Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
From this excavation became available, many well-shaped stones of different shapes, in the form of duty (dharma), wealth (artha) and passionate love (kama). With these, he built a big rampart in the form of the Mahabharata and in that he selected with great skill, the polished stones in the form of the dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna, relating to the knowledge of the Self. Then using the plummet in the form of renunciation and, taking the help of other religious texts, he fixed the layout of the temple. On this cleared ground, the temple building was constructed with fifteen stories, in the form of fifteen chapters. The chapter sixteen provided a dome on the top of the temple, while chapter seventeen furnished a round frame for building the pinnacle there on (36-40). Then sage Vyasa set up securely, the pinnacle in the form of chapter eighteen and unfurled the flag of the Gita on it. So all the previous chapters form the floors, one over the other. The present chapter is indicating their completion. This pinnacle testifies that the temple is finished and nothing remains to be done. So this eighteenth chapter gives a clear exposition of the Gita from beginning to the end. Thus sage Vyasa skillfully completed the temple in the form of the Gita and has come to the rescue of all beings in every way. Some walk round the temple by reciting the Gita, while others take shelter in the shade and hear the Gita recited (41-45). Still others take the roll of betel leaves and a pice in the form of attention and enter the sanctuary of the temple, in the form of the knowledge of the Gita. The last-named get access to Lord Krishna through the knowledge of the Self. But all of them get the same access to the temple of salvation. In a dinner given by a rich person, all those seated at the head or at the end of a row, get the same kind of sweet dish. In the same way, all attain liberation by hearing, by reciting or knowing the meaning of the Gita. So as this, Gita is the temple sacred for the devotees of Vishnu and the eighteenth chapter is its pinnacle, I have made this distinction deliberately.
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