Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
O great warrior, if I had told you simply that there is only the Supreme Self, it would not have carried conviction to you. But knowing the limitations of your intellect, I had to explain it to you in its four different aspects (946-950). One has to split a morsel into twenty parts to feed a child; so I had to explain to you in its four aspects. After judging your mental capacity, I explained Brahman to you in its four aspects, namely the Field, knowledge, the Knowable and Ignorance. If, even after all this effort, your mind is not able to comprehend it, I shall explain it to you in a different way.Now instead of describing it to you in its four aspects or treating it as single aspect, I shall explain it to you in two parts as Self (purusha) and not-Self (prakriti). But you do one thing, give me your sole attention and listen to what I say (951-955). Hearing these words of the Lord, Partha was thrilled. Then the Lord said, ‘Do not get so excited’. Seeing him in that excited state, the Lord also was overwhelmed, but restraining himself somehow, said, O Arjuna, I shall explain to you Brahman in its two aspects, the purasha and the prakriti. The yogins call this the Sankhya doctrine. I incarnated Myself as sage Kapila to expound it. Now listen to the flawless discourse on the discrimination between prakriti and purusha, so said Lord Krishna, the Primeval Person. |
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