Gramgeeta Chapter 10 Sanghatan-Shakti ( power of organisation )

Chapter- 10

POWER OF ORGANISATION (Sanghatan - Shakti) || Salutations to Shreegurudeva ||

SPLITTERS OF THE VILLAGE AND THE DETERIORATION OF THE VILLAGE

Ek sevaanubhavee shrota | Gahivar daatoniya chitta | Mhane maazi aika shokkatha | Ekada kaanee ||1|| One of the listeners, who was a very honest village worker and very conscious for true service to the village came to me. In a choked voice due to emotional up surge, he began to tell me. "Listen, sir, to my bitter and sorrowful experiences which I had in rendering my true service to my village. ||1||

Sevavruttine waagata | Gramoddhaarache phala ye haata | Lok washikaranaacha seveparta | Mantra nasey konee ||2|| Hey aahe sarvachi khare | Anubhavaasahee ye nirdhaare | Pari kaahee lok swaarthabhare | Dweshi hotee seveche ||3|| "It is true what ever you had told us. I am convinced that one can have a credit for rendering his true service to the people, and to achieve the all round progress and prosperity. There is no other better way to attract people towards us except extending our honest services to others. ||2|| It is a fact and I have also had some good experience. But there are some persons in the village who always cherish selfishness. They secretly hold malice for this work out of their selfish motives." ||3||

Tyaat kaahee vidwaan, kaahee shreemaan | Raaj darbaarihi kaahinche vajana | Tyaanna gaavache havey pudhaaripana | Swaarthasaathi jethe tethe ||4|| "Among such jealous persons, there are some wise learned and some are wealthy. Some others have a good impression and influence in the government offices and courts. They don't want to make anything good for the welfare of the village. On the contrary they yearn to have leadership of the village in every sphere to seek their own selfish purposes." ||4||

Lok rahaavet pankhaa khaalee | Mhanaje aapali poli pikalee | Mhanoni khelatee aneka chaalee | songa ghewoni seveche ||5|| "With such selfish motives, they want all people to be under their thumb. Under the disguise of the honest public worker, these selfish persons play crafty and wicked tricks in the village." ||5||

Detee milawoni durmil saamaan | Konaas kaahi pralobhana | Vyasanee gundaas detee protsahan | Karitee sampaadan premaise ||6|| They provide the needy with the things which are not so easily available. They produce some baits to allure people. They encourage the ruffians and addicts and try to please them, and by such ways, they try to attract people towards them. ||6||

Tethe aamuchi seva sagali | Prasangee howooni pade dubalee | Janata phasate bholee bhalee | Jawooni jaalee tayaanchya ||7|| At such places, our service becomes feeble and useless. The simple and innocent people easily fall prey to their baits and get trapped in their wicked nets. ||7||

Aamuchya gaavi heychi zaale | Gaava sewakaanni uttam kele | Pari pudhe durbhaagya odhawale | Yaachi maarge ||8|| The same ill-fate has struck our village. Our loyal true social worker had toiled hard and made our village the ideal one. But these sinful enactments have brought misfortune to our village and our once upon a time ideal village has now totally deteriorated. ||8||

Sundara velee laavalyaa anganee | Ghaloniyaa Parishramaache paanee | Phulaa Phalaannee gelyaa baharonee | Gagana bhedee ||9|| Some individual plants vines and creeping plants in his courtyard. He toils hard, provides water and manures to them regularly. The vines grow higher and higher kissing the skies and soon get flourished and thickly blossomed with fragrant beautiful flowers and fruits. ||9||

Taishaat sosaatiyaane aanave waadala | Galaava phaley, Phuley pachola | Tyaa savey weleechaahi chola-molaa | Whava khshanee ||10|| And unfortunately sudden strong storm appears with its full force and wipes away the beautiful leave, flowers & fruits. In a moment all the vines and plants get crushed and ruin to dust. ||10||

Kaise dukkhi na hoyeel mana | Jyaane waadhavile karonee jatana | Geley gharaachechi sundarpana | eka ekee ||11|| Then tell me, Sir, will not the mind of that individual suffer sorrow and agony? With all his heart and labour he had tended the plants; and all of a sudden the entire beauty of his house had been destroyed. What great pains he would have felt at that moment? ||11||

Taise gaava neetine jatan kele | Mula balaasa hi sambhaalile | Parashparaat prem nandale | Sevagune khelimelee ||12|| In the same way, because of that true and affectionate service of our loyal worker and because of his most noble and moral character, sincere love for each other was dwelling in our village. Our children were initiated with good rites attributes and moral impressions. A deep feeling of selfless love and satisfaction for each other had been developed in our villagers. ||12||

Pari ghusale gaavache bhedee | Laavilee swarthaasathi upaadhi | Ugee-dugee karoni bhramavilee buddhi | Paadalee phoot ||13|| When our whole atmosphere was healthy and happy, some evil element in our village, who had a crumbling attitude created riotous wrangling in our smooth work. They created problems and disputes unnecessarily. They spread up evil thoughts and spoiled the consciousness of our people and thus they got success in dividing the villagers in fractions and rival groups. ||13||

Seveche songa ubhey kele | Aapule stutipaathak ghusavile | Wayeet zaale te te maathi maarale | Kharyaa sevakaanchya ||14|| They created false pretentions of true public servants. Secretly, they raised a team of some individuals to praise and canvass their glories in villagers. Enacting wrong deeds and evil practices by their ownselves, they defamed our loyal and dutiful worker by putting false changes and blames. ||14||

Natheetoon jaisaa maarava teer | taise asatee bahadoor | Pari gaava kela chakanachoor | dwait paadonee ||15|| They were clever enough to take aim and shoot through the nose-ring. (Natheetoon teer marane. Natha is an ornament of women to put in a tiny hole of one nostril. It is made by inter - weaving pearls in golden wire). They employed their wisdom and cleverness adversely in evil acts and thus successfully created a rift in our village. They have spoiled the whole atmosphere of our village. ||15||

Nana tarheche waad vitanda | Nana pakhshaanche maajavile banda | Kadhee aad, kadhee ughad | Suroo zaale karya tyaanche ||16|| Those wicked evil persons raised many disputes and quarrels. They created different political parties and groups, and raised riots and unrest in the village. Sometimes they openly stood to protest and sometimes they secretly conspired and enacted evil deeds. ||16||

Gondhalwonee taakile janamanaa | Zaala premashakteecha dhingaana | Jikade pahaave tikade kalpana | Phuteer vruttichya || 17|| They purposefully confused the villager, minds and spread up misunderstanding among all. Their wrong canvassing ruined the concerning affection and love in our villagers and the villagers lost faith and affinity for each other. Everybody began to think of fissuring among others. ||17||

Kaahee sajjanaani gaava jamavile | Kaahee gundaanni nashavile | Naana tarheche tamaashe zaale | Gaavee Aamuchyaa ||18|| There are a few wise and virtueous good individuals who had created unity and integrity in our village and there are some other evil and crafty individuals also, who had spread up goondaism and had destroyed the unity & integrity. They encouraged the innocent villagers by their riotous and harmful displays. ||18||

Vyaktiswaartha bokaalala | Jo to manaacha raaja zaala | Vegvegalyaa pralobhanee guntala | Samaaj saara ||19|| Everybody began to think of his own individual selfish gains. Everybody started to behave at his pleasure. Everybody in our society was involved and entangled in some kind of selfish enactment or other. ||19||

Aamishaamaajee lapalaa gal | Pari mashaasi dise aamishachi kewala | Taise bhramishta zaale lok sakala | Pralobhana paayee ||20|| The fish can't notice the drug-hook inside the bait. It gets allured and attracted to the bait and rushes to it. In the same way all our villagers have got delusioned by the baits of some selfish gains. ||20||

Kaahee atinamrata dakhavitee | Sahebaache jodehi pusatee | Manee waasana waaeet dharatee | Adhikaari whyaaya gaavacha ||21|| Some selfish individuals superficially show extreme politeness in their behaviour. But for their selfish gains, they actually rub and clean the shoes of the top most head in ruling authorities with evil intentions to acquire some power to rule over the village. ||21||

Naahi kona seveche bhaan | Ghalitee sattesaathi thaimaan | Gaava kele chhinna- bhinna | Niwadnukee ladhawonee || 22 || None of our villagers has a sense of true affection for others now. These wicked individuals are prompt in creating riots and confusion to seek some power by hook or crook. Playing evil and sly tricks and fighting elections, they have broken up the village into small pieces. || 22||

Gaavee hotee niwadnukee | Maanase hotee parasparaat saashankee | Kiteetaree pakhshopa pakhshaanni dukkhee | Vyawahaaramaajee ||23|| At the time of elections, everybody becomes doubtful and deceitful towards each other. So many big and small political parties and groups have cropped up rapidly like mushrooms and they try to raise dangers in the daily routine of the villagers. They are bent upon taking revenge upon their rivals. ||23||

Taiseech yethe gatee zaalee | konee jatiyatechi kaas dharilee | Kucheshtaa karonee pratishtha milawilee | wachane dilee havee taisee ||24|| The same condition is prevailing in our village now. Some had created castism and gone by that way towards breaking away from the main stream of society. Some had purposefully tried to humiliate others with ridiculous tendencies. There were some individuals who displayed false pretensions of their greatness and showered mouthful assurances. ||24||

Kaahikaanni mejwaani dilee | Daroo paajuni matey ghetalee | Bholee janata phasawonee aanilee | Motaareet ghaloniya ||25|| On the day of polling in elections, some body arranged dinners and parties to gain votes. Some supplied wines and drinks. Many of them plied the cars. vehicles and vans to bring the innocent and simple minded public at the polling booths. ||25||

Aisaa sarva prakaar kela | Gundagirine niwadoni aala | Mhane sandhi milaalee sewakaala | Sewa kareen sarwaahuni ||26|| In this way, applying all the good and bad means and illicit improper, illegal ways, creating goondaism, one such wicked selfish individual got him elected. He then began to tell people with awe, "I have got a chance to render my humble services to the public. Now I will serve you all more than anybody had done for you". ||26||

Saadhan jyaache mulaat ashuddha | Tyaachaa paripaak kothooni shuddha? | Lokaa piloni whawe samruddha | Gaavi duphalee maajawonee ||27|| In fact, all his ways and means to get elected were basically impure, improper and unfair. How could then such person's service be pure and stainless ? He created rifts and splits in people and started to exploit and squeeze them. ||27||

Satte saathee hapaapave | waatel taise paap karaave | Janashaktees paayee tudaswaave | Aise chaale swarthasaathee ||28|| It has become a practice now to make ardant effort to come to power for selfish gains; for acquiring such power, all opt now crooked ways and means and commit sinful activities and finally tread upon the public power and crush it under their foot. ||28||

Yaane gaavachi hoya durdasha | Mat-mataancha waadhe tamasha | Sajjanaanchi hoya nirasha | Maranaa paree ||29|| All these practices have disturbed the neat fold of the village and a clamorous out cry of difference of opinions has spread in our villagers. The meek and miserable good virtueous people have got completely disappointed and they feel such a shame and disgrace that they now prefer death to such condition. ||29||

Aata saanga kaaya karaave | kaasayaane gaava sudharave ? Je je hoyeel te te pahaave | Aise waate niraashapane ||30|| Sir ! now you please tell us what we should do in such spoiled & poisoned circumstances. What can be done to reset the disturbed fold of our village? Now we all have become so much frustrated and disappointed that we have decided to sit inactively & silently and be a mute & meek witness to whatever worst might happen in future. ||30||

THE ORDEAL OF THE DISCERNING AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE CREATION OF THE VILLAGE

Aisa shortayaane prashna kela | Mee to manaapaasoni aikala | Mitrahol upaaya tumhata | Saangato maazeparee ||31|| Very attentively, I listened to the acute problems of the listener. Now friend ! I'll tell you a solution of this problem according to my experiences & abilities. ||31||

Paristhiti hee saachachi aahe | Pari niraash honey kaam nohey | Durjanaanche bal wadhaya hey | Kaaran hoyee nirasha ||32|| The condition of your village, as you have described, is really true. But it will not be appropriate to sit meekly and mutely in such disappointment. If the virtueous and sensible wise people like you lose their hearts, the evil and wicked element will become more powerful and insolent. ||32||

Aapanaas kaaya karvane | Aise bolatee lok shahaane | Tari samajaava gaava yaa gunaane | Nashta hoyeel sarvasvee ||33|| If the discerning wise individuals disappointedly say, "what have we to do with the deterioration of the village ?", then take it for granted that their such neglecting and negative tendency will lead the village to its total destruction. ||33||

Mag to mukhandahi navhe | aise kaan na samjaave? Nirdhaaraane prayatna karaave | Sarva miloni jaanatyaanee ||34|| The person, saying so, may be the head of the village; but due such negative reasoning, he is not a proper person to become the head of the village. Therefore, all the conscious and wise individuals in the village should come together with firm & resolute minds to try hard. They should bring all other villagers together for their help. ||34||

Aise asaave dhorana | Techi kaaryakartyaasi bhooshana | Gaava nirmaavaya aapule praana | Panaa laavaave ||35|| The policy of united and organised efforts of the wise and intelletual virtueous persons is truely the adornment of the true social workers. Therefore with all life forces at stake, he and the sensible wise people should exert their efforts. ||35||

Virodha yetaa basaave gharaat | Aise nove seveche vrata | Ganga ghabaralee paahoni parvat | Taree saagari na milatee ||36|| When you get scared of the strong opposition and adversities standing in your way, and you disappointedly give up your work, become mute and meek witness to it and sit silently at home, it will not befitting to the vow of service. If the Ganga had been frightenced to see the great himalayas in its way, it could not have reached the ocean and become one with it. ||36||

Koradyaa houdaamaaji taraave | Yaane gourava kona paave? Puraachya laatatuni pohooni jaave | yaatachi vaishishtya aapule ||37|| Can anybody swim in the dry empty tank? And if anybody tries to do it, who will admire such swimmer? When he bravely and dauntlessly swims across the fully flooded river, then he can be admired by all and can be honoured as `the hero'. ||37||

Mhanoni kartavya saambhalaave | Gaavasheel jatan karaave | Sosaatyaane zadapoo na dyaave | Gaavache konee ||38|| Therefore with all your abilities and skills, you all most maintain the unity and integrity of your village. Use all your forces not to allow any villagers to stray away by the strong winds of the rowdy parties and groups. ||38||

Graamasevaachi eeshwarseva | Aise samajaavonee jeeva | Gava sevesi tatpar karaava | Sarvatoparee ||39|| Convince the people the truth that service to the village is the service to the God. Encourage them to become promptly prepared to render their services with united hands. ||39||

Nishpakshapane bouddhike dyaavee | karvaanchi samjoot patawaavee | Buddhi gaavachi sambhlavee | Prachaaradware ||40|| Without any partiality and discrimination, try to convince the villagers the importance of organisation and create the balanced awareness and consciousness in them with proper canvassing and discourses. Be cautious and alert in not allowing any tendencies of cleavage. ||40||

Jana jaagrutee zaaliyaaveena | Na sampel gaavache dainya | Drushti yetaa lokaansi , durjana | Mekha gadawoo na shakatee ||41|| Unless you awake people, no good work can be performed by them. Their depression would not be wiped out. When people form an outlook and a vision for the principle of organisation, the evil and wicked (the village destroyers) can't have a place for foothold. ||41||

Yaa kaaryaasi milaavi jod |Mhanoni haati ghyaave kaahi mukhand | Tene shakti laabhe todees tod | Padatee phikey graamshatroo ||42|| To have a support for your sublime work for the welfare of the village, take up the co-operation of some respectable eminent heads in the village. That will add to increase the strength of organisation and it will be helpful in counter blasting the rift creaters in your village. ||42||

Aso , naso saatha sateecha | Sahayog milawaava sajjanaancha | Janasevakaanni graam raajyaacha | Paaya rachaava sattyaawaree ||43|| Then don't care whether you get a support from the ruling power or not. But, you must seek every co-operation from the virtueous, pious, impartial and saatwik saintly individuals. The social workers should erect the kingdom of their village on the sound foundation of inhering of truth. ||43||

Jyaanna jyaanna nyaayachi chad | Ani gaava sevechi aawad | Tyaancheech sanghatana whavi drudha | Karaavi waadha disandisa ||44|| All such villagers, who have a respect and sense of shame for justice and morality and who have a true desire for the all sided development of the village, should be brought together and with their co-operation, a firm and strong organisation should be built up and day by day it should be developed more and more. ||44||

Jaanata disel to niwadaava | Jiwhaalyaacha purush vechava | Thoraachiyaa netrutwe chaalawaava | Kaarbhar grumonnaticha ||45|| Try to search out the worker having a great concern and affection for village work; from amongst the villagers. Make him your co-partner or a co-worker in the organisation. You have to get the great task done through the co-operation of such great and noble minded individuals. Then you can make the village the ideal one. ||45||

EVIL CONSEQUENCES OF THE ELECTIONS

Shorta mhane tehi zaale | mahaprayaase sajjan jamavile | Parantu ekada chukale | Te sudharechna kee ||46|| Upon this, the listener said, "yes, we had already tried it as you have just told us. With great efforts, we brought up the virtueous and righteous gentlemen together. But the situations once had spoiled and impaired couldn't have been repaired though we had tried in each and every way. ||46||

Aho ! ek kametee basalee | Gaavi sundarata aanayaa bhalee | Mhane paahije niwadnook kelee | Pudhaaryaasaathi ||47|| Kon gaavacha pudhaari tharavaava ? Aadhi maan konaas dyaava | Konaacchya hatey chalawaava | Kaarbhaar gaava - sevecha? ||48|| Sir! A committee was set up consisting of some people to draw out a plan for making a fair reformation of the village. It decided to hold an election and to choose the leader for implementing the plan. ||47|| Because, (without election) how can it be decided who would hold the reins of the work as the leader? who should be preferred for this honour? who should run and manage the activities for village reformation? ||48||

Mhanonee niwadnook tharavilee | Tee janoo aageet baarood padali | Athawaa rockoilchi taakeecha otalee | agnimaajee ||49|| Teney jaahala agnibambaal | Mata mataancha halakalilola | Eka mekaasi paahatee mahakaal | Shahane gadee ||50|| Therefore it was decided to hold election to elect the head to implement the improvement plan. But this election proved so fateful that it was like throwing gun powder into fire, or like pouring the tank of kerosine into fire. A tremendous blaze of fire of different opinions wrapped the whole village. Even the wise and sensible individuals also began to hate each other intensively. || 49-50 ||

Jo to mhaney meech shahana | Koneech konaache aikena | Arey ! toba toba ! aarada oradaanna | Sumaarachi naahi ||51|| Each and everybody began to claim that he was the only wisest and the perfect choice for this work. Nobody was ready to listen to a word of others. O God ! what a climax of the clamourous fury it was. The shouting, yelling, abusing, noisy accusations flooded beyond all limits. ||51||

Gharogharee maaramaaree | Bayako uthooni navaryaas maari | Muley mhanatee aamhi shanane bhaari | Pustake saari shikalokee ||52|| This clamour reached each house and every house became an arena for fighting. It raised to such a climax that wife also had beaten her husband. The educated children began to boast sayng, "we have learnt more than you". ||52||

Kon pudhaari samajaava ? Vichaar zaala sagalyaa gaava | Ek ekaachya na miley bhaava | Saanga kaaya karaave? || 53|| In such unending disruption, beyond control, the villagers were confused. They could not decide whom they should hold as their leader. Sir, such a chaotic situation has prevailed here. Now tell us, what can be done to overcome it? ||53||

Shrotiyaancha haa anubhava | Yeta aahe gaavogaava | Parantu yethe mulaatachi theva | Chukalee saree ||54|| The bitter experiences as described by the listeners are very commonly existing in every village. The reason for this confusion is, that there is something basically wrong at the very beginning of the work. ||54 ||

Gadhool paani dhawalo jaata | Ghaanachi uphaaloni ye haata | Jethe sevechi naahi atmeeyata | Tethe gondhal sahajachi ||55|| If muddy water is disturbed by churning, only the dirt will come up. Similarly if there is the lack of true desire to serve, naturally such clamourous confusion will prevail there. ||55||

THE NEED FOR ORGANISATION FOR SERVICE

Yaa saathi aadhi sevaabhavi | Lokaancheech sanghatana whaavi | Tethe reeghachi nasaavee | Anya konasi ||56|| To avoid all this storm of rowdism, first of all, the true and sincere affectionate individuals should be united and organised together. Any individual having vicious inclinations must not find room there. ||56||

Gaavaateel ekek sajjana | Shodhuni ghyaave tyaasi joduna | Sevabhaavi mandalachi sampoorna | Tayaar karaave prayatne ||57|| Make a search for every good & virtueous individual from the villagers. Form a circle of all such individuals who have sincere awareness and sense of duties towards the service to people. ||57||

Tyaache pramaanik satkaarya | Lokaapudhe yeta nirbhaya | Aapoaapachi hoyeel nishchaya | Laagel soya gaavaachi ||58|| When people find the impartial practices of this circle and the actual creative work done by it, dauntlessly, they will have a confidence in the circle and (they will also come forward to help this circle in their efforts), the work to improve the village will grow more and more. ||58||

Sevechi hee naitik satta | Wajan milvil gaavahita | Maga konee virodha tattwata | Na tikey tethe ||59|| This power of morality of the truth behind the service to the people (and not the power of any law) will ultimately create a good and deep impression upon people's mind. Then no opposition can stand in the way of the service to improve and uplift the village. ||59||

Taakooni daab konaavaree | Lalooch daawooni waritee phituree | Vighne aanatee satkaryaavaree | Hoteel duri te sarva ||60|| Then all those wicked and evil rogues, who try to bring pressure upon people, allure them by conspiracy cannot create unnecessary troubles and problems in the smooth running of the honest service to the village. They would soon become feeble and lacklustered. They cannot pull on their vicious practices any more. ||60||

Seva sanghatanecha pramukha | To niwadonee detaa chokha | Halu haloo gaava hoyeel surekha | Sarvatoparee ||61|| When a capable and active leader from among all such conscious service minded workers is chosen to lead the organisation in rendering the excellent services, slowly and gradually your village will develop with all sided improvement. ||61||

Shrota mhane hey theek saare | Pari gaavi aale niwadnukiche waare | Tene gaava aamuche bharee bhare | Bhalataishaachi ||62|| Upon this, the listener said, "All this as you have told us is true. But once the strong winds of election tempo begins to blow forcibly, our village runs after any body without considering whether he is truthful or a liar ||62||

Swaartha paayee seva - virodha | Karanaare je gaavache mainda | Te naana maarge karitee buddhibheda | janatecha taye velee ||63|| Those, who stand to oppose against the sincere and truthful service activities only to fulfil their own selfish motives, start their cunning and wicked practices secretly. They try to create dissension among the common innocent people with their crafty intellect. ||63||

Tethe aamhi kaaya karaave ? Gaava kaise sudhaarave ? Yaache samaadhan aikaave | Shrotejanee ||64|| (The listener said), "under such circumstances, sir, what can we do to keep our services going on ?" O Listeners ! listen to the solution of this doubt now. ||64||

Sangitale te saachachi aahe | Gaavogaavee anubhava ye | Yaa saathi saral daawavee soya | Vichaarane gaavaloka ||65|| The situation as described by you is real and true. The same situation is prevailing in all villages. Now it is necessary to convince the villagers about the proper and straight way to avoid this condition. ||65||

Niwadanukeechi chaalu pratha | Heech mulee sadosh pahata | Mhanoni yogya drushtee dyaavee samasta | Gaavawaasiya ||66|| The present system and procedure of the elections is totally wrong and full of many faults and flaws. So the villagers should be given a right and convincing sight towards the election system. ||66||

Jeewanaachi jabaabdaari | Kitee aahe niwadnukeewari | Hey patawonee niwadanook kharee | Karawaavee na gondhalataa ||67|| Because many aspects of our future life depend upon the elections now. First this important thought be well convinced to people and then without any doubts and confusion (with clear consciousness) the election should be held. ||67||

Vichaar keliya haluhaloo | Aapaisaachi maarga ye kaloo | Niwodnukeeche tatwa jaata aakaloo | Mitel gondhal sahajachi ||68|| If you think over it with peaceful mind, you can understand the truth and then easily you can understand the right and proper way of election. All can then follow the right path without any doubts and confusion. ||68||

Aho! pudharipan kashaala? Seva gaavachi karavayaala | Maga sevechi kasotee laava ki apula | Samajel pudhaari kona to ||69|| If the public worker is really true and honest in his enactments to serve the village, why does he feel the need of leadership of the village ? But if you want to choose the perfect person as your leader, put up a test for it. The main norms for such test should be the loyalty and dutifulness of the social worker. You can then find out a right person without any efforts. ||69||

Kona gaavasaathi zatey | Kona uthato roj pahaate | Ghewooni haatamaaji kharaate | Zaadato kona? ||70|| (To find out a perfect loyal and dutiful worker, watch carefully). A) who takes pains in extracting service to the village with hard efforts. B) who gets up early in the morning and taking the broom, who sweaps and cleans the villages. ||70|| (Contd.)

Saadhya raahaneene diwasabhari | Kona garibaache kaam karee | Kona paayee phiron karee waaree | Gavaachi aapulya ||71|| C) who maintains his daily life style very simple, pure and virtueous D) who attends to the activities during the whole day and works for the poor who have hardships and needs E) who goes on foot enquiring about the poor and miserables as well as about the total condition of the village. ||71||

Kona neetine ase chaangala ? | Pakhshapaat na awade konaala ? Chhadaamasi nase laajeem zaala | Gaava nidheechya ||72|| F) who bears a good moral character G) who doesn't have partial and discriminating tendency H) who has not the single slightest tarnishing dot of misappropriation of public funds. ||72||

Kona sarvaanche paahato sukh; dukkha | Konaache disey sevesaathi mukha | Heech tyachi jaanaavi olakha | Niwadaavaya ||73|| I) who personally participates in the sorrows and joys of the villagers J) who comes promptly forward and is ever ready for the service to the village. These are the true norms to choose a perfect leader. ||73||

Kimvaa sakalaanna saanga kaama | Sodaa hukoom aapula befaama| Kona pahaa na karita aaraam | Kaam karee gaavaache ||74|| Or start some big project for the welfare of the village. Give a challenging call to all to come forward and to toil hard to fulfil that project. See who readily comes forward and forgetting his personal sorrows & happiness, who does not care for his own comforts who hurls himself to vender his hand toiling efforts constantly. (without any break for rest). ||74||

Maga mhanaava to chi pudhaari | Andhalaahi tyaachi niwad karee | Yethe kaasaya hee timakee bharajaree | Jahiraateenchee? ||75|| The worker, who successfully proves befitting to these norms of test is worthy of becoming the leader of the village. Then even the blind will also choose such worker. What need is there for the gaudy display of advertisement and canvassing for getting elected in the elections? ||75||

Gaavachaa jo pratyek ghatak | Tyaasi thaaook asaava manoosa ekek | Kona chukaar, Kona sewak | Chaalak kona? ||76|| Every villager in the village must know well every individual villager. They must have full knowledge about who is a work shirker, who holds a deep sense and true desire to serve the village and who is managing the activities of the improvement by taking care for all around him. ||76||

Kona gaavachi seva karato | Kona pratishthe saathi miravito? | Sangaava prasang yetaa spasta to | Gaava maajee ||77|| All of the villagers must know who really and dutifully renders his services to the villages, who, only for his honours and status, extracts all efforts. All should have well acquaintance of everybody's temperaments and traits and when the time comes, people should fearlessly disclose the name of the individual in a very clear manner. ||77||

Tethe nasaavi laaj ; sharama | Tyaane bighadel gaavache kaam | Mhanoni sarvaannee dyaave tyaachech naam | Na gondhalata ||78|| Nobody should feel any shame or hesitation in proposing his name for the leadership. If they don't do so for any reason or other, the good work of the village will be spoiled. ||78||

Jyaasi gaavacha jiwhala | Jo karyadnyaanacha putala | Tochi sukhee kareel gaava sagala | Niwadoni deta ||79|| The worker, who really cherishes a great concern and affinity for the village, who possesses full knowledge of the work of upliftment and improvement of the village and who is very skillful in implementing the schemes properly, should be elected as the leader by all hands. He can only make the village happy. ||79||

Aise na karata bhandane maajatee | Gavaachi hoyeel anaavara sthitee | Maga phaavel swaarthi janaan pratee | sajjan raahatee wegalechi ||80|| But if you fail to elect such perfect, sincere and loyal person as your leader, there will be quarrel some and riotous display (tamasha) in the village and the selfish element will have a chance to create turmoil. The good virtueous individuals will prefer to keep themselves away. ||80||

Yaasaathi uttam gunee niwadaava | Jyaachi sarva karitee waahava | Gavaacha baagdor tyaasi dyaavaa | Apula pudhari mhanoniya ||81|| To avoid all this unwanted and harmful chaotic condition, the worker, who is moral and virtueous, who is loved by all villagers should be handed over the reins of the activities. He should be chosen as their leader. ||81||

Naahitaree gaavache mhanavitee pudhari | Daat basala sawai didhiwari | Aapan howoni waaghaparee | Gaava maaritee upawaasi ||82|| Otherwise, there are selfish people, who call themselves the true leader of the village. But they run a money lending business. They give loans to the villagers at the higher rates of interest, excess by one plus one fourth or by one and one half. They sqeeze the poor ignorant villagers; and very cruelly they make people starve. ||82||

Kaahi lok bhashane karitee | Bolooni pakhshabhed paaditee | Julalyaanchi toduni matee | Bharatee karitee zagadyaanchi ||83|| Some individuals deliver speeches to create rift in the people. They try to create quarrels, disputes and struggles in people who have harmony and affection for each other. ||83||

Aisa nakocha pudhaari | Jyaane naahi keli kartabgaaree | To mitra nawhe, vairee | Samajato aamhee ||84|| We don't want such individual as our leader, who has not done anything good for the welfare of the village. We don't consider him as our friend. We treat him to be the enemy of the village. ||84||

Jyaane kele asel unnat graama | athawaa samudaayache aadarsha kaam | Tochi bolanyaacha adhikaari uttam | Samajato aamhee ||85|| We hold a very clear opinion that if any person has willingly rendered hard work with all his abilities and helped in uplifting the village and raised some public project he has a right to advise and deliver speeches upon village improvement. ||85||

Eravee paishache milaale teen | Detee bharaa bhara bhaashana | Na basaave konaachehi mana | Tayaanwaree ||86|| Otherwise, there are such leaders, available three for one pice, who are very skilful only in delivering lectures. They go on speaking and speaking more but straining least physically, they don't extract hard work. Nobody should believe in them. || 86 ||

Aise pudhaaripana jethe dise | Gaavane lawooni na ghyaave pise | Jo imaandar sevak ase | To chi samajaava gaavadhanee ||87|| If you find such (evil and crafty) leadership in anybody, remember, he is no less than a ghost and nobody should allow this ghost to ensue him. If the worker seems to be honestly and selflessly rendering services to the village, leaving no stone unturned, he should be held with high esteem as the lord of the village. ||87||

Bolane ek, chaalane ek, | Lapavine ek, daakhawine ek | Hey gaavasi hoyee ghaatak | Samajaave shrotee ||88|| Friends ! If anybody holds something different in mind but speaks out otherwise, if he hides something and displays exactly contrary to it, if he secretly acts a crafty conspiracy, he will surely inter the village in a deep pit. Remember this well. ||88||

Bhhidekhaatari visha khaadale | Kimvaa chorunihee sarpaa doodh paajale | Waghaashi soyeerpanahi sampaadale | Tari naash hoyeel nishchaye ||89|| If due to regards or hesitance, you take poison, if you give milk to a snake stealthily or secretely or if you develop a close relationship with a tiger, all these acts will finally destroy you. ||89||

Aise na karaave vartana | Asateel je imaanadaar sevakjana | Techi dyavet niwadon | Ek mate sarvaanni ||90|| So, avoid this wisely. Choose a perfect and worthy leader by all hands from among the honest, true and dutiful workers in your village. ||90||

Sarvaas asaavi chinta smaajee | Kona aahe layak janaa majee | Kona gheyee gaavachi kalajee | Sarvakaal ||91|| The village society must have a careful watch to find out the proper and eligible person from among the villagers to become the leader of the village. They should recognise who really cherishes a deep concern and care for the village constantly. ||91||

To chi karaava pudhaari | Erawhi pado naye kunaachehi aaharee | Dhana vechata mhanoni gaava adhikaree | Karoo naye konaasi ||92|| Such worker should be chosen as your leader. You must not fall into the grip of any other for any reason. Though some rich man generously contributes for the social work, he should not be considered worthy of being the leader only because of the huge amount contributed by him. ||92||

Pudhaaripana sevenech miley | Heychi bolaave milonee sagale | Tethe pakhsnbaajeeche chaale | Waadhochi na dyaave ||93|| The villagers should make it very clear and should frankly speak out that the leadership is to be sought only by honest and truthful service to the village (and not by any other means). There should be no other factors for consideration like the empty vaunting of the political parties or groups. ||93||

Naati gotee, pakhsha - pantha | Jaat-paat garib-shrimanta | Deva-gheva, bheed-murwata | Yaasaathee mata dewooch naye ||94|| While polling at the election for the leader, no importance of consideration should be given to such factors as the personal kith and kinship, parties and sects, castes and tribes, the poor or the rich, gains or losses, undue regard or favour etc. ||94||

Bhavitavya gaava athavaa rashtraache | Aapalyaa mataavareech saache | Ekek mata laakh molaache | Olakhaave yaache mahimaana ||95|| You must remember well, the good or bad future of the village or the nation entirely depends upon your votes. Each vote of every individual bears a value of lakhs & crores. So while polling, you should recognise the great power and value of your vote consciously and cast your vote in the elections. ||95||

Mat hey dudhaari talwaar | Upayoga na kela barobara | Tari aapalaachi ulatato vaar | Aapanavar shewatee ||96|| Your `vote' is like a sword having sharp edges at both the sides. So it should be used very carefully in a proper way. Then only it can be useful to protect you otherwise our stroke in a wrong way may kill ourself. ||96||

Durjana hoteel shirajor | Aapulya matacha milata aadhaar | Sarva gaavas kariteel jarjar | Na deto satpatree matadaan ||97|| If evil and wicked candidate gets elected on the support of your vote, he will become turbulent after getting elected. He will make the whole village run here and there to save themselves from his wicked trouble shooting and insolent enactments. The only reason behind this condition is the wrong voting done by you to elect a wrong person. ||97||

Matadaan navhe karamanuka | Niwadanook navhe baajaar chunuka | Niwadanook hee sandhee achook | Bhavitavyaachee ||98|| Therefore never consider that casting vote at the election is the kind of entertainment and the election is a fun fair to satisfy our hobbies. It is a right chance for shaping the excellent and brilliant future of your village. ||98||

Niwadnook janoo swayamvara | Jyaa haatee deney jeevanaachi baagdor | Tyaasee lawaavi kasotee sundar | Saawadhapane ||99|| Treat the election as important as the `Swayamwara' in which the bride makes a choice of a perfect match for her husband as her life parther. Likewise, people will have to elect their leader at the election by alertness, thoughtful considerations and hard test. They should bear clearly in their minds while casting votes that the elected candidate is to hold the reins of the welfare activities for the upliftment of their village. ||99||

Phod chokhhayaa laawoonee jaise | Shishya niwadile Ramdaase | Mrutyoochya kasoteewaree paahane taise | Guru govindsimhaache ||100|| Samartha Ramdaas wanted to test the loyalty of his disciples. He asked all of them to suck the pustule on his knee by their mouth. In this way he chose the mot loyal and trusted follower. Guru Govindsinha, the divine head of the sikh, challenged all his disciples to get ready to offer their lives and to accept death. Thus he chose out his faithful and loyal disciples. ||100||

Gadee palaawayasee laagale | Kona thakale , Kona baad zaale | Konaache number pudhe aale | Sahajachi kale yaa reeti ||101|| When the runners start running in a race all can easily find out who is running ahead of all, who are tired, who are losing the race and who is winning it. ||101||

Taisechi aahe niwadanookeeche | Kamachi pahaave sagalyaannee tyaache | Jyaache kaam adhik molaache | Tochee niwadaava mukhya neta ||102|| Similar is the case of elections. Apply the hard test upon the candidate by the norms as who has been rendering the most valuable and essential services to the people. Such candidate should be elected as their chief leader. ||102||

Aise sakalaa patawonee dyaave | Tene gondhal mitatee aaghave | Kaaryakartyaaseech sandhee paave | Aise hotey yaa yoge ||103|| All the villagers must understand fully well this principle while electing their leader. Automatically all confusion will subside and the real ideal worker will get a chance to render better services to the village & the people as their perfect leader. ||103||

Maga yaachechi mhanane aikaave | Sagale gaava punhaa jamawaave | Bashkal boley tyaasa daatonee dyaave | Gaavakaryaannee ||104|| Then all the villagers should follow him and listen only to his guidance. All should be brought together and should be organised. If any scampish individual contentiously runs riot, all of the villagers must scold and warn him and make his prating tongue silent. ||104||

Aise zale kee zaalee sanghatana | Laagalee suroo gaavasudhaarana | Zaala mulaamanasaancha baag punhaa | Jita jagataa premalapane ||105|| When all such set up is formed, it means that a good organisation has taken a shape. Then the activities of improvement will have a good start. The live and cheeful garden of the gayful children, men and women will flourish and blossom with love and delight. ||105||

Tethe nava-navee yojana - phuley | Vikasonee deteel goda phale | Graam arajyaache swapna hee bhale | Moort hoyeel tyaa gaavee ||106|| Then new schemes and ideal plans will blossom and all the villagers will taste the sweet fruits of them. The newly eracted pleasant dream of the ideal `GRAAM RAAJYA' (The village rule) will come into reality and in a concrete form. ||106||

Konee udawoo laagel dhuralaa | Taree to tyachechi jayeel dolaa | Sukhe naandel gaava sagalaa | Tukadya mhane ||107|| In such a healthy atmosphere, if anybody tries to blow up the dust of his vicious motives, it will penetrate his own eyes and harm him. The whole village will dwell in happiness and satisfaction with love and affection. (Says so Shrisant Tukadojee Mahaaraj). ||107||

Iti shreegraamgeeta grantha | Guru-shastra -swaanubhava samaata | Kathilaa graamrajyaacha nirvaachana- patha | Dahaava adhyaaya sampoorna ||108|| This scripture Graam geeta has been consented by all the three experiences. The tenth chapter of this scripture, dealing with the ideal way for election with the view of creating the village rule(Graam rajay) is hereby concluded. ||108||

|| Sadgurunaath Maharaaj ki jai ||

VOLITIONS

1. I shall hold in high esteem the true devoted servant of the village in my life. I shall never come into the trap of any inducement, fall prey to greed of money, concern or awe, or I shall never get deceived by the selfish and rascals who provocate the ruffians.2. By the elections of the village panchayat etc., the set up of the homogenious society gets impaired because of the rifts, malice, wickedness produced by the selfish souls. I shall thoroughly understand the healthy philosophy of the elections and shall try to educate the villagers also. 3. We all shall get such individual elected as our leader who gets up early in the morning at the auspious divine moment (BRAHMAMUHURTA), who renders services to others, who goes through the village on foot and solves the questions and problems of the villagers. 4. The workers in the village should not get discouraged by any hinderences in their work for the innovation and new creation of the village. We all shall exert with resolute minds and if the occasion demands, we shall sacrifice our life also for the uplift of the village. This will create a new ideal village and I shall abide myself to do it. 5. The villagers should select such persons as their leaders who are true, honest and devoted to the service of the village. I shall also follow this.