Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-9
The Esoteric Knowledge
27. Even if a person of vilest conduct worships Me and not other, he too must be reckoned good, for he is rightly resolved. He who worships Me with love never resorts to the body again, even though he belongs to a lower caste (411-415), O Great Warrior, even if his previous conduct is that of a great sinner, he has taken, at the end of life, to the path of devotion. Since his understanding at the time of death determines his future life, therefore, if he has dedicated his life to devotion at the close of life, know him to be the best of all, even though he was dissolute before. He is like one, who about to be drowned in a heavy flood, has come out safe. As he has come safely to the same shore, he was not drowned at all; so his previous sinful acts have been washed away by his devotion at the end of his life. Therefore, if a dissolute person takes a dip in the holy water of penitence, he enters My being through his exclusive devotion (416-420). Then his family becomes pure, noble and spotless and he himself attains the highest goal of life. He is to Me like a learned person who has practiced penance and the eight-fold discipline of Yoga. He, who is full of devotional zeal for Me, crosses the sea of worldly life and action, for all his acts of mind and intellect are offered to Me with single-minded devotion and selfsurrender to Me. 28. He soon becomes righteous and finds everlasting peace. Be assured O Son of Kunti, that My devotee does not perish. Do not for a moment think that he will become like Me in course of time. How can one immersed in nectar suffer death (421-425)? So long as the sun does not rise, it is called night. Should we not then reckon as great sin whatever is done without devotion to Me? Therefore, the mind of My devotee reaches out to Me and attains truly My Divine nature. Just as a lamp, which lights another lamp, cannot be marked off from the latter, so whoever is devoted to Me with all his heart, remains inseparable from My eternal self. Then he attains to eternal peace and becomes lustrous, and he lives absorbed in My life. |
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