Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
He does not realise why he has reached such a stage. He does not remember how he seethed nearly for nine months in the womb of his mother full of filth, the afflictions which he suffered in the womb and the pangs of birth. He does not find it loathsome when he sees a child lying in his lap and rolling in its faeces and urine (731-735). He does not feel distressed by the fact that his present life will come to an end and he will have to be born again. In the first flush of youth he never starts worrying about his approaching death. He feels so confident that his life will continue in its present state, that he does not think that he will have to face death in future. The fish sticks on to his pond in the fond hope that it will never go dry and does not think of going to a place of deep water. A deer enchanted with music does not see the approaching hunter. The fish swallows the bait without realising that it contains a deadly hook (736-740). The moth dazzled by the light of the lamp, does not realise that the lamp will burn it. A lazy and foolish person does not, while enjoying sleep, pay any attention to his house when it is burning or a person swallows food without knowing that it is cooked in poison. |
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