Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-2
Sankhya and Yoga
45. The Vedas have the three gunas as their subject; be above the three qualities, O Arjuna. Free from the pairs of opposites, be firmly established in purity, and not caring for gain and preservation, be possessed of the Self. Know for certain that the Vedas are pervaded by the three qualities. All the Upanishads and the like are endowed with the quality of goodness. Other religious texts are imbued with passion and darkness, as they speak of rites which lead to heaven, O Arjuna. Knowing that they only cause pleasure and pain, do not entertain them in your mind. Forsake this triad of qualities and give up the sense of ‘Me’ and ‘Mine’, and do not for a moment forget the bliss flowing from the self. 46. Whatever use a well has in a place flooded with water, that much use there is in the Vedas for an enlightened person. Though the Vedas speak of a variety of religious rites, we should accept only those that are conducive to our benefit (256-260). When the sun rises, many roads come in sight; but tell me, can a person take all of them? Or even if the earth is flooded with water, we take that much as will satisfy our thirst. So also the wise men reflect on the meaning of the Vedas and accept only the eternal truth. |
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