Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-14
The Three Qualities
26. And he who serves Me exclusively with Yoga of devotion, goes beyond these qualities and qualifies to become Brahman. He who is exclusively devoted to Me, can burn the gunas. I must now tell you what I am, how one should become devoted to Me and what are the characteristics of exclusive devotion. Just as a gem and its splendour, water and its liquidity, the sky and space, sugar and its sweetness are not different, or fire and its flame are the same or the petals make the lotus or the branches and fruits mean the tree (371-375), or just as cold and the vast sheets of snow constitutes the Himalaya mountains or coagulated milk becomes the curds, so what is known as the universe is Myself. It is not necessary to feel the phases of the moon to see them, or ghee remains the same in its frozen state, or the gold bangle remains gold even without melting it, or cloth, even without being torn, is yarn, or the earthen pot is clay without being broken into pieces, so it is not necessary to sublate the phenomenal world to know Me, but to know Me along with it (376-380). If this devotion is offered to Me, by making a distinction between Myself and the universe, it becomes wanton. So know Me by an unswerving mind that I am not distinct from the universe, O Partha. As a speck of gold affixed to a gold ornament does not become distinct from it, so think yourself to be not different from the universe. Just as the rays of the sun have the same splendour and are not distinct from it, so let this notion of unity be fixed in your mind. Just as there is no difference between the earth particles and earth or the snow particles and the Himalayas, so see the universe as abiding in Me (381385). |
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