Aptavani-9
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Questioner: How can one escape from such a man who
is doing a tragu?
Dadashri: I know how to escape from a woman doing
a tragu, but I do not know how to escape from a man doing
one. I would make the woman doing a tragu jump all night long.
But I too become startled when a man does tragu.
Tragu means to create a major uproar in order to attain
something against the wishes of others. ‘I am going to commit
suicide; I am going to do this. I am going to do that.’ One will
get his way through whatever means necessary. He will do any
kind of tragu to scare you. There are such men.
Questioner: If a man does a tragu by saying, ‘I am
going to run away, I am going to kill myself, I am going to do
this’, should we believe that he will really carry out his threats?
Would he do that?
Dadashri: Do not get scared but remain vigilant. He may
even proceed to do so. Most of it is just tragu and so he will
not do anything; nevertheless it is still better to be vigilant.
There are many who do tragu in their worldly interactions.
When it comes to interactions in the home, you should not let
yourself be affected by anyone doing tragu, otherwise you will
suffer heavily. My whole life I have avoided tragas. I had one
such ‘system’ of not being affected; that always saved me from
tragas. But on the most part, the world has been intimidated by
and has yielded to tragas.
Questioner: How should one behave when a person is
doing tragu?
Dadashri: How does it concern you in any way? Just
continue ‘seeing’ it. You will get to see a new play. Otherwise,
where can you get the opportunity to see such a play? If you ask
an actor to do tragu, is he likely to do so? So, you should tell
the person doing the tragu, ‘go ahead and do as many tragas
as you want!’