Verse 10.1

Verse 10.1: The Exalted one Spake: “Yet again, listen, O Long-armed one, to my supreme word that, unto thee that dost find delight therein, I am going to speak in my desire for thy weal. (50)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

What I have set forth in my talk has indeed put to test the tether of thy wit which shows itself to be complete and entire. An earthen pot that does not leak with a few drops, is then made full with water. In that way, finding you fitted by the earlier talk to receive the knowledge of God, I am yearning to utter fully the entire truth. A newly levied servant, tried by temptations put in his way and found worthy of reliance, is then invested with the rank of the very treasurer. In that way, Oh Kiriti, you have now become the master of my true and final abode”. Thus spoke to Arjuna the supreme Lord of all, being moved by extreme love, like the clouds that swell towards the mountains.

The merciful Lord then said “Hear, you mighty-armed, hear, I repeat what I have already spoken. Sowing with untiring zeal, year after year, the same field that yields ever increasing crops, is no burden; or again, one would fain purify gold, which when heated over and over again gains lustre. Even so, Oh Partha, I love to dwell on the same great truths, rather for my self-satisfaction than for thy benefit. Herself—a stranger to the joy, the child beautified by ornaments is yet the cause of exultation in the mother: in the same way, the more surely thou art settled in the enjoyment of thy good, the greater is my joy in my realization. Enough of flowery talk. My love towards thee, that is unbounded, makes the attainment of satisfaction recede the further away from me, the more lavishly I speak to thee. For no other reason than this, I talk to thee about the same thing over and over again. So now, without further ado, do hear attentively my words on the mysterious truth. Do bear in mind my great word, which is truth absolute, made flesh to hold thee in love’s embrace.

Verily, Oh Kiriti, you do not yet know my real essence. Oh, what you see of my person in this body of flesh here and now is the very be-all of the universe.