Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
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70. And whoever will study this sacred conversation between us, by him shall I be worshipped through knowledge-sacrifice; this is My view. This dialogue, which has taken place between yourself and Myself, has descended on this earth to win liberation. He who recites repeatedly this conversation between yourself and Myself, (1521-1525) which illumines the Truth in its entirety, without analysing the words or the stanzas, kindles the sacrificial fire of knowledge, and by giving therein, O wise Arjuna, the oblation in the form of knowledge, propitiates Me, the Supreme Self. Whatever capacity the wise acquire through study and experience of the Gita, is also attained by the devotees by singing and narrating the Gita. Thus one who recites the Gita secures the same fruit as is attained by one who knows its meaning. For Mother Gita does not make any distinction between a knowing child and a baby. 71. And the man who might merely hear this with faith and without caviling, he too shall be freed from evil and attain the blessed worlds of righteous men. No sooner a person full of faith in the recital of the Gita hears it with piety, and without caviling, than the sins flee away from him (l526-1530). When the forest is burning in a conflagration, the animals and birds therein run helter-skelter, or with the rise of the sun on the horizon, the darkness in the sky is dispelled. In the same way, when the recital of the Gita enters the ears of a person, all his sins accumulated since the beginning of the world, get destroyed. In this way, his family-tree becomes purified and holy and it bears beautiful fruits. One acquires the merit of as many house-sacrifices as the letters of the Gita, which enter the heart through the ears (1531-1535). So one who hears the Gita gets rid of his sins, increases his merit and ultimately attains the kingdom of God. In his journey towards Me, he makes his first halt in the heaven, and after enjoying the celestial pleasures to his heart’s content, he ultimately joins Me. In this way, O Dhananjaya, I give to the reciter and also the hearer of the Gita, the fruit in the form of bliss. Now I wish to ask you about your problem, for the solution of which, I had to narrate this Gita to you, |
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