Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
10. Possessing many faces and eyes, displaying many marvelous sights, wearing many heavenly ornaments and holding many upraised celestial weapons, Then he saw myriad faces there, which looked as if they were royal mansions of the Lord of goddess Lakshmi, or treasure-houses of things of beauty flung wide open. He saw there the faces of Shri Hari, as if they were blossoming woodlands of bliss or sublime beauty crowned and enthroned. But amidst these faces he also saw some horrid faces, as if they were the legions of grim death rushing out to destroy the world, or as if they were the yawning jaws of death, or the forts built by horror or the great pits of world conflagration spitting out fire (196-200). He also saw there some singular faces, which were bedecked and serene. Indeed even to his eye of wisdom, the end of these faces remained out of sight. Then out of curiosity he turned his gaze towards the eyes of the universal form. He saw there myriad eyes which resembled beds of full-blown lotuses of varied colours or which looked splendid like sunbeams. There beneath the eyebrows, there beamed fiery eyes of fawn colour which looked like lightning flashes ensuing from dark clouds at the time of deluge. After seeing everyone of the marvels in that revelation, Partha came to realise that there were innumerable sights, in that Divine vision (201-205). Then he felt an intense longing to see the whereabouts of his feet, crown and arms. But how could the desires of Partha, fortune’s favourite, fail to be fulfilled? Could the quiver of Lord Shiva ever contain futile arrows? |
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