Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-16
The Divine and Demoniacal Natures
22. A person, O son of Kunti (Arjuna), who is freed from these three gates of darkness, practises what is good for him and then reaches the highest goal. One who becomes free from this triad of mental disorders, can think of achieving the four ends of human life. So long as these mental disorders are active in anybody’s mind, he will not achieve weal. If anyone says that he will, I am not going to listen to him, so said Lord Krishna. He further said, anyone who longs for his own good or is afraid of his doom, should remain watchful and should not cherish these three faults (431-435). If one can hope to cross the sea on the strength of his arms, after tying a stone round his belly or to survive after eating a meal of deadly poison, then alone, can one expect to achieve the goal of life in association with passion, wrath and greed. So you should wipe them out without leaving a trace of them. If one can break the chain of these three faults, then one can walk comfortably on the path of happiness. He who has got rid of these three faults becomes happy like a body freed from the three disorders (phlegm, wind and bile) or like a town free from theft, malicious gossip and harlotry or like a mind free from three-fold affiliations. He then secures the company of righteous persons and treads the path of liberation (436-440). Then on the strength of the company of the virtuous persons and under the guidance of the scriptures, he crosses the waste lowlands in the form of births and deaths. Thereafter, he attains the beautiful spot in the form of Guru’s grace, where abides eternal bliss of Self. There he meets the mother Self, who is the acme of affection, and in whose embrace the kettle-drum of the world existence, ceases to beat. Thus, he alone, who frees himself from passion, anger and greed, wins the prize of Self. |
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