Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-5
Renunciation
28. The sage, who is fully intent on liberation, with his senses, mind, and intellect subdued, and who is free from desire, fear and anger, is indeed ever free. He who shuts out the sense-objects by means of dispassion and fixes the mind within his body, and turning his gaze inwards on the ajnacakra inside the middle of the eye-brows, where all the three nadis - ida, pingala and madhyama meet, they turn the mind on the cidakasha after equalising the prana and apana. As when the river Ganges, after collecting the drain waters, meets the sea, it is not possible to separate each of them from the rest, so when the mind is merged in the akasha by the restraint of the prana, all thoughts of diverse desires cease by themselves, O Arjuna (151-155). Then is torn the cloth of mind, which displays the picture of world’s existence, even as there is no reflection when the lake dries up. When the mind itself ceases, how can the ego-sense and the rest survive? Thus he experiences Brahman and becomes one with it, even while living. 29. One attains to peace, having known me as the enioyer of the sacrifices and austerities, as the great Lord of all the world and as the friend of all beings. As I said before, some became Brahman in their very bodies; and they did this by following the path of Yoga. After climbing the difficult cliff of spiritual discipline and crossing the sea of yogic practice, they transcended the worldly existence. After becoming sinless, they took the measure of the world and became truly of the nature of Brahman (156-160). When Lord Krishna explained the purport of yogic practice, Arjuna, with his penetrating mind was surprised. Anticipating what was in his mind, Lord Krishna asked Partha with a smile, “Are you satisfied with what I have told you?” Then Arjuna replied, “Lord you are foremost among those who discern the thoughts of others and have divined my intention. |
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