Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-14
The Three Qualities
He is so fond of sleep, that he scorns heavenly bliss before it. He has no other vice except that he wishes to live as long as god Brahma and pass it in slumber. If he trips down while walking, he goes to sleep on the road, and when he is sleepy, he refuses even a drink of nectar offered to him. If he is forced to work on occasions, he becomes blind with rage. He does not know how to behave, with whom to talk and what, and does not pause to think whether a thing will become available or not (186-190). Just as a moth jumps into fire, foolishly thinking that it will put out its flame with its wings, so he ventures to do something, which he ought not to do. In short, he likes to do stupid, careless mistakes. Thus the tamas quality ties up the pure self, with a triple bond of sleep, sloth and heedlessness. Just as the fire, while burning a piece of wood, appears to take its shape, or the sky takes the form of an earthen pot or a lake full of water has the reflection of the moon, so the embodied Self is bound by the fetters of the gunas and imagines through ignorance, that he possesses their properties (191-195). |
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