Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-14
The Three Qualities
2. Having taken refuge in this wisdom, they have reached My likeness; so they are not reborn at the time of creation, nor do they suffer at the time of dissolution.For, O Arjuna, they have become eternal like Me and have attained perfection. They too become like Me limitless, blissful and established in Truth. Then there remains no distinction between them and Me. They become like Me, of the same magnitude and nature. Just as with the destruction of the jar, the space within the jar merges with the akasha, or the wick flames lit up from a lamp, when mingled, give the same light as the original lamp (51-55), with the elimination of the notion of duality, such distinctions as ‘I’ and ‘you’ vanish and they all enjoy company of one another. Therefore, when the time for the creation of the world arrives, they do not have rebirth. So when they are not bound by the body while alive, how can they meet with death at the time of dissolution? O winner of wealth, those, who, pursuing this knowledge, have become one with Me, have transcended the cycle of births and deaths. In this manner, the Lord praised this knowledge of the Self in order to create a liking for it, in the mind of Partha (56-60). At that time, Arjuna had reached such a state, that he was all ears and attentive to what the Lord was telling. He was trying to understand with rapt attention the Lord’s discourse, which could not be encompassed by the sky. Then the Lord said, “I have in you, O Arjuna, a listener equal for My discourse. So My eloquence has found a suitable mate in your knowledge. Now I shall tell you how though single, I am bound in the fetters of the body, by the hunter in the form of the three qualities and how I create this world in association with the prakriti (61-65). Because of My union with prakriti, beings are produced from My seed and so the prakriti is known as the Field.” |
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