Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
13. Learn, O mighty-armed (Arjuna), from Me these five factors, declared in the Sankhya doctrine for the accomplishment of all works: You might be knowing these five causes; for the scriptures have described them with upraised arms. They are proclaimed loudly through the beating of drums in the palace of the Sankhya system, in the capital town of the Vedas. These causes are absolutely necessary for the successful completion of any action, but don’t you in any way, connect them with the unchangeable Self (276-280). These five causes have become well-known in this world, as they have been proclaimed by the beating of a drum. It is therefore, fitting that they should fall on your ears as they will benefit you. As you have the philosopher’s stone as Myself, why should I put you to the trouble of finding someone else to talk about it? If a person has the mirror in front of him, why should he ask others to tell him how he looks? Wherever a devotee looks with a purpose in view, it becomes as he desires. So I have become a play-thing in your hands. When the Lord was saying this in the flush of affection, he lost consciousness. As for Arjuna, he became immersed in bliss (281-285). Even if there is a mountain of moon-stones, it oozes, to form a lake in bright moonshine; in the same way, Arjuna had become bliss incarnate, by the removal of the screen between the bliss and realisation. But the Lord, being strong, regained his senses and lifted up Arjuna from the ocean of bliss. The ocean of bliss had such a high tidal flow that Arjuna, the great warrior, with his high talent, was about to be drowned in it. The Lord checked the flow and said, “O Partha, do not lose sight of yourself and come to your senses.” |
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