Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
17. I see you with a crown, a mace and a discus, a shining mass of light on all sides, so difficult to behold all around, immeasurable, blazing like the fire or the sun. O Shri Hari, is this not the crown that you were wearing on your head? But its luster and size are breath-taking. Is this not the discus, which is revolving in your hand? That you are trying to steady it, indicates that it is the same discus which you had before (291-295). Is this not the same mace which you had before in your second hand? For, O Govinda, you are moving forward your two lower hands to reign the horses. O Lord of the universe, I appreciate fully that you assumed this universal form in order to fulfill my desire. But what a miracle! I am not worthy even to feel surprised to see this form. My mind is bewildered at the sight of this miracle. I have no time even to think whether your form is here or not. The marvelous thing about your radiant form is that it has filled this world. Before its marvelous and fierce luster, even the sight of fire would become dazzled or the sun would look as dim as a glow-worm (296-300). It appears as though this world is engulfed in your effulgent light or the entire sky is covered by world-destroying lightning or a bed-stead has been built high in the sky by means of world-consuming flames. I cannot bear to see your radiant form even with my Divine sight. That radiance is getting increasingly fierce and scalding, so much so, that a mere glance at it troubles my Divine sight. It seems as if the third eye of Lord Shiva has opened and let out the world-consuming fire, which lay smouldering in it. Likewise, it looks as if the whole world is caught in the all-consuming flames of the five fires and is being reduced to charcoal (301-305). For the first time I have set my eyes on this marvelous and radiant form of yours. Verily this all-pervasive radiance of your universal form has no limits. |
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