Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-9
The Esoteric Knowledge
Then there are others, O Arjuna, who, with great care attain complete mastery over the mind and the five vital airs. Hedging in the external senses with the aid of yama and niyama, they set up on the rampart of diamond pose and fire the guns of breath-control. Then in the light of the serpent power, and with the aid of mind and the breath, the lake of nectar becomes tilted on one side. The restraint of the senses then shows its mettle by withdrawing the senses in the heart and putting an end to mental disorders (211-215). Then the yogi rides on the horse of meditation, destroying the five great elements together with the four-fold source of volition. Then he raises the cry of victory, accompanied by the beating of the drums of meditation, and the shining parasol of union with Brahman, is unfurled over his head. After attaining the excellence of uninterrupted deep contemplation, he experiences the bliss of selfrealization and is crowned on the throne of spiritual enlightenment. O Arjuna, some worship Me with this difficult eight-fold Yoga. Now I shall tell you how some other devotees worship Me. They know that I pervade this world, animate as well as inanimate, just as yarn pervades cloth from end to end (216-220). They see Me in all beings right from Lord Brahma to a gnat and without discriminating between beings as great or small, sentient or insentient, they bow before them with great devotion, forgetting their own greatness. They like to prostrate themselves before all creatures without any thought as to whether they are worthy of it or not. Just as water fallen from a height flows down to the bottom, they bow before all beings as if it has become second nature with them. Just as the branches of trees laden with fruit bend low almost touching the ground, they bow down their heads before all creatures (221-225).
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