Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 1.2-3 of the Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha-Dipika), the English translation of 13th-century Marathi commentary on the Bhagavad-Gita.—The Dnyaneshwari (Jnaneshwari) brings to light the deeper meaning of the Gita which represents the essence of the Vedic Religion. This is verse 2-3 of the chapter called Arjuna’s Dolour.
Verse 1.2-3
Verse 1.2: Samjaya Spake “Noticing the Pandava-host arrayed for battle, Duryodhana the King thereupon approached the Preceptor (Drona), and uttered this word:
Verse 1.3: “Behold, Preceptor, this mighty host of Pandu’s sons, drawn in battle-array by Drupada’s son—thy talented disciple, (88)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Samjaya then said “The Pandava Army has got so terribly excited that it looks like the mouth of the destroyer getting widened as at the time of the world dissolution. In that way the immensely massive army got suddenly astir just as the subtle venom gets out of control when gushing out: or just as the forest fire when fanned and spread—out by stormy winds seeketh to reach the very heights of the sky after absorbing dry the ocean water. In that way the Pandava Army ready with impregnable defence-arrangements looked formidable at that time. Duryodhana seeing this treated it with contempt in the way