Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-13
The field and the knower of the field
32. As the all-pervading space is not affected because of its subtleness, even so the Self is not affected, though present everywhere in the body. O Arjuna, is there any place where space does not exist or where it does not enter? Even so it does not become defiled (1116-1120). In the same way, although the Self dwells in the body, he does not become polluted by the body. Always bear in mind, that the self is distinct from the body. 33. Even as the one sun illumines the entire world, so the Lord of the Field illumines the whole Field, O Bharata. When the magnet moves the iron by its mere proximity, the iron does not become the magnet. Similar is the relation between the body and the Self. All the domestic affairs are carried on in lamp-light: but there is a great difference between the house and the lamp. O Arjuna, there exists fire in a latent form in wood; but the wood is not fire. The Self should also be viewed in this manner (i.e. as different from the body) (1121-1125). Just as there is a great difference between the sky and the clouds or between the sun and the mirage, it is so in the case of the Self and the body. Just as the sun illuminates singly the entire world, so the knower of the Field illumines all the Fields. Do not have any doubt about it. |
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