Shloka : 200

स्वप्यं न तैश्च खट्वायां विना रोगादिमापदम् ।

निश्छद्म वर्तितव्यं च साधूनामग्रत: सदा ॥ 200 ॥

અને તે નૈષ્ઠિક બ્રહ્મચારી ને સાધુ તેમણે રોગાદિક આપત્કાળ પડ્યા વિના ખાટલા ઉપર સૂવું નહિ; અને સાધુની આગળ તો નિરંતર નિષ્કપટપણે વર્તવું.॥ 200 ॥

And the staunch celibates and saints should not sleep on a cot except for the emergencies like sickness etc.; and they should behave completely without cunningness in front of God-realized saints and Muktas. || 200 ||

Commentary

The ‘Tyagashrami’ devotees of Shri Hari i.e. the saint celi­bates etc. Tyagi’s should not sleep on a cot except that during the emergency like sickness etc. It is not an offence to sleep on a cot during sickness etc. emergencies because religion is the protector of body.

Moreover, the celebates and saints should always behave without any cunningness in front of the devotees of God, whose character­istics have been mentioned earlier in this book.

Shriji Maharaj has mentioned in Gadhada First Chapter, 76th. Vach­anamrit: "A person who has anger, jealousy, cunningness, ego -these four qualities and evenif he is a devotee of God he can never become My favourite." In this Vachanamrit, cunningness has been already denied, but in front of saints and devotees of God, cunningness is the biggest offense.