Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
As a dog does not consider whether a place is suitable or not for sexual intercourse, in the same way he is not punctilious in his dealings with women. He never feels sorry if he misses the proper time for performing his work or neglects to do his obligatory duties. He is not ashamed of his sinful deeds, nor does he like to perform meritorious deeds. His mind is full of suspicions and he keeps a greedy eye on riches. Such a person is the very image of ignorance. Just as the grass-seed is displaced with the jerk of an ant, he deflects from his good resolve for a little gain. Just as a puddle becomes dirty with the dipping of a foot in it, he becomes terrified at the thought of imminent danger. The gourd caught in a flood, goes where the current takes it, so his mind is carried away in a forceful current of desires. Just as smoke rises to a great distance in the sky along with a strong wind, so his mind becomes agitated on hearing a sad news. Like a dust storm, he never remains steady at one place; and he never makes up his mind to stay at a place of pilgrimage or of holy waters, or in a town. Just as an excited chameleon moves up and down the tree (686-690), or a big jar does not remain steady unless it is half-buried in the ground, so the ignorant man keeps on wandering unless he remains stay put in one place. In fickleness he looks like a brother of a monkey. In such a person ignorance dwells in abundance.He does not exercise any control over his mind. Just as a flooded brook breaks through a dyke of sand, he is not afraid of performing prohibited actions. He breaks his vows in the middle, transgresses his religion and disobeys the rules laid down by the scriptures (691-695). |
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