Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-7
Wisdom and Knowledge
Note how skillfully Arjuna has asked this question by taking note of the ground covered by the Lord, by keeping in view his main object and expressing meanwhile his intention. In doing so, Arjuna did not overstep the bounds of propriety and stopped short of hugging the Lord. Only ambidextrous Arjuna knew how a disciple should proceed with humility while asking his Guru to explain a point. Note with what relish Sanjaya will tell us of Arjuna’s query and the Lord’s reply to it (201-205). Now listen carefully to this narration, which will be told in simple Marathi, so that it will have a greater appeal to the eyes than to the ears. Before the intellect relishes the mellifluous words, the beauty of its diction will conquer the senses. The jasmine flowers please the nostrils by their fragrance, but does not their beauty give pleasure to the eyes? So the beauty of Marathi diction will so please the senses that they will find it easy to grasp the philosophical truths. Please, therefore, listen to these words, which silences all talk, so says Jnanadeva, the disciple of Nivritti (206-210). |
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