Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-15
The Supreme Person
18. Since I transcend the perishable and am also superior to the imperishable (Self), therefore, I am, in the world and the Veda, renowned as the Supreme Person. O winner of wealth, I am that Self free from limiting conditions, who illumines Himself and is free from duality. Since, I am single and alone, superior to the perishable and imperishable purusha, the World and the Vedas proclaim Me as the Supreme Person. 19. He, who knows Me thus as the Supreme Person, knows all and worships Me with his whole heart, O Bharata. O Arjuna, the sun of knowledge dawns upon him, who knows Me as the Supreme Person. Just as the dream disappears after one wakes up, so with the dawn of knowledge the whole world appears to him as senseless (556-560). When one takes the wreath in his hand, he gets rid of the false imputation of a snake upon it, so when he attains to My knowledge, he is not deceived by the false appearance of the world. He who knows that the ornament is really gold, knows that the ornament is only a false imputation on gold. Therefore, when he comes to know My real nature, he becomes free from all notions of distinctions. Then he knows, that I am the self-evident Existence-Consciousness-Bliss, pervading everywhere and does not entertain the idea that he is different from Me. To say that he knows all, does not do him full justice, because the notion of duality does not exist in him. So he alone is fit for my devotion, as the sky is fit to hug itself (561-565). Just as the Ocean of Milk should be given the feast of milk or a thing which becomes like nectar should be mixed with nectar, or as when pure gold is mixed with pure gold, the mixture also becomes pure, so when a person becomes one with Me, he offers Me true devotion. If the river Ganga were entirely different from the sea, how could it have joined the sea? So there is mutual connection between unity with Me and devotion for Me. Just as the waves of the sea are not different from it, so there is no duality between Me and My devotee. Just as the sun and his splendour are intimately related, so is the relation between Me and My devotee (566-570). |
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