Shloka : 201
गालिदानं ताडनं च कृतं कुमतिभिर्जनै: ।
क्षन्तव्यमेव सर्वेषां चिन्तनीयं हितं च तै: ॥ 201 ॥
અને તે સાધુ ને બ્રહ્મચારી તેમણે, કોઈક કુમતિવાળા દુષ્ટજન હોય ને તે, પોતાને ગાળ દે અથવા મારે તો તે સહન જ કરવું; પણ તેને સામી ગાળ ન દેવી ને મારવો નહિ; અને તેનું જેમ હિત થાય તેમ જ મનમાં ચિંતવન કરવું; પણ તેનું ભૂંડું થાય એવો તો સંકલ્પ પણ ન કરવો. ॥ 201 ॥
And if a miscreant with confused state of mind uses bad words or beat up the saints or celibates of Shri Hari, they should tolerate the misbehaviour, but should not use bad words or beat him up in return and should wish for his betterment only, they should not even wish ill about him. || 201 ||
Commentary
If the miscreants with confused state of mind who are not able to recognize the Ekantik Muktas of Shri Hari and use bad words against them or beat them up, then the staunch celibates and saint devotees of Shri Hari should tolerate them, but should not feel angry towards them and should wish for the betterment of friends as well as enemies i.e. to wish for the salvation of their spiritual soul but should never wish evil for anyone. And they should never lie and if truth is hurting someone then such a true statement should not be uttered. They should not offend anyone through thoughts, speech or action. They should follow only the specific code of conduct of a staunch celibate. They should remain firm and proud about it, but otherwise they should give up pride. A person who does not feel offended by the insults of other people, can perform all his duties happily in this world, whereas the person who has insulted, is destroyed. Moreover, by going through the insults, one’s prowess increases and by accepting the ceremonial honour, one’s prowess descreases.
Through anger, one can destroy one’s relatives, Guru and saints, and one commits some inappropriate act through anger only. And through anger, one speaks harsh, hurting and evil statements. Moreover, through anger one disrespects the great God-realized saints who are God’s most favourite and who can liberate one through mere contact. Anger is the biggest enemy, because it rises in the body without anybody noticing it and creates a lot of evil within a spur of a moment and in the end it is responsible for the descent of the spiritual soul. Therefore, whoever conquers it is called real brave or courageous. By not feeling angry, one can protect one’s own self as well as that of others. The saints who are friendly towards all and who do not feel offended i.e. do not feel angry towards the miscreants who use bad language and create a lot of obstacles for the saints, eventhough the saints have immense capacity to resist them, such saints are rare, i.e. such saints are unique.
And the great saints who have taken a holy vow through the inspiration of God, to make the people follow proper code of conduct and to help them on the path of God-realization, and if some person commits breach of code of conduct then the saint may feel angry towards that person because he has broken the holy vow taken by the saint. Therefore, if the saint does not express his anger as a punishment for the breach of code of conduct and does not advice the person, then he may continue to commit the same mistakes and as a result he may not evolve.