Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-6
Dhyanayoga
With an aching heart, therefore, the Lord of the world described to Arjuna the enlightened man and avoided the communion of their minds. This may seem somewhat odd, but you must remember that Arjuna was the very embodiment of the happiness of Lord Krishna (116-120). When a woman thought to be barren gives birth to a child late in her life, she becomes the very embodiment of affection and dances around it. Similar was the state of Lord Krishna. I would not have mentioned this, but for the fact that I saw his excessive affection for Arjuna. How wonderful! How marvelous! The instruction was as memorable as the occasion. Lord Krishna danced around Arjuna like a marionette. What can one say of a fondness which is bashful, of a hobby which is tiresome and a craze which is not infatuating? What I mean to convey in this is that Arjuna is the abode of Lord’s friendship, the very mirror of his mind filled with happiness (121-125). So blessed was Arjuna, pure and holy, the perfect soil for the seed of devotion, that he became the fit recipient of the Lord’s grace. Partha was the presiding deity of friendship, which is anterior to the ninth form of devotion, namely self-surrender to God. Instead of praising the Master, I have praised in his presence the qualities of his pal Arjuna, so dear to Krishna. You see, does not the faithful wife who serves her husband with devotion and is also respected by him, receives more praise than him? Thererfore, I thought it better to praise Arjuna specially because he became the sole beneficiary of good fortune in the three worlds (126-130). Because of his fondness for Arjuna, the formless God assumed form and though self-sufficient he longed for the company of Arjuna.
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