a powerful brilliance so they can very easily attract the listeners. When the saints speak to the people, the listeners spontaneously become polite before them. ||40||

Santaanche sadaa premal bol | waakya bodh ati vishaal |
kartavya tatparataa prabala | santaanpaashee ||41||

The saints speak in a very loving manner. Their vast, noble, broad and generous outlook manifests in their preceptive quotations. Their promptness and readiness in imparting their duties is remarkably powerful. ||41||

Sant-vachanaanchaa mahaa prataap | Aikataa shravanee hoya anutaapa |
Dushta vruttee aapoaapa | Nirasonee jaaya satsange ||42||

What a great prowess do the quotations of the saints have! As soon as we listen to their quotations of proper precept and advice, we form a sense of desirelessness. By their close association the evil tendencies and vices disappear spontaneously and easily. ||42||

Santaanchi najar krupene pade | Tyaasi teerthatana thayeech ghade |
sant prasannateche dhade | padopadee detaati ||43||

If anybody gets gifted with merciful and blessing glance of any saint, he seeks the divine merit and fruits of the pilgrimage of some holy place. The saints advise and impart lessons of pleasance on every step. ||43||

Sant maatehoon maayaavee | sant vaibhava asoni gosaavee |
Raajya karoni phakiri daavee | aapulyaa angee ||44||

The saints are more loving and affectionate than mother. They possess all treasures and glories yet they remain as the gosavee (desireless ascetic). They rule over all but their attitude is always of a phakeer (a medicant desireless ascetic.) ||44||

Sant satteveen raajya karee | Dhanaawaachooni vaibhava bharee |
stree-putra nasataahi sansaaree | vishwa vyaapee ||45||

The saints rule without any ruling powers of the king. They posess glories and prosperities but without money. They don't have a wife and children of their own but the whole world has become their mundane (houselife). ||45||

Sant gangehooni pavitra | sheetal, nirmal, soorya-chandra |
sant kalpataruhooni thora | mokhsha daanee ||46||

The saints are holier and purer than the Ganga. They are cooler than the moon and more clear and unstained than the sun. They are more liberal and generous than the fabulous tree fulfilling every desire. (kalpataroo) because unlike the kalpataru, they are generous in giving emancipation to their loyal disciples.

Sant rhudaye astee kowale | Dayaa drawoni rhudaya uphaale |
Manushy-kalyaanaache nirvaale | santaanpaashee ||47||

The saints have very tender hearts. The spontaneous oozing of love and pity continueously springs out from their kind and tender hearts. They have the ways and means for seeking the welfare and betterment of the mankind. ||47||

Sant rhudaye jaree dayaal | kathin kaalaachehi kaal |
Nyaaya neetine ati nirmal | Nirbhaya vruttee ||48||

Though their hearts are tender and kind, at times they become superiorly terrific even for the death. (kaalaachehi kaal) i.e. they become more powerful than even death. They possess unfearing and dauntless minds. So they are untarnished and very bold in retaining righteousness and morality. ||48||

Santaanpaashee ekachi dharma | sakal jeewaanche kalyaan karma |
Maanavataa heychi mukhya varma | sarvakaal ||49||

The saints have one and only one duty and it is to strive strenously for the benefit and the welfare of all living beings. ||49||

Santaas naahi jaat parajaat | vishwa kutumba santaanche gota |
Jeje bhetateel te aapta | surhuda tyaanche ||50||

The saints do not belong to any caste or sub-caste. All human beings throughout the world are their family members. They are the relatives of all. Those who meet the saints become as dear to them as their close relatives. The saints hold them dearer than their life. ||50||

Konaa kadheehi na howo dukkha | santushta raahaavet sakalika |
Asot raava athawaa ranka | samaan tyaanna ||51||

The saints consider the kings and the penurious to be the equal and as par at human beings. They always wish that nobody should suffer sorrows. All should enjoy unbroken satisfaction throughout their lives. ||51||

Vishwasukhe sant santoshe | janadukkhe dukkhee bhaase |
sadaa satkarmee ulhaase | laagatee sant ||52||

The saints are happy when the world is happy. The saints are sorrowful when they find people sorrowful. They ardently and enthusiastically strive to enact virtueous and noble deeds. ||52||

Santaanchaa to moola swabhaava | sarvaat waadhawaava premabhaava |
karaava sajjanaanchaa gourava | koutukaane ||53||

It is the born tendency of the saints to grow a sense of brotherhood in each other; and to adore and honour the virtuous and noble people with admiration.

Kothe sajjanaavaree naaraajee | kothe durjanaaseehi poojee |
pari dhyeya ekachi, samaajee | waadh karane uttamaachi ||54||

You may find sometimes that the saint is displeased with some virtueous and noble individuals and he is pleased to worship the evil individuals. But still they have one and only one objective and that is to make development of divine virtues and attributes in the human society. ||54||

Durjanaavareehi prem karaave | Durjanatesi niwaaraave |
sajjan karoni sodaave | prembale ||55||

The saints love evil and wicked persons. But it is to remove their evil and wicked tendencies and to change them into noble, good and virtueous individuals. The saints use their powers of mercy and love for this. ||55||

Aapule angahi arponi | une karaave poorna janee |
shanti de chandanaaparee zijoni | sant to chi ||56||

The saint offers even his body to meet out the deficiencies in people. He gets himself emaciated like the sandle wood to give people peace of mind and in life. ||56||

Andha rudhyaanche uchchaatana | Manava dharmaache sansthaapana |
yaa saathee karee praanahi arpana | prasangee sant ||57||

He strives hard to outroot the harmful and destructive blind faiths and traditions and he establishes the rule of humanity. If necessary, he sacrifices his own life even, if the situation demands. ||57||

Aise sundar bahirang | yaahooni thora antarang |
sampaadilya satsanga | phite paanga jeevaachaa ||58||

so far I have described the outword appearance of the saints which is very pleasant and beautiful. But they are more excellent internally than their outword appearance. when any being comes in close contact with them, and lives in their association, we can say that the being has sought its auspicious welfare. ||58||

Sant sangatee jyaas laabhalee | tyaachi durdashaacha palaalee |
kartavya phale umagoo laagalee | jeewanaachee ||59||

If anybody is gifted with such saintly association, he can understand the fruits of duties in life and his wretched, miserable state of life gets totally changed into better one. ||59||

Santaanchiyaa sahaj sangatee | sadbodhaachi phale laabhatee |
pravrutti te hoya nivrutti | antarangee ||60||

In the casual association with the saints one can seek the virtueous and excellent precept and the fruit of perfection. His natural disposition turns towards the detachment of the worldly matters and then he becomes introvert. ||60||

Antarang and bahirang | unnat kareel sarva anga |
Aisaa aahe sant sang | sarvodayakartaa ||61||

The association of the saints and close contact with them creates such a deep impact upon the individual that it heightens his life on all sides and brings radical change in the development in all enactments of that individual. ||61||

ujjwal santaanche jeevana | bhakti bhaava-vairagyapoorna |
Atmaanaatma vivek dnyaana | santaanpaashee ||62||

The whole life of the saints is excellently brilliant their sense of devotion is always desiraless and one can seek the perfect knowledge of reasoning about pure and divine essence within and in the material complements of our compound person. (i.e. Atmaanaatma vichaar) ||62||

Atmashaktee, karmashakti | Dnyaanshakti, premashakti |
saatwik kalaa, pramaan shakti | waas karee santaa thaayee ||63||

All powers like self realisation (Aatma shakti), power of enactments (kaarya shakti) power of knowledge (Dnyaan shakti), powers of love (prema shakti) and all pious and auspicious virtues, power of discrimination (pramaan shakti) etc. exist in the saints. ||63||

Maanasik shaktiche saagar | sant kariteel jo nardhaara |
Nischaye hoyeel to vyawahaara | sarvaang poorna ||64||

The saints are the enormous sea of their mental and will power. Once they determine to enact some dead, it will surely be completed in all its aspects. ||64||

THE DIFFERENT STATES OF THE SAINTS AND THEIR WAYS TO UPLIFT THE HUMAN BEINGS

Pari pratyek saadhoo sarvodayee nawhe | kaahi tatwee apoornataa raahe |
Tyaatahi adhikaar bhed aahe | Awasthaa paratwe ||65||

But every saint or sage is never complete and perfect in all aspects. some individual saint may not have some attributes. Because the perfectness depends upon the state to which the saint has reached. So the saint holds as much powers as he deserves at the particular state and level he has attained. ||65||

Jeevalok aani devakotee | paralok taisee paratpara kotee |
chadhatee waadhatee santsrushtee | pari kendrabindu ekachi ||66||

The states of the saints are in ascending order. The saints at the stage of the world of beings is the first lower stage (jeevalok). Then there are the saints on second upper stage who are at par of the class of God (Devakotee). Higher than it is the stage of the saint from other divine super world (Pavalok), and finally the most excellent stage is achieving equality or oneness with the most highest supreme (Paratpar kotee). Though these are the different stages in the saint's progress the centre of all is one and the same. ||66||

Jo aihik drushtine jana | maanee sevya, ek smajona |
karito sevaa raatrandina | maaniti dhany lok tayaa ||67||

The saint always looks at people with the sense of equality and parity, as all the living and non living creation has been formed by five elements. Such saint strives in rendering his services to the people round the clock. He is admired by people in high esteem. ||67||

Pari tyaas naahee khant, mahantee | Raag dwesh naahi konaapratee |
maan-apamaanahi naye chitti | kaaryeech vrutti samaadhaanee ||68||

He never holds delights, anger, malice or regret for anybody or for anything. He never cares for honour or dishonour. He has a deep feel of satisfaction in rendering his services to the humanbeings. ||68||

Haa jeeva srushteechaa saadhusant | Eeshsrushteechaa saadhooni tadwata |
To `Deva-devee' mhanoneech olkheet | janalokaa bhaktibhaave ||69||

This is the state of the saint or saadhu at the level of the mortal world of the beings (jeeva lok). The saint and sage of the second statei.e. on the level of the creation of God is just the similar to the first kind. But the difference is that this saint and sage, who is at par of the creation of God always considers all human beings as gods and goddesses and is sincerely devoted to them. ||69||

Na maanee desh, vesh, dharma, pantha | Naathawe neech-unch jaatpaat |
Dewaache kutumba maanee jag samasta | vyawahaar unnat tayaacha ||70||

This saint and sage who is worthy of the creation of God, never holds discrimination about countries, apparels, religions, faiths, high and low castes and creeds etc. He firmly believes that the whole world is one unanimous family of God and so all his practical behaviour is always highly excellent. ||70||

Olakhee ekaach sthaanaa varooni | Tyaas na dise raava, rank konee |
Raja-praja bhed na maanee | saadhu devakoteechaa ||71||

This saint or sage on the level of the godly state considers all human beings in parity & equal state. He never discriminates people as the poor or rich, as the king or his subjects etc. ||71||

Jyaane parasrushti anubhavalee | Tyaasi paramaatmaata saadhalee |
Aappar boleech nighoni gelee | Ekaatmataa zaalee sarvaa bhootee ||72||

The third stage of the state of saints is the spiritual saints of the super world. The saint and sage who has experienced the super spiritual creation, has sought the most excellent state of union with the supreme truth. Now there are no `mine and thine' words for him. He has sought the total integrity and oneness with all universe & beings. ||72||

Akhil Brahmaandi je je disey roopa | Te Te zaale Brahma swaroopa |
jana mithyaa bhrame soshitee taap | To niwaaree naana paree ||73||

Thoughtout the universe and cosmos, whatever forms of living and non living matters he sees, they appear to him as the forms of Brahma i.e. the Absolute supreme truth. (He thinks the whole universe as the Brahma swaroopa.) When he finds people suffering from false delusions (as, they believe that this material world is true) he tries to remove their delusion and tells them the reality. ||73||

Swapna mithyaa pari osane konee | Tyaas jaagawee haalawoni |
Taise dayaaloopane karee janee | sarva sukhakaarya ||74||

The saint or saadhu at the highest supreme level when finds the ignorant human being absorbed in dreams expressing his desires in life; he awakens the person and explains that his dreams are not a reality and the desires he has seen in dreams are not also true. Similarly he enacts all deeds of welfare and betterment for the people mercifully like the saints on other levels. ||74||

Sarvaansi samatwaakade nyaave | Ekatwa vyawahaare naandwaavee |
Awaghe vishwachi Brahmasukhee dolaave | waate tayaa santaa ||75||

The saint always feels that he should take all humanbeings towards equality and integrity. All should have the sense of unity and equality. All should practice in behaviour with this sense; and the whole world should swing happily in the divine exultance of Brahma. (Brahmaananda) ||75||

Paratpara sthiti vishwachi naahee | sarva swaanand kondalaa paahee |
Tyaachi raahanee sahajee brahmamayee | sahaj bola hee vedottama ||76||

The saint, on the supreme state (paratpara) always recognises that the whole manifesting world and universe are not the reality but they are the wanton pleasure of the supreme and Absolute spirit. He experiences by himself the divine delight which has occupied the entire universe. His casual behaviour has been absorbed in the contemplation of the supreme spirit, the Brahma. His casual utterance also becomes as sacred as the quotation from the vadas. ||76||

Aise asatee bhinna prakaar | saadhu santaanche vividha sansara |
Aapan tharato paamar | jaanaavayaasee ||77||

Such are the various kinds of the saints according to the state and level, they have achieved, Their houselife (mundane) is also different. We common people fail to understand the states of the saints as we are ignorant about it. ||77||

Santaanchyaa agamya khunaa | santachi jaanatil sant janaa |
Aapulyaa jaanivene tyaanna | olakheet jaave ||78||

The marks to identefy the saint are unknown to common people. Only the saints can recognise the saints. Therefore we the common peoples little knowing people should try to understand these marks of the different saints according to the intellect and wisom, that we have. ||78||

Santaroop jaanu aapana | Titake angee yeyeel santapana |
milataa gangaachi howoon | raahee naalaa ||79||

The small rivulet when meets the Ganga, its flow mixes with the waters of the Ganga and it becomes Ganga in itself. similarly we can also seek the more saintly attitude when we try to know more and recognise the form of the saint. ||79||

Ganga nehameech zulzul waahe | pari paanee ghyaavayaasi jo jaaye |
Tyachyaa paatra itukechi raahe | paanee jawalee ||80||

The Ganga flows constantly and gently. The person, who goes to the Ganga to fetch water can have as much water only, as the size of the pot he has, can contain. ||80||

Gangaa jaree mothi asalee | Tari gharee kaise nyaavee bhalee ? |
Jyaane nenyaachi vyawasthaa kelee | praapta zaalee shantee tyaasi ||81||

As the Ganga is the very big and vast river, how can it be taken to our homes? One, who tries to carry its holy water as much as he can, he then can have peace in that proportion. ||81||

Taise sant sadaa krupaalu | Dayaalu, snehaalu, premal, maayaalu |
Jeevajanaanche nitya kanawaalu | susankalpee ||82||

Similarly, the saints are always merciful, friendly, loving, affectionate and pitiful towards all the beings and human beings. They always hold in their minds benevolent and better volitions. ||82||

ukalonee daavitee grantha-varma | Aapulyaa anubhave naashitee bhrama |
sakalaa daavitee waat sugama | sant, maarga zaadoniya ||83||

The saints explain the secrets and true hidden meaning in the spiritual classics, scriptures and volumes. With the help of their self experiences, they remove the illusions and ward off the stumbling blocks in the way of emancipation of the human beings. They show the easy and sure path to all towards the emancipation. ||83||

Tyaansi sharana laage jaave | bolataa, vachan shrawanee bharaave |
Bharale, taisechi karaave | nishchayaane jeevanaat ||84||

Therefore we should go in the shelter of the saints. We should listen to their advice, precept and guidance very attentively and meditating on them we should honestly and sincerely follow them with firm determination and resolute mind. ||84||

Maga jeevan hoya unnata | haachi udhaaraacha pantha |
sant daavitee maarga satata | jadjeevaasee sadbhaave ||85||

Then only we can heighten our life towards perfection and seek that superior state. the saints always advise and guide us only in this way for our upliftment. They show this way to all ignorant beings with all good wishes for them. ||85||

Santaanchaa bodh aikataa swabhaave | jadjeevahi uddhuroni jaave |
Tyaa maargechi sarva sukha paave | janatelaagee ||86||

When the ignorant beings listen to the casual precept of the saints, they can seek their upliftment. By this way only people can have gains of happiness.

SKILL OF THE SAINTS IN ENACTING

Sant janatesi samaras hotee | mhanoneech jadalee tyaavaree bhaktee |
sant chalatee bolatee moorti | Bhagawantaachee ||87||

The saints become one with the common people. so people should hold a firm faith and sincere devotion for the saints. The saints are the live, walking and talking images of God. ||87||

Mitraho! Je je dewaane kele | Techi santaane haatee dharale |
Prachaaraadware gaajavile | dewa-waakyaa sarvatra ||88||

Friends! the saints have taken the same most excellent and great enactment in their hands which God had performed. and they had resounded all over the world the promise of God through their divine canvassing in the common people. ||88||

Eshwaree awataaraache kaarya | Techi santaanchyaa angee chaaturya |
sarvaa thaayee aanoni maadhurya | walan detee janaalaa ||89||

The saints, very wisely and cleverly perform the same enactments which God had performed in their incarnation era. The saints create the sweetness of love and give a good turn to the life of common people. ||89||

Visaroni aapule mothepana | waadhawitee sattyaache mahimaan |
Na jaatee pratishthaa vaibhawaa bhulon | Aad maarge kadheehi ||90||

Forgetting their own greatness the saints grow the greatness of the truth. They never fall prey to the attraction of glories and status. They never go on wrong path even absentmindedly. ||90||

Juneecha saadhane ghevoni haatee | karitee janaanchi jaagruti |
samayaanuroop swaroop detee | sarva uttam prathaansi ||91||

They take old means to enact and creat awareness in people. Befitting to the event and time, they try to give a good turn and reform the old usages, customs and traditions. ||91||

Aso dagadaachaahi uttsava | pari tyaat bharoni divya bhaava |
Tyaa dwaare unnat karitee maanava | saadhu sant ||92||

There may be any celebration even of some stone, the saints create a great and enthusiastic sense in that celebration and utilize that celebration to bring prosperity and betterment in people. ||92||

Sarva sansthaa, pakhsha, pantha | yaamadhye je je uchit |
Tyaasi karitee protsahita | santjana samabhaave ||93||

The saints encourage & promote all those proper trends and qualities which they find in any institutions, groups, parties or faiths; when they find that they are really helpful to bring betterment and benefits to people. In doing so, they have a sense of equality for all institutions, parties & faiths. (They never have any discrimination for them.) ||93||

Janaachiyaa chaale chaalatee | Janaanchiya bolee bolatee |
pari aapule uddishta ghaalatee | kushalpane tyaamaajee ||94||

The saints walk (behave) as the common people walk (behave). They speak in the way of people's routine language. But behaving and speaking according to the people's manner they very skilfully involve their aims and objects in these manners and use them for people's welfare. ||94||

Sarvaana waatatee aapulyaasaarakhe | nawhatee konaasi paarakhe |
Aabaalvruddhaansi karitee koutuke | Aakarshit premaane ||95||

All feel that the saints are just like them. (They don't think them as aliens and different from common people.) Thus the saints attract all from children to the age old people towards them. ||95||

Sarvaanpaasooni pudhecha asatee | pari doora na waate konaaprati |
tene karoo laagatee pragatee | Lok niraash na hotaa ||96||

In their spiritual tendencies, the saints are far ahead of the common people but nobody feels that they are away or distant from them. So all, who come in the association of the saints, never get disappointed and they seek their upliftment and prosperity living with the saints. ||96||

Lahaan mulaasi shikawaave | tyaasaathee paanditya doora thewaave |
Taise vartatee swabhaave | saadhu sant janaansaathee ||97||

When one has to teach a small child, he must keep his wisdom and pedantry away (because there is no use of such a high knowledge at the stage of the child). The saints also teach in the same way to the common ignorant people following very casual behaviour. ||97||

Andhalyaanche hotee netra | chaitanya otitee sarvatra |
Ghusatee howooni aikya sootra | Santa virodhakaa antaree ||98||

The saints become an eye for the blind ones. they pour life force in all and everywhere. They forcefully enter in the minds of their opponents carrying a sense of unity and oneness. (according the dectrine of `beads and thread') ||98||

Sarva maanavaasi unnat karaave | sarvatra samaadhaan pochawaave |
pratyekaane pratyekaas whaave | poorak, aise upadeshitee ||99||

The saints always advise with a view and aim that all mankind should prosper. Satisfaction and contentment should dwell in the life of the human beings. Everybody should become helpful and complimentary to eachother. ||99||

Megh warshaawaa saarakhaa upadesh | Tethe naahi guru-shishya |
Aatmavat paahatee sarvaasa | sant sajjana ||100||

The advice of the saints is as pleasant and cooling as the shower of rains. They never behave with the sense of awe as Guru & never treat anybody as their disciple. Thus they don't keep sense of Guru-shishya (Master & pupil) between people & themselves. They find all as their own-self. ||100||

Tyaanchaa upadesh mahanaje amrut | shaanti laabhe hota praapta |
Triwidha taape jeeva je tapta | Hotee trupta satsange ||101||

Their advice and precept are like the embrosia (Amrut-the divine drink of Gods). When one seeks it, he enjoys divine peace of mind and spirit. The human beings are always scorched by the three fold sufferings.(i) (Adhyaatmik-i.e. sufferings and troubles which man has to bear physically from nail to hair. (ii) Adhibhoutik - i.e. the sufferings and agonies caused by surroundings, by misconduct of other individuals, & troubles from other beings; natural calamities, by raids, wars, punishments, accidents etc; (iii) Aadhidaivik- i.e. sufferings after death, which are supposed as the tormentation and punishments given to the being in the hell). In their association, the being seeks peace solace and his threefold sufferings get subsided & cooled down. ||101||

Mhanoni granthee varnile sakal | sant uddhareel aapule kula |
Aisechi nawhe, premaacha sukaal | kareel gaavee ||102||

Therefore in the scriptures and classics, it is described that the saint uplifts his whole family. But (Maharaaj says) the saint uplifts not only his whole family but also all beings around him and brings plentifulness of love & affection in the whole village. ||102||

Jayaa gaavee wasel sant | Tethe punya kareel paapaanchaa anta |
uddharoni jaaya praantacha praant | dukkhe hota deshodhadee ||103||

The village or town, wherever the saint lives, will be uplifted alongwith all the province, in which the village comes. Due to the prowess of divine merit of the saint's association all sins and evils in the village will be uprooted & destroyed. All pains, sorrows troubles, sufferings and agonies will be banished from the village. ||103||

Sant karitee aapanaa samaana | sant-sange santapana |
prayatne unnat hoya jeevana | sant-bodha laabhataa ||104||

Saints (bringing up all at the height of their level and) make them alike themselves. Living in the constant association of the saint, one can seek siantliness. when one gains the divine advice and precept from the saint. he adopts it sincerely in his life & behaviour, then his life can become ideal and prosperous. ||104||

Aisaa santaanchaa mahimaa | Aawadato purushottama |
Sarva jeevaanchyaa yeto kaamaa | mayabaap mhanoniyaa ||105||

This is the magnitude and glory of the saints. Even the God likes it. The saints are the loving parents of all the beings. This greatness & magnitude is helpful and useful for the upliftment & welfare of all living beings. ||105||

Aise kriyaasheel santajana | Tyaancheech gaavee asaavee chalana |
Tareech uddhareel gaava poorna | Naanditee sadguna Tukadyaa mhane ||106||

Therefore, all such active saints should be given high honours & importance as the first preference. Then only the noble virtues will dwell in the village and it will seek upliftment & welfare. (says so Vandaneeya Maharaj) ||106||

Iti Shree graamgeetaa grantha | Guru-shastra-swaanubhava sammat |
Satsang kathilaa gramoddhaarartha | Battisaava adhyaaya sampoorna ||107||

This Shreegraamgeeta scripture has been consented by the Guru, shastraas and the self experiences. This Thirty second Chapter in it, dealing with the `Association of the saints for the upliftment of the village is hereby concluded. ||107||                                                

||Sadgurunaath Maharaaj ki jai||

1 The saint can't be recognised from his outward apparal because the saint does not mean to be the outward appearence. It is a peculiar divine function of the mental and moral quality. Therefore, we shall try to recognise and understand the saint from his internal spiritual and moral form and not from his ourwardly appearance.

2 The saints get themselves emaciated like the sandal wood and give peace to the human society. While enacting noble deeds they never care for their life and they are always ready to sacrifice it for their virtueous acts. Therefore we shall know the real appearance of the saints from the virtueous enactments.

3 We shall never treat those as saints who never put themselves to perform virtueous and moral enactments for the welfare of the mankind.

4 All saints have one and only one objective before them. Their activities may appear different but the central goal is the only one. Therefore we shall never see or find out the differences in the saints.

5 We shall also behave like the saints who always put themselves in toiling and act according to their guidance. We shall mould our life in consistance of their advice.