Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-15
The Supreme Person
5. Without pride and delusion, triumphant over the flaw of attachment, immersed in the Self after becoming freed from desires and the pairs of opposites, viz., pleasure and pain, they, undeluded, attain to that eternal abode. Just as clouds clear out of the sky at the close of the rainy season, so delusion and egoism leave such persons (281-285). Just as relations get tired of a poor and cruel person and desert him, they do not get into the clutches of emotions. Just as a plantain tree topples down after bearing bananas, so with the realisation of the Self, their activities slowly come to a stop. Just as birds fly away from a tree, which has caught fire, all fancies leave them and go away. They do not even become aware of the notion of duality, which produces sprouts of grass, in the form of shortcomings in the Field. Just as darkness disappears with dawn, their body-consciousness leaves them along with ignorance (286-290). Just as the body drops down with the expiry of the life span, so the notion of duality, which causes infatuation leaves them. Just as a philosopher’s stone cannot acquire iron or the sun cannot come across darkness, so there is total absence of the sense of duality in them. The pair of opposites viz., pleasures and pain, which is seen in connection with the body, does not affect them. Just as the acquisition of a kingdom or meeting with death in a dream do not cause delight or sorrow in the waking state, or the eagle is never caught by a serpent, so the pair of pleasure and pain which give rise to merit and sin does not affect them (291-295). |
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