Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
The four quarters are nowhere to be seen; one does not know where the upper and nether regions have gone. Just as the dream would disappear in the waking state, the visible world has vanished. Or just as the moon and the stars disappear in the sunlight, this whole created world has been enveloped by the universal form (186-190). The mind of Arjuna lost its bearings, his intellect became overwrought and all the outgoing functions of his senses turned inwards to fill up his mind. The quiescence and concentration of his mind reached the furthest limit and all his thoughts were charmed away as if by a bewitching missile (mohanastra). Then he started looking on all sides in amazement. He saw that the four-armed figure of Lord Krishna before him had spread in myriad forms everywhere. As the clouds fill the sky in monsoon or the splendour of the sun grows and envelops the world at the time of dissolution, the Lord filled the entire universe with his universal form and left nothing there. At first the sight of this revelation gave immense satisfaction to Arjuna, and when he opened his eyes he saw before him the universal form (191-195). In this way, his ardent desire to see the cosmic form of God with his own eyes was fulfilled by Lord Krishna. |
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