Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
Release
If one does not know which way to go, of what use are the legs to him (886-890)? Therefore, one must know by reference to the scripture, what duty is proper for him, according to his caste. If the treasure in the house is shown by the lamplight, what problem is there in securing it? In the same way, he performs his prescribed duties, that have fallen to his lot and have the sanction of the scriptures. He is then engrossed in the performance of these duties, giving up lassitude and renouncing the fruit of action. Just as water flowing in a stream does not go any other way, so his actions are in accordance with the scriptures (891-895). He who performs his prescribed actions acquires non-attachment, which is an entrance to emancipation. Then he does not get involved in either prescribed or prohibited actions and so is freed from mundane existence. Just as one does not wish to place his foot on a stock made of even sandalwood, so he does not pay attention, even out of fun, to motivated action. Then he dissolves the obligatory duties which he performs by the renunciation of their fruit and reaches the border of liberation. In this way, he is released from good or bad affairs of worldly existence and acquires non-attachment, which is the threshold of liberation (896-900). This nonattachment, is the boundary of his good fortune leading to liberation and is the culmination of all his labours, in the path of action. |
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