Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-3
Karmayoga
34. Attachment and aversion are settled in every sense for its object. Let no one fall into their power, for they are one’s enemies. It is true that when the senses are fed with their favourite objects, the mind finds true satisfaction. (206-210). But this is like the company of a gentle-looking thug, until they leave the border of the town. When a person beguiled by the sweet taste of poison develops a fondness for it, it proves fatal in the end. Desire, which is inherent in the senses, gives rise to a false hope of pleasure, even as the bait attached to the angle deceives the fish. The fish does not know that the angle which is concealed will take away its life; likewise if you entertain this desire and hope for sensuous enjoyment, you will land yourself in the fire of wrath (211-215). As the huntsman surrounds the deer through his trackers and drives it to a place where it can be killed, the senses act in the same way. So you should not get attached to them. O Partha, know that both desire and anger are ruinous to man. Do not, therefore, yield to them or even remember them. But do not let the happiness of your natural state get stifled. |
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