Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
He besmears his body with ashes, sandal paste etc. and cheats his followers. Know that such a person is a mine of ignorance. Just as all things, both animate and inanimate, are burnt to ashes in a forest conflagration, the whole world is harassed by his conduct. His normal speech inflicts a deeper wound than a spear and all his plans are more fatal than poison. Ignorance dwells in such a person; in fact, his whole life provides a haven to violence. As the bellows get puffed up when air is pumped in and get empty when air is pumped out, so he becomes elated or despondent according as he is united or separated from his dear ones (661-665). As the dust caught in a whirlwind rises high in the sky, he becomes thrilled with praise and miserable if he is slandered. Like mud which becomes moist with a little water and dries up with a light breeze, he becomes affected by honour and dishonour. Ignorance dwells fully in a person who cannot bear such upsurge of feelings. He has a knotty mind, although outwardly his social conduct appears frank. He seems on friendly terms with one but helps another. Just as a hunter feeds animals and birds in order to trap them, so he supports simple-minded persons somehow in order to deceive them and earns the disapprobation of good people (666-670). |
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