Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
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56. Through performing all works taking refuge in Me, he wins through My grace, the eternal immutable state. Then the Lord said, O great warrior, the kramayogi thus becomes one with Me, through singleminded devotion and merges in Me. He worships Me thoroughly, with pure flowers in the form of the performance of duty and attains, through My grace, to the dedication of knowledge. With the attainment of this dedication of knowledge, his devotion to Me flourishes and he becomes blessed, through complete unity with Me. He follows Me, knowing Me as one, who illuminates the whole world, after pervading it. Just as salt takes recourse to water and forsakes its hardness, or the wind blowing in the sky, rests without motion (1246-1250), so he resorts to Me, with body, speech and mind. If perchance he does any prohibited act after the attainment of knowledge, all actions good or bad, become of a piece with Me, in the same way as the dirty street-water and river-water both become merged in the Ganges. The distinction between sandalwood and other smoky wood lasts, only until they are consumed by fire. The distinction between gold and its alloy lasts, only so long they do not come into contact with the philosopher’s stone. In the same way, the distinction between auspicious and inauspicious things lasts, so long as they are not pervaded by My light (1251-1255). O Partha, so long as one does not enter the region of the sun, the distinction between night and day, is felt. So when he meets Me, all his actions disappear and he attains the state of unity, with Me. He attains to that eternal state, which does not get wasted through time, place and nature. O Arjuna, what merit would he not gain, after being blessed with the serenity of Myself? |
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