Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
22. The great Lord is the witness, the consenter, sustainer and enjoyed. This Supreme person in the body is also styled as the Supreme Self. Just as the jasmine creeper needs the support of a pole, so the prakriti requires the support of the purusha. But they are poles apart, like the earth and the sky. O Arjuna, this purusha stands firm and immovable like the Meru Mountain on the bank of the river in the form of prakriti and casts his reflection in it, but he does not drift in the current. Even though the prakriti appears and vanishes, he remains eternal. He is the ruler of all created beings, right from god Brahma, and prakriti exists because of him, creates the world under his authority and so is his consort (1021-1025). O Arjuna, this universe which exists as her creation from time immemorial, becomes dissolved in him, at the end of the epoch. He is the Lord of the prakriti also known as mahad-brahman and is the controller of the universe. It is he, who with his pervasive power measures the worldly affairs. He is what is designated as the Supreme Self in the body. O son of Pandu, when people talk of one and only one purusha beyond the prakriti, he is that purusha. . |
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