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Aptavani-9
Dadashri: That ‘we’ know! But it is still not worth getting
involved. ‘We’ get involved only when it is unavoidable.
Otherwise, it is not worth initiating. ‘We’ have seen tragas in
other places too. A husband would drag his wife by her hair and
bring her to me looking for justice. The wife and the husband,
both would do tragas, both were manipulative. Therefore, ‘we’
have seen a lot of this. It is a wide world. What colors have
‘we’ not seen in it?
It is a tragu when everyone around has been pressured
to succumb against their wishes. Just as surrendering to officers
of the law, people have to surrender there too; that is a tragu.
Questioner: Meaning one puts others in a tight grip,
correct?
Dadashri: Yes, they put them in such a hold.
Questioner: How should we act towards the one doing
a tragu?
Dadashri: You should ask him: Why he is doing it? For
what happiness is he doing it? How long can happiness that has
been stolen from others, remain with him?
Questioner: What should one do if he still does not
understand?
Dadashri: Then move away from there.
Questioner: So give into him?
Dadashri: It is the same as giving in. It is a way of moving
away from the situation, is it not? So move away from him. If a
snake comes after you, who has to run away from the snake, you
or the snake? You have to run away. What does the snake have
to lose? If a bull chases you, are you going to say, ‘Why are you
chasing me?’ Are you going to stand there and say, ‘I am a
lawyer from Baroda’? The bull will chase even a king!
Questioner: But you did not give in to people who did