Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
for a lamp, it is not possible to give light to another lamp. So if a person performs any action after becoming one with Me, can we say that the action is performed? If he, while performing action, does not have the egoistic feeling that he is the agent of that action, the doing of that act is tantamount to ‘not doing it.’ Since he has become one with Me, his ‘doing’ amounts to ‘not doing’ and that is a special characteristic of My worship. So, O Arjuna, whenever he performs any action as prescribed, he does nothing and that is My solemn worship. In short, whatever he says is singing My praise, whatever he sees, is My vision and wherever he goes, that is his pilgrimage to non-dual Me (1176-1180). O Arjuna, whatever he does becomes My worship, whatever he thinks is muttering My name and whatever state he abides in, is his absorption (samadhi) in Me. Just as a gold bangle is non-different from gold, so he has become one with Me, through the Yoga of devotion. Just as the wave is not different from water, or the camphor from its odour or the jewel from its glitter, in short, as the cloth inherent in the thread or the earthen pot in clay, so My devotee remains united with Me. O Arjuna, he sees Me in every object, by means of this exclusive devotion (1181-1185).
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