Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
So it will not be improper if ordinary persons like me should write a commentary on the Gita in the local language (1716-1720). If a child follows the footprints of its father, will it not reach the same destination as its father? As I am following in the footsteps of sage Vyasa and consulting the commentator (Shri Shankara) which way to go, where can I, though unworthy, reach if not the right place? In my heart dwells my mighty preceptor, Shri Nivrittinatha, who has placed the whole world under his obligation. Because of his forbearance the earth bears the movable and immovable world without complaint. The moon borrows his ambrosia and cools down the world and the sun takes over a part of his splendour and dispels the darkness. From him the sea derives its water, the water its sweetness, the sweetness its beauty (1721-1725), the wind its force, the sky its expanse and knowledge its brilliant sovereign glory, the Vedas their eloquence, happiness its fervour and all things their respective forms. Moreover my capable and worthy Guru Shri Nivrittinath, who favours all, has entered my heart and dwells in it. Then what wonder is there, if I tell in the local language the Gita, which is already there? Ekalavya, a hunter, made an idol of his preceptor Dronacharya and installing his image on the mountain, learnt archery from him and won fame in all the three worlds, for his valour (1726-1730). The trees, which are close to sandalwood trees, become fragrant like them and the ochre-coloured garment of sage Vasishtha, which was spread out for drying up, challenged the splendour of the sun. As for myself, I have an attentive mind, and my Guru is a great saint, who has the power to grant his disciple his status, by a favourable glance. |
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