Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-16
The Divine and Demoniacal Natures
12. Bound by hundred ties of hope, given wholly to passion and anger, they seek, for the sake of sensual gratification, to amass wealth by unlawful means. Just as the fish swallows without thought the hook for the sake of the bait, sexual desire makes them reckless. If they do not succeed in securing their objects of desire, they go on spinning futile hopes like the silkworm, who spins a web round itself. If their desire is thwarted, it turns into hatred and then they think that the human life has no other worthy end, than the fulfillment of desire and anger. Like a watchman who has to keep a watch during the day and do the patrolling by night, they do not get any rest (336-340). So these demoniacal beings roll down from the cliffs of (unfulfilled) desires and dash against the rocks of hatred, but in spite of this, their penchant for desire and wrath does not diminish. When they feel such intense longing for sense-enjoyments, how can they satisfy it without lucre? So they assail the world to secure wealth, sufficient for the satisfaction of their desires. They wait for an opportunity to catch a person single and then kill him, completely rob some one and hatch out a plot to ruin another. Just as a hunter goes to hunt on the mountain, equipped with snares, snacks, nets, dogs, falcons, pairs of tongs, spears etc. (341-345) and kill many creatures to earn their living, so they too perform evil deeds. Now hear with what gusto they acquire riches, by destroying the lives of other creatures. |
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