How sweet is the curdling of liquid ghee.
So blissful is the seeker, when the hidden one reveals his form.
Dark is he, dark is the totally unknown and locked is the way to thoughts and words: the scriptures are silent, the Vedas do not utter a word.
Not so the revealed one.
How bright! How near!
Our thirst is quenched if only he appears, who is so dear to our heart. The ever perfect one, eternal bliss, being and thought - see, it is Govinda, source of ecstasy and rapture.
Strength, courage, honor, and exalted spirit - see, we witness our God sharing all this.
If I catch a glimpse of God, my eye-sight is restored.
I have escaped the net of life, the guilt of my senses is cancelled.
In the light of the lamp all hidden things are made apparent - so it is when I think of my God: the god from faraway is here!
Eknath was a scholar, fluent in Marathi, Sanskrit, Persian and Arabic. He wrote Bhavartha Ramayana, Rukmini Swayamvara, Eknathi Bhagavata and numerous abhangas and bharudas. Many incidents in his life, tell about how he fought against untouchability. He shocked the contemporary Brahmin community by such deeds. He faced their anger by holding a crying untouchable child in his arms, or serving food to untouchables instead of inviting Brahmins or giving Ganga-Jal to a dying donkey.
Eknath is known as a scholar of the Bhagvata Purana. The Jnaneshwari, which is available today, is the one amended amd edited by Sant Eknath.
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