Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-16
The Divine and Demoniacal Natures
O Partha, just as the Ganga became ashamed when Lord Shiva bore her on his head, so to feel abashed when honoured (201-205), is known as absence of pride. I have explained this to you before (13. 7) and so why should I repeat it now? This is the Divine endowment consisting of twenty-six virtues, which is a gift of the Supreme Self, the sovereign of salvation. This Divine endowment is like the river Ganga, flowing with holy waters in the form of these virtues, which has descended to save Sagara in the form of the detached Yogi. Or it is like the bride with a garland in her hands, who has come to wed a person who is selfless. It is as though the Gita, holding a lamp with twenty-six flames in the form of these virtues, has come to wave it in front of her Lord, the Supreme Self (206-210). Or it is as though spotless pearls in the form of these virtues, have come out from the mother-of-pearl in the form of the Divine endowment from the sea, in the form of the Gita. Now how much more should I describe this Divine endowment? It is not sufficient to know it, but realise it. So I have described to you the characteristics of this endowment of a person, who is endowed with these virtues. Now know well the demoniacal endowment which is full of misery and demerits like a creeper full of thorns. Even if a thing is of no use and fit to be discarded, one has to know it well in order to abandon it. In this demoniacal endowment all the faults have combined to give hellish afflictions to the beings (211-215). As if all venoms are blended to form a deadly poison, the collection of all faults is this demoniacal endowment. |
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