Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-10
The Divine Manifestation
It does not drip, is neither thin nor thick, and no one can know its sweetness or its smell, but one realizes it, who yearns for it. No sooner your sweet words fall on the ears, than the worldly existence appears illusory and the yogi attains to uninterrupted eternal life. Because of it, birth and death subside without a trace and the Supreme bliss of self-realization pervades him in and out. If this drink becomes available to a person by good luck, it unites him with the Supreme Self. You are giving me such ambrocial drink of wisdom, that I cannot say I have had enough of it. O God, I like your name, I have also met you and enjoyed your company and on top of it you are joyously chatting with me (196-200). I do not know how to describe this happiness flowing from your talk, but it gives me great joy. I, therefore, feel that I should hear it from your mouth again. O Lord, does the sunlight ever become stale? Can one call the fire impure? Or will the ever-flowing water of the river Ganges ever become unclean? When I heard your words of wisdom, I felt as if I was hearing the word of God incarnate and was smelling the flower of sandalwood. Hearing this speech of Arjuna, Lord Krishna started reeling with great joy and said, ‘This Partha, has verily become the repository of both knowledge and devotion’. Delighted by Arjuna’s speech, the Lord experienced the exhilaration of love for him, but collecting himself with great difficulty, he began to speak (201-205). |
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