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else. So, he brings some un-ginned cotton and jaggery and
shows it to her. He occasionally feeds her this and so he shows
it to her, to see if she recognizes it. She sees it and knows what
it is, but no matter what, she will not move away from this
garavata! She does not budge. She will not pay attention to
anything because the pleasure she feels in the ditch is not to be
found anywhere else. That is why she will not come out of the
mud. She will look but she will not budge. She thinks to
herself, ‘Who would leave such pleasure?’ This verily is
garavata.
This is considered the pleasure of garavata. This is how
everyone in the world takes pleasure in the garavata of the
worldly life. They will not come out of it. Men and women do
not budge at all! How can they when they believe the worldly
life to be the ‘fridge’ just as the water buffalo does? Do you
understand what garavata is? One can understand garavata
only when the Gnani explains it. So, understand the exact
meaning of what Krupadudev is saying. This analogy of the
coolness of mud in the ditch is given as a comparison with the
coolness people have found in the garavata of the worldly life.
Many Sat Purush – enlightened beings and Gnanis - have said
thus but people continue to sit in the garavata of the worldly
life, they give mere lip service to spiritual talks and remain sitting
in the ‘fridge’.
The Sat Purush is not in such garavata. They do not
remain in the ‘fridge’ anywhere. Even if you seat them in a
‘fridge’ or in a warm place, they will come out of it. They do
not like such garavata. People on the other hand enjoy the
garavata of the worldly life and remain in it all day long, they
do not even go to listen to spiritual discourses. That apathy is
garavata. People remain in worldly garavata and the buffalos
remain in the other garavata. People’s garavata is the pleasure
of the five senses. Carefree! Therefore, the whole world is
trapped in garavata.