Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
Sanjaya said: 50. Vasudeva (Krishna) having spoken thus, revealed again his previous human form. And seeing Partha terribly frightened, he reassured him, by resuming his gentle figure After saying this, the Lord resumed his human form (Jnanadeva says), there is nothing in this to wonder at, because Arjuna was fond of that form (636-640). Lord Krishna, who was the Supreme Self incarnate, had vouchsafed his essential being, like his cosmic form, to Arjuna, but it did not catch his fancy. This was just like discarding a thing after demanding it, or finding fault with a jewel or turning down a match on the ground that the girl did not attract one. So unbounded was Lord Krishna’s love for Arjuna, that he lavished upon him his choicest gift, namely the cosmic form. Just as one fashions an ornament out of a gold bar and not liking it melts it, so the Lord assumed his cosmic form out of deep love for Arjuna and finding that Arjuna did not like it, resumed his human form (641-645). Where can one find a spiritual Master, who bears with his disciple and caters to his ardent desire? One cannot fathom this deep love of Lord Krishna for Arjuna.He then withdrew his Divine luster, which had flooded the world and condensed it, in the human form. Just as all living creatures are merged in the Absolute, or the entire tree is stored in the seed or the dream vanishes in the waking state, so Lord Krishna compressed his cosmic form in his incarnated form. |
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