Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
9. Non-attachment, non-involvement with son, wife, house and the like, and constant even mindedness in desired and undesired things He is indifferent to his body like a wayfarer who stays in an inn with apathy. He feels even that much attachment for his household, as one would have for the shade of a tree under which he rests on the way (591-595). As a person is not aware of his shadow, in the same way he is not attracted to his wife. He regards his sons like visitors who stay in his house or like cattle resting under a tree. Although he is rolling in wealth, he looks indifferently at it, as if he is a passer by. Like a parrot in cage, he lives in the world in fear of the Vedic injunctions. So one who does not feel any attachment to his wife, children and household, is the repository of knowledge (596-600), Just as the ocean remains full in the rainy season as well as in summer, so pleasant and unpleasant things do not affect him. Just as the three periods, morning, noon and evening do not affect the sun, so his mind is not disturbed by pleasure and pain. Know that knowledge dwells in him, who retains an even temper like the sky. |
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