Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
When a sea meets another sea doubling its water, it rises high in the sky to accommodate itself; so when the two met, they could not control themselves. Who could know and tell how it happened? The whole universe was flooded with Narayana (Krishna) (1421-1425). In this way, the Lord disclosed the sacred text of the Gita, which contains the quintessence of the Vedas and which everyone is qualified to study. Now you may ask, how I came to know that the Gita contains the original thread of the Vedas. I will explain to you clearly, the theory underlying it, which is well-known. The same Lord, whose breath gave birth to the Vedas, who is true to his word, narrated this Gita through his own mouth. It is therefore, proper to say, that the Gita has its origin in the Vedas. There is another reason for this; that whose essential form does not get destroyed, but in which its potential growth lies stored up, is called its seed (1426-1430). Just as the tree is stored up in the seed, so the Vedas with its three divisions, are stored up in the Gita. I, therefore, think that Vedas are contained in a seed-form in the Gita and this is also patent. Just as a body is adorned by jewelery, so the three divisions of the Vedas, appear distinctly in the Gita. I shall now disclose to you, where these three dimensions of the Vedas, viz. ritualism, spiritual practices and knowledge, occur. Chapter one tells us, how this Gita came to be taught. The chapter two affirms the existence of the Self (1431-1435) and says that the philosophy of the Gita is based on the knowledge of the Self, which is essential for securing salvation. |
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