Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
This Gita is like the blessed goddess propounded in the seven hundred mantras, who has become elated after killing the buffalo (Mahisha) demon in the form of infatuation. Therefore he who renders it devoted service through body, speech and mind, will become the sovereign in the kingdom of bliss. Lord Krishna has revealed the Gita in seven hundred verses, which have surpassed the sun’s rays in dispelling darkness. These Gita verses are like grape-vines, forming a bower to provide a resting-place for those who suffer fatigue in the journey of worldly life or they are like the lotuses in bloom in a dark lake and saints are like bees, which enjoy their honey (1666-1670). In short, these are not verses, but are so many bards who sing the glory of the Gita. This Gita is like a beautiful city, which is enclosed in a wall in the form of seven hundred verses, within which all the shastras have come to dwell. These are not verses, but the outstretched arms of the Gita, with which she has come to embrace her Lord, the Supreme Self. These verses are like the bees on the Gita-flower, the waves on the Gita-sea, or the horses of Shri Hari yoked to the Gita-chariot. It is as though all the holy waters have come together to join the Ganga, in the form of the Gita, on the entry of the sun in the form of Arjuna, in the zodiacal sign Leo (1671-1675). This is not a row of verses but a row of philosophers’ stones, which bestow peace of mind or a row of wish-yielding trees, which lead to the attainment of formless Brahman. |
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