Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-16
The Divine and Demoniacal Natures
7. The demoniacal do not know when to act and when to refrain from action. They have no truthfulness, nor purity nor right conduct. His mind is ignorant about what meritorious acts he should perform and what sinful acts he should avoid. Just as a silk-worm shuts itself in a cocoon, without knowing whether there is an exit to get out of it or a fool advances his money to a thief without considering whether he will return it, so the persons who are endowed with demoniacal endowment do not know what they should do or avoid, nor do they dream what purity is like. The coal may at times abandon its dark colour or the crow may become fair (in complexion) or a demon may feel sick of meat (281-285); but these demoniacal persons will have no purity like a decanter filled with wine. They do not like the dictates of scriptures and do not go the way of their elders, nor do they know what is good conduct. As the sheep grazes wherever it likes, or the wind blows at its sweet will or the fire burns everything unchecked, so these demoniacal persons behave without restraint and develop deadly enmity towards truth. If a scorpion could tickle with its sting (286-290) or if the wind released by the anus be sweet-smelling, then one can find truth in them. Even if they do nothing, they are wicked by nature. I shall now tell the peculiar way in which they talk. Can you find any limbs in a camel which are straight and decent-looking? The ways of these demoniacal persons are like that. I shall tell you something about it as the occasion demands. Words come out of their mouths like columns of smoke from the mouth of a chimney. |
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