Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
18. Thus the field, the knowledge and the knowable have been described in brief. My devotee knowing this becomes fit to attain My being. In this way, O my friend, I have given you a clear exposition of the Field (936-940). Then I explained to you, the essential nature of knowledge in such a way, that you can easily comprehend it. Thereafter I described to you admirably, the characteristics of ignorance until you were thoroughly satisfied and said ‘Enough of it’. Now I have expounded to you the knowable after offering cogent reasons. O Arjuna, after considering all these matters and longing for union with Me, My devotees come to Me. After renouncing the body and other paraphernalia, they fix their minds on Me (941-945). O Arjuna, such devotees of Mine, after attaining My knowledge and after surrendering their individuality to Me, become one with Me. In this way, I have devised the easiest way to attain union with Me, in the same way as one constructs or climbs a precipice after constructing steps, reaches a higher point by raising scaffolding or crosses a deep river in a boat. |
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