Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)

by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121

This is verse 1.41 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 41 of the chapter called Arjuna’s Dolour.

Verse 1.41: “Through being overcome by impiety, O Krishna (even) women of respected families become corrupt: (and) when women become corrupt, there ensues, O Scion of Vrishni’s race, the intermingling of castes (varnas). (246)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

“In such a state, common sense, reasonable conduct and duty, all naturally leave us far away. Snuffing out a lamp and moving out in the dark would naturally make one grope and fall down even on a plane level. In that way, on the extinction of the family, there perish also the families’ immemorial rites-and-customs. What else could be left behind except sin (when) the restraint over the mind and senses ceases and the women of respectable families become corrupt? The best and the worst get mingled; so also all the castes get intermingled; then (naturally) all castes and (prescribed) duties get entirely dislocated. Just as the crows from all directions flock together seeing a (rice) oblation placed in an open space, in the same way great sins enter into irreligious families.

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