Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-15
The Supreme Person
When the wind in the form of rajas quality subsides, then the stormy wind in the form of the tamas begins to blow forcibly. Then the foliage of wicked desires issues forth, from the branches in the form of the human order, giving rise to twigs of evil actions. Then rough branches in the form of immoral ways begin to grow, producing twigs and leaves in the form of heedlessness (161-165). Thereafter the branches in the form of precepts and prohibitions in the Rigveda, Yajurveda and Samaveda give rise to foliage at their tips. Then the branch puts forth a leaf, in the form of the scripture, which lays down black magic, causing great harm to others, on which thrives the creeper of desires. As the roots of the evil actions get strengthened, then the branches in the form of rebirths multiply fast. Thereafter the world-tree produces a big branch in the form of low castes, in which those who are lured by the evil actions become lax in the performance of their religious duties. Then many oblique branches issue forth, in the form of animals such as beasts, birds, pigs, tigers, scorpions and serpents (166-170). Thus fresh branches are produced, O Pandava, from every part of this world-tree and they bear fruits of hellish sufferings. The sensual pleasures also involve violence and they bear a branch in the form of evil actions. On its top grow similar sprouts, which give rise to branches such as trees, grass, iron, earth and stones and these branches too bear similar fruits. O Arjuna, bear in mind, that all branches from human beings to inanimate things have only a downward growth. |
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