Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-16
The Divine and Demoniacal Natures
Just as the space, which carries all the gross elements in its compass, is contained in the smallest atom or assumes the form of the universe, so he lives his life only for the entire world. I call that state of his, gentleness. A king, when defeated, feels depressed or a self-respecting person becomes dispirited, when reduced to a low position (171-175), a worthy ascetic becomes crest-fallen when he finds himself in the house of a low-caste person, or a member of the warrior-caste feels ashamed when he flees from a battlefield. A chaste wife (with her husband living) feels abashed when she is called a widow, or when a handsome fellow suffering from leprosy feels as if he is in the throes of death or a respectable person feels the same, when he is accused of a shameful act. In the same way, he feels ashamed to live like a corpse, in the body three and half cubit long, to go through birth and death again and again or to pass his time in a womb, which is a mould of fat filled with blood and urine (176-180). |
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