Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-4
Sankhyayoga
23. When he is unattached and free, with his mind established in wisdom, the work undertaken by him for the sake of sacrifice is totally dissolved. Even though he is in contact with the body, he looks every inch the spirit; and if he is tested, he is seen to be equal in purity with the Brahman (111-115). Even if such a person performs sacrificial rites and the like in fun, all such actions become dissolved in him. Just as the untimely clouds appear in the sky and melt away by themselves, so even when he performs the prescribed Vedic rites, they get dissolved in him, as he has the notion of oneness with them. 24. (For him) the act of offering as also the oblation is Brahman offered by Brahman in the fire of Brahman. To Brahman alone will he attain, who contemplates action as only Brahman. His reason does not make a distinction that this is an oblation, I am the sacrifice and someone is the enjoyer of this sacrifice. When he performs the desired sacrifice, he regards the oblation and the mantras as imperishable and of the nature of Brahman (116-120). Thus when he comes to realise that the action itself is Brahman, then the action performed by him becomes nonaction. Now when he leaves behind his youth in the form of non-discrimination, and espousing dispassion, sacrifices in the fire of Yoga. |
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