Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
21. Yonder the hosts of gods enter you; some in fear praise you with folded hands, saying ‘All hail’. Bands of great seers and siddhas sing your glory in many a psalm. Now see yonder the hosts of gods. Some have burnt their seeds of actions in your effulgence and have become merged in your being with loving devotion. Still others are frightened and have folded their hands in prayer. They are praying, ‘O Lord, we are plunged in this ocean of ignorance and caught in the snares of worldly pleasures. We have fallen between the two stools of the heavenly joy and wordily pleasures. Who but you will deliver us from this plight? We have, therefore, resigned wholeheartedly to your will (326-330)’. O God, there are also here assemblages of great seers like Kashyapa, siddhas like Kapila, and bands of semi-divine beings (Vidyadharas) saying, ‘All hail’ to you and praising your name. 22. Rudras, Adityas, Vasus and Sadhyas, Vishvedevas, the two Ashvins, Maruts and Manes, Gandharvas, Yakshas, Asuras and Siddhas all behold you spell-bound.The eleven Rudras, twelve Adityas, eight Vasus, demigods known as Sadhyas, two Ashvins, the Vishvedevas and Maruts (storm-gods), as also Manes, celestial singers, Yakshas, demons, gods headed by Indra and all Siddhas are looking at your Divine revelation with great longing from their regions. O Lord, all of them are looking at you with amazement and are bowing down their heads before you (331-335). The heaven is resounding with the loud acclaimations uttered in melodious tones by them with folded hands, touching their heads in salutation. Just as the sylvan trees, aided by the vernal season, sprout into foliage and bear fruit, their devout supplication, aided by the eight expressions of pious emotions (sattvika bhavas) has resulted in their joining the palms of their hands and has borne fruit in the form of this vision. |
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