Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-10
The Divine Manifestation
15. You yourself alone know Yourself, O Supreme Person, the cause and the Lord of creatures, O God of Gods, the ruler of the world. Just as the sky knows its own expanse, or the earth its own mass, so you yourself, O Lord of Lakshmi, know your infinite power. The Vedas, Shastras and the Puranas boast in vein, of their knowledge of you. O Lord, who can surpass the mind in speed? How can anyone clasp the wind in his arms? How can anyone swim across the river of Maya with unaided arms? It is equally hard to know you; indeed no mortal can do so without help. You alone know your real Self and you yourself are capable of making others, by your spoken word, to realise you (176-180). O, you, creator of the universe, O you, the lion who destroys the elephant of worldly existence, O you, the Providence who is the only object of worship to all gods, do you hear me? Knowing your glory as I do, I am not even fit to stand in your presence. If I were to flinch now because of my unworthiness, from beseeching a favor from you, then there is no other way to attain you. Even if the rivers and the seas are overfilling in all ways, of what use are they to the Chataka birds? It is only when the clouds shed a few drops of water, they will have water to drink. In the same way, O Lord Krishna, although there are many Masters in the world, You are all in all to us. This is enough! Now tell me about your manifestations. |
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