Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-10
The Divine Manifestation
4. Intelligence, knowledge, freedom from delusion, forbearance, truthfulness, self-control, serenity, happiness, sorrow, birth and death and fear as also fearlessness, 5. Non-violence, even-mindedness, contentment, austerity, charity, fame and infamy - these different modes of beings spring from Me alone. Intelligence is the first of My modes. Thereafter unlimited knowledge, absence of delusion, forbearance, forgiveness and truth followed by self-control and sense-restraint and O Arjuna, the pleasure and pain in this world, as well as birth and deaths are the modes of My being. So are, O Son of Pandu, fear, fearlessness, non-violence, equality, contentment and austerities (81-85). Similarly charity, success and infamy, which one comes across everywhere, are produced in the beings by Me alone. Just as living beings are different, so are My modes different. Some of these modes have knowledge of My Divine being; others are ignorant of it. Light bursts at sunrise, darkness spreads at sunset, both arise from the sun. So to know Me and not to know Me are the result of actions in previous births and so modes differ in different created beings. Thus O Arjuna, this universe of living beings is pervaded by My modes (86-90). Now I shall tell you about the guardians of creations who are My eleven projections, under whose command all created beings deport themselves. |
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