Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
It awoke all of a sudden, and since it was always active, it found the treasure in the form of the universe, in accordance with its desire. Then because of its exertions the three worlds, which were in a latent form, in the garden of the formless Brahman, came to possess name and form. Then he brought together the barren lands in the form of gross elements and created there from four kinds of living beings born from the womb, sweat, eggs and soil (41-45). Then taking different portions of the five gross elements, human bodies were formed and embankments in the form of good and evil deeds were erected on both sides of them, making the barren land fertile. Then the Divine Will constructed underground paths of births and deaths, linking this created world with the supportless Brahman. Then that Divine Will in co-operation with egoism, created animate and inanimate universe. In this way, from the void of Brahman, the tree of Divine Will brought forth many branches and so it is the cause of this worldly existence (46-50). Then hearing these fine words, others (i.e. naturalists) challenged them and said, “How wise of you to say all this! If your Divine Will can be said to remain latent in the Absolute, why should we not allow the prakriti of Brahman? Leave this alone and keep away from this discussion; we shall explain properly what this Field is. Now tell me, who fills the clouds in the sky with water? Who supports the stars in the sky? Who is it that has stretched the canopy of the sky and when? Whose Will has ordained that the wind should always keep blowing (51-55)? |
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