Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
Then Lord Krishna, the worthy preceptor, saw that Arjuna had become dissolved in his Self and restored the sense of duality in him. The Lord asked Arjuna, “Are you now convinced, by what I have told you, in the form of Gita?” Then Arjuna said, “O Lord, I am convinced by your grace”. Then the Lord said further, “O winner of wealth, one secures the good treasure through good fortune, but rarely one is able to enjoy it (1471-1475). O Arjuna, see what hard toil the gods and demons must have undertaken, to churn the uncoagulated milk, in the big pot of the Milky Ocean. That toil bore fruit and brought them nectar. But they could not take proper care of it and what was supposed to bring immortality, became fatal to the demons. Such is the tragic result of acquiring affluence, without the knowledge of how to enjoy it. Do you not know that King Nahusha became the Lord of the heaven, by performing sacrifices but was transformed into a snake by his lax conduct? Since you had earned abundant merit, you became eligible to hear this Gita, the best of all scriptures (1476-1480). You should, therefore, try to understand the tradition of this scripture and follow it according to the rules of that tradition. If you perform your religious duties without understanding that tradition, then you will secure the result like the churning of the Milky Sea. O Arjuna, even if you have got a good cow, you will get milk only if you know how to milk her. So even if a seeker secures a worthy preceptor and attains knowledge through his grace, that knowledge will be fruitful only if he observes the tradition of that knowledge. So I shall tell you now the proper tradition of this Gita scripture; hear it with due respect (1481-1485). |
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