Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-17
Three Kinds of Faith
23. Om Tat Sat, this is known as the three-fold designation of Brahman; by that the Vedas, the Brahmanas and sacrifices were ordained of old. The Supreme Brahman without beginning, which is the resting place of the whole universe, has a triple name. Truly speaking, it has no name or caste; but the Vedas have given it a name, so that persons who live in the darkness of ignorance, may be able to identify it. A child is born without a name; but it answers and gets up, when it is called by a name given to it (326-330). When people tormented by the worries of the world, approached Brahman with their grievances, the name by which they call it and which evokes a response from it, is its symbolic name. In order to end the glum silence of Brahman and to realise it in its non-dual form, the Vedas discovered a sacred formula (mantra) out of kindness for the world. If God is called by this symbolic name, he stands in front of the caller, though he is formless. But only those, who come upto the level of God Brahma, siting by his side in the city, in the form of Upanishads on the summit of the mountain in the form of the Vedas, know this formula. In fact, god Brahma attained the power to create the world, through the chanting of this formula (331-335). O great warrior, before the creation of this world, god Brahma was alone and had become crazy. He had ceased to recognise Me and was unable to create the world. He achieved greatness by chanting this name and acquired the capacity to create the world by contemplation and chanting of this three-syllabic formula. |
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