Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-12
Bhaktiyoga
16. He who expects nothing and is pure, adroit, indifferent and without worry, and who has renounced every undertaking, such a devotee of Mine, is dear to Me. O Arjuna, he is free from all expectations and his mind is full of increasing happiness. The holy place of Kashi, is known for its generous gift of salvation, but for that, one has to part with his body there. Our sins are washed off in the Himalayas, but one has to risk his life, in going there. However the purity in the saints, is not dangerous like that. The sacred water of the Ganga removes all sins and mental afflictions, but one is likely to get drowned there (171-175). Like the water of the Ganga, the knowledge of the saints is deep and fathomless. But the devotee does not sink in their company; instead he becomes liberated even while living. The river Ganges gets rid of its sins, by coming into contact with the saints (when they bathe in it). How superior in purity must be this contact of the saints? A saint by his purity lends support, even to holy waters and drives away sinful thoughts from the minds (of those who come in contact with him). |
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