Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-11
The Universal Form
The blessed Lord said: 52. Very difficult it is to see this (universal) form of Mine, as you have seen. Of this form even the gods ever long to have a glimpse. Hearing this, Lord Krishna said, ‘What foolishness is this? Have you forgotten so soon my instruction? I told you to pin your love in the cosmic form and then come to meet My fourarmed figure physically. O, undiscerning Arjuna, you had come across the golden mountain of Meru, but you misconceived it to be of no account and spurned it (671-675)’. Lord Shiva did not get even a glimpse of My cosmic form, even after performing rigorous penance. O Arjuna, even the yogis, who mortify their flesh by the practice of eight-fold Yoga, do not get a chance to gaze at this form. The gods spend their whole life-time in anxiety as to how to get a glimpse of this form. Just as the chataka bird scans the horizon greedily for the cloud, so gods eagerly remain speculating all the time whether they will get a vision of this cosmic form (676-680). But this great vision, which they could not see even in a dream, came within your easy reach. |
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