Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
The unbelievers say, that the grandiloquent statements of the Vedas are false and without any foundation and that if people disagree with this view, they are willing to accept the challenge and defeat them in a debate (16-20). Some unbelievers practice nudity, while others shave off their heads, but their wordy battles come to naught. The yogis started to protect these Fields, lest they should fall into the clutches of death and go to waste. Being afraid of death, they resorted to solitude and practised self-control and sense-restraint. As the attachment to the Field came in the way of yogic practice, Lord Shiva abandoned his kingdom and made his home in the cemetery. Because of this pledge, he made the quarters his apparel (resorted to nudity) and burnt the cupid who tried to seduce him (21-25). God Brahma was endowed with four mouths in order to settle this issue, but he too was unable to know its power. |
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