Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
His actions look outwardly good, like a flint covered with moss or a ripe fruit of a Neem (margosa) tree. Ignorance dwells in such a person without doubt. He feels ashamed of his preceptor’s family, becomes tired of rendering service to him and after receiving instruction from him, does not respect him. The mere mention of such a person is like taking food in the house of a pariah. But such a mention of his name became necessary in the course of explaining the characteristics of an ignorant person. Now I shall atone for this sin, by taking the name of a devoted disciple. As the name of such a disciple is illuminating like the sun (671-675), it will efface the sin incurred in taking the name of a recalcitrant disciple. The fear arising from uttering the name of a contumacious disciple is removed by taking the name of a good disciple. Now listen to some more characteristics of ignorance. An ignorant person neglects his work and has a mind full of suspicion. He is impure both inside and outside, like a foul well in a forest, which is covered with thorny bushes at the top and is full of bones of dead creatures at the bottom. Just as a dog eats food without ascertaining whether it is properly covered or not, so in his greed for wealth, he does not stop to think whether it is rightfully his or belongs to someone else (676-680). |
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