Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-16
The Divine and Demoniacal Natures
11. Beset with countless worries that last until death, they become immersed in the gratification of desires, convinced that, that is all. With this object in view, they conduct their affairs and also feel anxious about their state after death (326-330). This anxiety is deeper than the nether world and higher than the sky and in comparison with it, even the three worlds looks insignificant. Just as the yogi feels anxiety, whether he is observing the rules of Yoga properly, so this unrestrained worry does not leave him. Just as chaste wife does not leave her husband, these demoniacal persons, longing for sense-enjoyments, suffer acute anxiety to secure them. They are fond of hearing the women sing, beholding their beauty and clasping them in close embrace, and feel like throwing away nectar to gain this happiness. They are fully convinced that there is no happiness, which is greater than what one receives from a woman (331-335). To secure that happiness they are ever ready to go to the heaven, the nether world or beyond the quarters.
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