Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-2
Sankhya and Yoga
17. Know that to be indestructible on which this whole world is strung; nor can anyone bring about the destruction of this immutable self. If you think over it, you will realise that what is inessential is illusory, and what is essential is eternal by nature. That from which these three worlds have sprung, is not marked by name, colour or form. It is all-pervasive and transcends birth and death; even if one wishes to destroy it, it cannot be destroyed (131-135). 18. What are said to be perishable are these bodies of the Self, which is indestructible, inscrutable and eternal. Therefore, fight O Arjuna.Thus, Arjuna, only these bodies are by nature destructible, therefore fight. 19. He who thinks this (Self) to be the killer and he who thinks this killed, both of them do not know; this Self neither kills nor is it killed. You identify yourself with your body and others with their bodies and think that you will kill and the Kauravas will be killed, without knowing the truth. If you think properly, you will realise that you are not the killer and they are not the ones to be killed. |
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