Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
I do not remember to have heard or seen this form. Reason even cannot reach its outskirts; how then can it delve into its inner essence? Then why talk of human eyes gazing on it? Verily none has set his eyes on it, none has even heard of it. But you revealed to me that form and filled my mind with ecstatic joy. But now I long to gossip with you, to enjoy your friendship and embrace you (586-590). But if I wish to do all this with your cosmic form, which of these countless faces shall I talk to, and how can I clasp in my arms your boundless form? It is not possible to race with the wind or hold the sky in one’s arms, likewise how can one carry on watersport in the sea? O God, this form fills me with dread. Please grant me this prayer and wind up your universal form. As a pilgrim after traversing the earth with joy, returns home to enjoy a settled life, so your four-armed figure is a haven of rest for us. All yogic practices lead to this figure and scriptural study also culminates in it (591-595). And all sacrificial acts, pilgrimages and acts of charity and merit come to fructification in this Divine figure. I am truly fond of this Divine figure and am impatiently waiting to have a sight of it. Pray help me out of this difficulty. O you, venerable God of gods, who knows the secrets in others’ minds and who has founded this universe, pray grant me your grace and vouchsafe to me a vision of this Divine figure. |
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