Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
12. I shall now declare to you the Knowable, by knowing which one enjoys immortality. It is the beginingless Supreme Brahman, which is said to be neither existent nor non-existent. The Supreme is called Jneya, as it is not knowable by any other means than knowledge (861865), and as after knowing it, nothing remains to be known. With the attainment of this knowledge, a person becomes one with the Supreme and after renouncing the world, remains absorbed in eternal bliss. That knowable has no beginning and no end and so is known as the Supreme. If you say that it is non-existent, it becomes manifest in the form of the universe and if you say that the universe is the Supreme Self, it is only His Maya. It has no form, colour or shape. It is not seen nor does it see, so who can say that it exists and how (866870)? Well, if you say that it does not really exist, then how did the Great Principle (mahat) and the other evolutes come into being? Since no one could definitely say that it is or it is not speech, becomes dumb and the power of thinking too, comes to a dead halt. Just as clay appears in the form of a large earthen vessel, a pitcher and a dish, so the Supreme has become the universe and has completely pervaded it. |
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