Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-9
The Esoteric Knowledge
But enough of this, I shall now turn to the main theme. In this way, these sacrificers worship Me seeking celestial pleasures. Then on the strength of rituals which do not lead to Me, and which are, therefore, sinful, they go to heaven where they have immortality as their throne, the elephant Airavata to ride upon and the metropolis of Amaravati to dwell in (316-320). There they have treasures of occult powers, cellars of nectar and cow-pens containing herds of wish–yielding cows, where deities stand in attendance upon them and, where the roads are paved with philosophers’ stones, where the pleasure gardens abound in wish-yielding trees, where the Gandharvas sing, celestial dancers like Rambha dance and divine nymphs like Urvashi attend on their pleasure, where the God of love serves them in their bed-chamber, the moon sprinkles water in the courtyard and they have messengers as swift as the wind, where there are priests like Brihaspati as their house-priests to give blessings, and many gods as bards (321-325), where stand in a row guardians of the world and where there are expert cavaliers and the caparisoned horse, Uchchaishravas. The sacrificers in this way enjoy the highest pleasures as of Indra. This enjoyment, however, lasts so long as they have a little merit left to their credit.
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