Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
In the same way, actions performed early, according to the scriptural injunctions, destroy the rajas and tamas qualities. Gold treated with acid becomes purified, with the elimination of its alloy. So action performed with dedication, destroys the rajas and tamas qualities and reveals the majesty of a pure mind. So, O Arjuna, good actions attain the efficacy of the holy water, in bringing about purification of existence. The holy water cleanses only the external dirt, but the mental impurities are washed off, only through good actions (156-160). Just as a thirsty person should find springs of nectar in a waterless place, or a blind man should receive the luster of the sun in his eyes, or the river itself should come to the rescue of a drowning person or the earth should clasp to her bosom the falling man, or the god of death himself should confer longevity on a dying person, so the actions, O Arjuna, release a person from the bonds of actions. Just as the science of alchemy knows how to convert the poison into a life-saving drug, so there is a skillful way of performing actions in such a way that instead of leading to bondage they conduce to liberation. Now I shall explain to you the device by which actions will destroy themselves (161-165). |
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