Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-15
The Supreme Person
8. When the Lord (the Self) acquires a body and also when he abandons it, he departs taking these with him as the wind (carries) fragrance from its source. When this embodied Self enters the body, he thinks that he is the doer and experiencer. Just as, O winner of wealth, a rich and pleasure-loving person is recognized, when he settles down in the capital city, so when the embodied Self takes on his body, his ego gains strength and his senses and their objects become turbulent. Or when he departs from the body, he takes along with him the retinue of the senses. Just as a dishonoured guest carries with him the merit of his host, or with the snapping of the string, the movements of the puppets cease (361-365), or when the sun sets, he takes away the vision of the people or when the wind blows it carries away the fragrance, so, O Dhananjaya, when the embodied Self discards the body, he takes with himself, the five organs of knowledge and the sixth organ, the mind.
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