Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-7
Wisdom and Knowledge
Know that those who have attained to wisdom, have become self-controlled yogis. When Lord Krishna was pouring out this discourse through the phial in the form of these words, Arjuna did not move forward to receive it with attention in the hollow of his palms joined together. His mind was still lingering over the words explaining Brahman (181-185), which were full of meaning like juicy fruits and which spread fragrance of devotion all around. These words of the Lord had entered his ears, carried by the cool breeze of grace. They seemed like ripe fruits fallen from a tree, fashioned as it were from Vedanta doctrines and coated with the sugar of bliss and dipped in the ocean of Brahman. Astonished by the purity and excellence of these words, Arjuna began to drink them with a fixed gaze. He became so happy that he mocked at heaven and his heart was filled with extreme joy (186-190). Enamoured by the external beauty of these words, Arjuna felt a craving for tasting their juicy substance. Therefore, he took these in the palm of inference and put them in his mouth in the form of experience. But the tongue of thought could not bolt them nor could the teeth of reason crack them, knowing this Arjuna would not touch them with his mouth. He said in astonishment, “Oh! these are like the glittering reflections of stars in water. |
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