Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-12
Bhaktiyoga
Arjuna said: 1. The devotees who, absorbed in you, worship you in this manner, and those who (meditate) on the Imperishable, of them who are more versed in Yoga? Then the heroic son of Pandu (Arjuna), the very banner of victory of the Kuru race, said (16-20), O Lord, have you heard what I said? I was frightened of your marvelous cosmic vision. I took refuge in your human form, as I was accustomed to it. But you warned me that I should not do so. Undoubtedly you exist both in the manifest and the unmanifest form, the former being attainable through devotion and the latter through the practice of Yoga. These are the two pathways, which lead one to the threshold of the manifest and unmanifest forms. But the purity of a bar of gold weighing hundred tolas, also belongs to a piece of that bar weighing three gunjas (a red berry forming the smallest weight of a jeweler). Therefore, the worth of the limited manifest form and the all-pervading unmanifest form is the same (21-25). The power, which subsists in the ocean of nectar (to grant immortality), exists in a sip of nectar. My mind has already reached this definite conclusion. But I wish to know whether the universal form assumed by you for a moment, is your true nature or is only your Divine play. You have devotees who perform all actions for your sake, hold you to be the highest object of worship and surrender all their desires to you. Then there are some that worship you, by cherishing your unmanifest form in their mind (26-30), which is indescribable and beyond the Omkara, which is imperishable and not like anything else. They meditate upon this form, which is super-sensuous, imperceptible and not limited by time and space, with the conviction that ‘we are that Brahman’. Tell me, who between the two, have apprehended the essential nature of Yoga? Overjoyed at this query from Arjuna, the blessed Lord, the friend of all said “O Arjuna, you know well how to ask a question.” |
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