Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
66. Abandoning all duties take refuge in Me alone. Grieve not; I shall release you from all sins. From hope springs misery, from slander, sin and from misfortune, poverty (1386-1390). In the same way, because of ignorance, religious and irreligious acts leading to heaven and hell, have come into being. Unroot this ignorance, with the help of knowledge. If you take the rope in your hand, the delusion that it is a serpent disappears. After rising from sleep, the mundane affairs along with the household seen in the dream, vanish. When the jaundice is cured, the moon does not look yellow, or when the fever subsides, the tongue loses its bitter taste. When the sun sets, the mirage disappears or when one discards firewood, the fire is snuffed out. In the same way, you should give up ignorance, which gives rise to the fad of religious and unreligious acts and then relinquish even meritorious acts (i.e. perform them without desire for their fruit) (1391-1395). When ignorance ceases, I alone remain. Just as, when the dream disappears along with the sleep, one remains alone; so there remains none except Myself. Then he becomes one with Me, with the knowledge that he is Myself. To become one with Me, with the loss of one’s distinct personality, is what is known as surrender to Me.
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