Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-16
The Divine and Demoniacal Natures
21. This is the triple gate to hell, which spells doom for the self-passion, anger and greed; therefore, one should discard these three. O Arjuna, know that wherever these three, passion, wrath and greed are in the ascendant, there is sure to be an abundant crop of evil things (421-425). All miseries in this world have posted them as their guides, so that they bring persons to meet them. Or one can say that this triad forms an assemblage of all sins, to push the sinners into hell. So long as these three faults do not arise in man’s mind, the existence of hell is not known beyond the scriptures. Because of them, calamities occur with ease, agonies become cheap and what is ordinarily called ruin, is not really so; these three spell real ruin. O great warrior, this three-pointed spike of vile faults, is verily a gate to hell (426-430). He who receives these three wholeheartedly, occupies a place of honour in the assembly-hall of hell. It is for this reason, O Arjuna, I repeat again and again that you should discard this evil triad of faults. |
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