Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
As though, by straining the sky or stripping the nectar off its rind, or making the lamp go through an ordeal or putting collyrium in the eyes of the sun, who illumines even the atoms in the nether world by his light (1326-1330), so after considering it from all angles, I, who am omniscient, have explained to you, the true knowledge. Now think well for yourself and do what you think proper. After hearing this talk of the Lord, Arjuna kept quiet. Seeing this, the Lord said, “O Arjuna, you are so straight, that you are not deceitful. If a hungry person were to say, out of shyness, that he had enough, he will have to suffer from hunger and earn the fault of deception. In the same way, if after meeting an all-knowing teacher, one were to feel shy and not ask for enlightenment on the nature of Self (1331-1335), one would become liable to the sin of selfdeception and miss a great opportunity. From your silence, I gather that you wish Me to summarise what I have said so far.” To this Arjuna said, “O Lord, you have truly read my mind. But why should I say this? Is there anyone else who knows all like you? This whole world is the object of knowledge, you alone are the knower. Is there any point in praising the sun by calling him the sun?” Hearing this, Lord Krishna said, “Why do you feel, that what you have said about Me, is insufficient praise (1336-1340)?” |
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