Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
39. You are Wind, Fire, Moon, Yama and Varuna; You are the Lord of creatures, the great grand sire of all, Hail to you, a thousand times, all hail. Hail unto you and over again all hail. 40. I salute you in front and from behind; I salute you on every side, O All, of infinite vigour and of immeasurable might, you encompass all and so are All. O God, is there anything in which you do not abide? Is there any spot in which you do not dwell? Enough of this description! My salutations to you, wherever you are! O Infinite Lord, you are the Wind, Yama the god of death, who chastises all and the abdominal fire in all creatures (516-520). You are Varuna, the Moon, god Brahma who creates the world and the primal progenitor of Brahma. O Lord of the universe, all things that exist in this world are your manifestations, whether they have form or not. My salutations to them. In this way, Arjuna did obeisance to the Lord with his heart full of love and said again, ‘My salutations to you, O Lord, my salutations to you’. Then he beheld the Lord closely and said again, ‘My salutations to you, O Lord, my salutations to you’. Then he saw every limb of that form with great satisfaction and repeated, ‘My salutation to you O Lord, my salutation to you’ (521-525). He saw the moving and stationary things in that entire form and said again, ‘My salutations to you, O Lord, my salutations to you’. In this manner, unlimited and marvelous forms were revealed to Arjuna. In wonderment, he said again and again, ‘My salutations to you, O Lord, my salutations to you’. He could not also recollect a better form of panegyric than this and could not also keep quiet. He uttered such resonant eulogies in a state of devotional love. Thus he gave a thousand bows to the Lord and said, “I bow down to you, as you stand facing me. It is useless to ask whether you have a front and a rear. But O Lord, I bow down to you, who are standing in the rear (526-530). As you stood behind me, I spoke of your rear, but in your universal form which pervades the world, you cannot possibly have a front or a rear. I do not know how to describe your different limbs, but you abide in all in the form of self. My salutations to you. O God, you are the store of boundless strength, possessed of incalculable might and ever the same to all. My salutations to you. You remain pervading all, as the sky fills up empty space. You abide everywhere, as the waves sweeping over the Milky Ocean consist of nothing but milk (531-535). I have now realised that you are not different from this universe, but that you are all this universe.”
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