Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
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31. That by which one knows wrongly what is right and what is wrong, what is one’s duty and what is not, that intellect, O Partha, arises from rajas quality. Just as in the village of herons, they drink milk mixed with water, or a blind person cannot distinguish between day and night, or the bee which relishes honey in flowers is ready to scoop the wood without losing its status as a bee, so this rajasic intellect performs actions, without distinguishing between merit and demerit (716-720). If a person buys pearls without proper inspection, he can hardly secure the best ones; he will definitely get the bad ones. So if a prohibited action does not fall to his lot through a happy chance, it is left out; otherwise his intellect treats both kinds of actions as equal. Just as one invites the whole society to a ceremonial feast (without considering whether they are worthy of it or not), that intellect which does not know how to choose between pure and impure actions, is rajasic intellect. |
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