Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
31. Being beginingless and devoid of qualities, this immutable Supreme Self, although existing in the body, O Arjuna, does not act nor is it attached. Just as the sun reflected in the water remains dry, so the Supreme Self exists in the body in his pure form. O Arjuna, the sun remains the same before and after reflection, but to others he appears reflected in the water (1091-1095). In the same way, it is not true to say that the Self exists in the body; he remains where he was earlier. Just as when one looks into the mirror he sees his face reflected in it, so it is said that the Self exists in the body. To say that the Self is united with the body is meaningless. Can you imagine the wind and the sand meeting together? How could fire and cotton be woven together in a thread? How can the sky and the cliff be joined together? If a person starts going East and another going West from the same place, they cannot meet. The relation between the Self and the body is like that (1096-1100). Know that there is no relation between them whatsoever, as between light and darkness or between a dead and a living person or between night and day or between gold and cotton. The body is fashioned from the five gross elements and it is woven in the thread of action and revolves on the wheel of births and deaths. |
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