Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
53. Not by the Vedas nor by austerities, nor by charity nor by sacrifice, can I be seen in this form, as you have beheld me. But O Arjuna, there are no pathways which can lead you to this vision. It is for this reason that the Vedas, along with the six shastras, backed away from it, in despair. O great archer, even many rigorous penances cannot get a chance to come in the presence of it. No one can get even a glimpse of it, through charitable gifts or sacrificial rites. Keep in mind that there is only one way to gain this vision. A mind absorbed in devotional love alone, leads to it unfailingly (681-685). 54. Only through exclusive devotion, can I be known in this form, O Arjuna, and seen truly and entered into, O scorcher of the foes. The nature of this devotion is like this. Just as the showers dropped from a cloud cannot but reach the earth, or as the river Ganges, along with all streams, goes in search of the sea and eventually joins it, so, he who loves Me with exclusive and unflinching devotion attains to Me and becomes one with Me. Like the Milky Sea which is equally sweet at the shores, as also in the middle, I am the same to all. When he has no other object of worship other than My Divine essence, which he sees in all created beings, right from the ant (686-690), at that moment, he will fully comprehend My cosmic form and get a true vision of Me. Just as when firewood is ignited, it is consumed by fire and becomes fire without leaving even a trace of its name or the sky remains in the dark until sunrise, but becomes lit up everywhere after sunrise, so with the vision of My divine form, egoism is destroyed and along with it the notion of duality also vanishes. At that moment, he comes to know that he and the universe are essentially nothing but My Divine Self. In short, he is united with Me and becomes one with Me (691-695). |
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