Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
The eye can appreciate beauty, yet what is the use of placing sweet scent before it? A thing becomes fruitful, only when it is received with a liking (1491-1495). O husband of Subhadra, even if a person practices austerity and has devotion, avoid him if he has no liking for hearing the Gita. Even if a person possesses all these three things, namely austerity, devotion and liking for hearing Gita, but talks disparagingly of Me, who am the author of this Gita and the controller of the universe or reviles Me and My devotees, he is not fit to hear this teaching. Even if he is equipped with other qualities, it is like a lampstand without a flame (1496-1500). Just as a beautiful maiden is decked with ornaments but has no life in her, or a beautiful mansion is guarded by a female cobra at its entrance, or delicious dishes are mixed with venom, or there is deception under cover of friendship, so the austerity, devotion and understanding of a person who reviles Me and My devotee, is full of deceit. Therefore, O Dhananjaya, do not allow such a person to have anything to do with this scripture (1501-1505). Were such a reviler as great as god Brahma, do not impart this teaching to him, even out of fun. O archer, whoever has, after laying the foundation of stones in the form of austerity, has built a temple in the form of devotion to his preceptor, and after building a beautiful dome of gems in the form of non-slander, keeps open the front gate in the form of keen desire to hear the Gita, |
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