Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
If persons standing on the shore of the sea see a big wave swallowing a small one, yet from the standpoint of water, who has swallowed what? In the same way, a person who has attained perfection does not see anyone distinct from him, whom he can kill. Even if a devotee sees the gold idol of the goddess Durga killing the gold idol of a buffalodemon with a three-pointed gold spear, in reality the idols and the spear are only pure gold (441-445). Again in a painting, the fire and water appear as if they are real, but there is neither real fire nor moisture. In the same way, in the case of a person who is liberated while alive, the movements of his body take place according to the latent impression of his past life. But not knowing this, ignorant persons call him the doer. But then, if his natural actions lead to the destruction of the world, one should never say that he has caused it. Can the sun say that it will dispel the darkness after seeing it? So in the case of an enlightened person who has no sense of duality, there remains nothing different from him which he can destroy. Just as a stream, which joins the river Ganga, does not remain impure, so his intellect is not polluted by merit and demerit (446-450). |
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