42 Aptavani-2
Kavi has sung:
Tree of the worldly life
‘ Aha! Akram Gnan kadi na suniyu‘ Never before was heard the knowledge of the Akram Path’ Ene khodiyu dhori vruksha mudiyu’ He( Dadashri) has unearthed and destroyed the main root that perpetuates the worldly life.’
This worldly life is like a huge tree, which even after countless lives, has not dried up. People try to kill it by cutting its leaves, but new leaves keep sprouting. Many religions believe if they cut the leaves, the tree will dry up and die but instead new leaves keep sprouting. Many say cut out the larger branches and it will die, but it does not, new branches grow in their place. Many say cut the trunk, but even then, it does not die. Many say go beyond and cut out the roots, but the tree grows again. This is not the real solution to destroy the tree of the worldly life. How does this tree keep living? The tree has many roots, which pervade into the ground that helps keep the tree upright but there is one root, from which the tree derives food and water. It is called the main root. Only the Gnani Purush has knowledge of the main root of the tree of worldly life. He cuts out a wedge from this main root and puts some medicine in it. This is all that the Gnani Purush does; he does not do anything else. He does not mess with the leaves, the branches, the trunk or the roots. He just puts some medicine in the main root after which the tree of worldly life slowly begins to dry up. After this, it will not sprout any new leaves.
This worldly life is not to be lived callously; it has to be