Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
When the body-consciousness disappears, you will become one with Me. Do not entertain any doubt about what I say. I swear by you, that I am not saying anything, which is untrue. But to swear by you, amounts to swearing by My own Self, but real love makes one forget shyness. Otherwise why should I stoop down to swearing, when I am the knowable indifferent to the world, because of whom, this world appearance seems real, and whose command conquers even the Destroyer (1366-1370), whose Will comes to pass and who takes care of the welfare of the world like a father? As I have become crazy out of fondness for you, I have given up the insignia of My Godhead and become imperfect, while you, who have become one with Me, have become perfect. This is, O Dhananjaya, like a king, who swears by himself to achieve his own ends. Then Arjuna said, “Please do not indulge in such unseemly talk. All our objects are achieved by the remembrance of your name alone. Even so, you give advice to me and while doing this, you resort to swearing. Is there any limit to your jesting (1371-1375)? The sun with his rays, makes a garden of lotus flowers bloom and under that pretext, gives light to the whole world. The cloud sends showers of rain sufficient to flood the sea, in order to cool down the heated earth, but for that the chataka bird provides the pretext. So, O gracious donor, I have merely become the instrument for your generosity.” Then the Lord replied, “Stop; you need not say all this. By adopting the means I have taught you, you will truly attain to Me. When the salt becomes dissolved the moment it is dropped in water, then is there any reason for it to remain separate (1376-1380)? |
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