I honor the God and the Goddess,
the eternal parents of the universe.
The lover out of boundless love
takes the form of the beloved,
what beauty!
Both are made of the same nectar
and share the same food.
Out of Supreme Love
they swallow each other up,
But separate again
for the joy of being two.
They sit together
in the same place,
Both wearing a garment of light.
From the beginning of time
they have been together,
Reveling in their own Supreme Love.
They difference they created
to enjoy the world
Had one glimpse of their intimacy
And could not help
but merge back
into the bliss
found in their union.
Without the God
there is no Goddess,
And without the Goddess,
There is no God.
How sweet is their love!
the entire universe
is too small to contain them,
Yet they live happily
in the tiniest particle.
-Jnaneshwar, translated by Jonathan Star in the book Two Sun Rising – A collection of sacred writings
Saint Dnyneshwar
Jnaneshwar (also called Saint Dnyneshwar) was a 13th-century mystic who only lived to the age of 21. In that short time, he managed to attain nondual realization and author two great works: Dnyaneshwari (a commentary on the Bhagavad Gita) and Amrutanubhav.
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