Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-15
The Supreme Person
In the same way, Shri Nivrittinatha has raised my ignorance to the level of knowledge. But by talking like this, only my affection for my master increases, but where can I get the wisdom to describe adequately the greatness of my Master? Through his grace, I shall now explain to you the meaning of the Gita and render service, O saints, at your feet. At the end of the fourteenth chapter, the Lord declared that only the man of knowledge attains liberation. Just as one who performs hundred sacrifices goes to heaven (26-30) or one who performs the religious duties prescribed for a Brahmin, in hundred births attains the status of god Brahma, or the sun’s light becomes available to a person who has sight, so the bliss of liberation is attained only by a man of knowledge. If one looks around to find such a person who is qualified to attain such knowledge, one comes across almost one such person. Only a person born with his feet foremost can see a treasure buried underground by putting collyrium in his eyes. In the same way, there is no doubt that liberation is attained through knowledge. But the mind must become pure to be able to retain this knowledge (31-35). The Lord has therefore, laid down, after careful consideration that knowledge can be retained only through indifference to worldly life. |
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