Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-15
The Supreme Person
Then the creeper in the form of the body, produces foliage in the form of skin, from which springs the sprout of touch, giving rise to novel kinds of passions in profusion. Then is produced the foliage of form, with sprouts in the form of eyes to view with, giving rise to infatuation. This is followed by foliage in the form of taste, giving rise to numerous desires for the tongue. Similarly, there comes a sprout of smell, intensifying the desires of the organ of smell and giving rise to fondness. In this way, the eightfold Prakriti consisting of mahat, egoism, intellect, mind and the five gross elements makes this world-tree to shoot up rapidly (101-105). But just as when the mother-of-pearl appears as silver, the silver takes on the same form as the mother-of-pearl, or the expanse of the waves is proportionate to the wide surface of the sea, so the Brahman itself becomes the tree in the form of mundane existence arising from ignorance. Just as a person, though single, becomes his retinue in the dream, so this entire universe is the growth and expanse of the Supreme Self. In this way, this curious tree grows and produces shoots in the form of mahat and other principles. I shall now tell you, why people call this tree Ashvattha (106-110). |
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