Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-10
The Divine Manifestation
Thus spoke the Lord of Divine majesty, who is the very spring, which delights the forest in the form of men of wisdom and keeps company with the ascetics. Then Arjuna said, “O Lord, you seem to have said all this without proper thought. You said that we should give up all distinctions. But does the sun ever say to the world to drive away darkness? It would indeed be rash on my part to call you thoughtless (316-320). O Lord, if a person utters your name with his lips or hears it with his ears, he will get rid of all notions of distinctions. Now that, with my great good luck, I have attained to you, how can these distinctions survive? O Lord, can anyone enter the moon’s disc and be affected with heat? Only you with all your greatness can afford to talk like this.” After hearing these words of Arjuna, the Lord was overjoyed and after embracing Arjuna said, “I said all this outwardly to find out whether the unity of all the different manifestations of which I spoke has left its stamp on your mind (321-325). But I am now convinced that you have a proper understanding of My manifestations.” Arjuna thereupon said, “It is for you to see whether I have understood or not. I, on my part, now know that this whole universe is filled with your Divine presence.” |
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