Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
He whose mind has attained steadiness, is the very life of knowledge (481-485). Although he carries on outwardly the affairs of the world, according to his disposition, his steady mind is not disturbed. Just as when the cow goes to the pasture for grazing, she does not take her love for the calf with her or the chaste wife who immolates herself in the funeral pyre of her husband, is not aware of the formalities performed at that time or a greedy man’s mind is always on his hoard wherever he goes, so even when his physical activities are going on, his mind does not swerve from knowledge. Just as the sky does not run with the rushing clouds, or the Pole star does not move with the other stars, or the road does not walk with the traveller or the trees do not come and go (486-490), so the movements of the body made up of the gross elements, do not ruffle his mind. Just as the earth does not totter by the impact of the whirlwind, so his mind does not become depressed by calamities. Want and misery do not vex him nor do fear and sorrow shake him and he does not feel frightened even when death is imminent. When he is tormented by inordinate hopes, vexations, old age or disease, he does not lose his mental balance. His mind does not vascillate, when he has to face slander, dishonour or punishment or the consequences of intense passion or greed. His mind does not become perturbed, even if the sky comes down crashing or the earth gets dissolved in the oceans. |
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