Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
O God, you are at the front and in the rear of yourself. O boundless Lord, whatever I see around me, you are all that. But I see only one flaw in your universal form. It is this that it has no beginning nor middle nor end (276-280). I searched for them in all places, but could not fathom their depth. I have no doubt now that your form does not possess any of them. O you limitless Lord of the world, who have no beginning, middle or end, I saw your real universal form in this manner. On your universal form innumerable figures are visible, as though you have donned a garment of variegated colours. Just as trees and creepers, when laden with flowers and fruits, look beautiful, all these figures on your person seem splendid with their ornaments. O God, you are like an ocean, on which these figures look like ripples, or you are like a beautiful tree laden with fruits in the form of these figures (281-285). Just as the earth is filled with creatures or the sky is studded with stars, so is your universal form filled with these figures. A universe is produced from each one of your figures and gets dissolved in them, and all these figures are as many as hairs on your body. Then I ask myself, “Who is the person who has set up this vast expanse of the universe? To whom does he belong?” When I muse like this, I realise that you are none other than my charioteer. O Mukunda, though you are all-pervading, you assume this comely human form to bestow grace on your devotees. My mind and eyes are thoroughly pleased at the sight of your four-armed form of light complexion and if I wish, I can clasp it with my two hands (286-290). O Universal Presence, you assume this comely form only to grant favours to your devotees. But we call it ordinary human form because of our defective sight. But after you gave me Divine vision, I have overcome this deficiency and realise your true glory. But I readily recognised that you, who had sat in the hind part of the crocodile-shaped yoke of the chariot, have assumed this universal form. |
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