Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-15
The Supreme Person
But there are some persons, who know that the Self abides in the body and witnesses only the functions of the body. They regard the body with the eye of wisdom, as the mere sheath of the Self and not get entangled in it. Such men of knowledge, in whom the discrimination has spread like the scorching rays of the sun in the summer, are enlightened as regards the essential nature of the Self. When the sky studded with stars, becomes reflected in the sea, then surely it has not dropped down into the sea. The sky remains where it is and its reflection in the sea is a mere illusion. So that which abides in the body is the Self only (381-385). Though the reflection of the moonlight, oscillates in the roaring currents of water and gives the impression of a being divided into parts, the light remains in the moon all the same. The sun’s reflection appears in the puddle and disappears when it becomes dry; yet the sun remains unaffected where it is. In the same way, men of knowledge, know that the Self abides, when the body remains or ceases to exist. Even when an earthen pot and a hermitage are constructed and destroyed, the space in it remains as it is; in the same way, the Self remains changeless. The enlightened men know that the bodies conceived through ignorance, come into being and perish. The Self does not increase or diminish, he does not do work nor gets it done. In this way, the men of knowledge know Me truly.
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