Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
Arjuna said: 1. As a favour to me you have propounded the ultimate mystery called the Self, by which my delusion is gone. Then Arjuna said, “O gracious Lord, you have explained to me very clearly what is beyond speech. When the five gross elements get dissolved in Brahman and the Self and Maya become merged in you without leaving a trace, the form that you have, is your resting place (41-45). You have laid bare before me the secret of your heart, which you neither had nor even communicated to the Vedas. You imparted to me in a moment the knowledge of the Self for which Lord Shiva had renounced his riches and become an ascetic. But after attaining you, how can I think myself as separate from you and speak thus? Truly you rescued me from the flood of delusion in which I was sunk upto my head. There is nothing in this world which is without you. But it is my great misfortune that I am talking to you, as if I am separate from you (46-50). I was entertaining the egoistic feeling that I am a person by name Arjuna and used to think the Kauravas to be my kinsmen. On top of that, I suffered from a bad dream that by slaying the Kauravas, I would commit sin and meet with a bad fate. At that very time, you woke me up, O Lord. I left the city of Gandharvas (divine singers) and was rushing to the mirage to slake my thirst. I was experiencing the sharp pangs of snakebite, although the snake was made of cloth only. |
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