Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-5
Renunciation
24. He who has happiness, joy and light within, that yogi becomes one with Brahman and finds eternal bliss. 25. In Brahman the sages find bliss, with their sins destroyed and doubts cleared, who after controlling their minds, devote themselves to the good of all beings. I should better stop here. For how can you talk about a thing which is beyond speech? He who revels in the Self will easily catch the hint. I regard the yogis who, full of bliss, are immersed in the Self, as pure images of beatitude. They are replicas of joy and sprouts of happiness; and they are the playgrounds of supreme knowledge. They are the abode of discrimination, embodiments of supreme Brahman, or the decorated parts of Self-knowledge, the essence of the quality of goodness or the stamps of sentience.Then Shri Nivritti said, “Enough of this digression. Why must you describe the same thing in so many ways (136-140)? When you take delight in praising holy men, you forget the context; but you speak so beautifully about these matters. But cut short this embellishment and enlighten us on the meaning of the Gita, and let the auspicious message of the Gita dawn upon the minds of good men.” After receiving this advice of the Guru, Jnanadeva, the disciple of Nivritti says, “Now listen to what Lord Krishna said to Arjuna.” (The Lord said): O Arjuna, those who dived deep into the deep waters of eternal bliss, they remained steady there and became one with it. And since they saw within themselves the world in the clear light of wisdom, we have to admit that they became one with the Supreme Self while living (141-145). This bliss of Self is sublime, eternal and limitless. Only those who are free from desire become qualified for it. This happiness is reserved for the great sages, is shared by men of dispassion, and it ever fructifies in those who have no doubt (about the existence of the Self).
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