Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
feelings of the feelingless, the limbs of the limbless - in fact she becomes all the limiting attributes of the purusha. In this way, the prakriti makes the changeless purusha become of changeful nature. Just as the lustre of the moon vanishes on the new moon day, such becomes the state of the purusha, because of prakriti. Just as gold has less purity when mixed with alloy, or a pious man becomes crazy when possessed by a ghost, a bright day becomes a bad day (1006-1010) when clouds gather in the sky, so the purusha loses his splendour when he comes under the sway of prakriti. He is then like milk in the udder, like fire in the firewood, like the brilliance of a jewel covered with linen, like a king under subjection to another, or like an ailing lion. Just as a man wide awake, is overpowered by sleep and experiences pleasure and pain in a dream, so when the purusha identifies himself with the prakriti, |
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