Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 2.26 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 26 of the chapter called Samkhya-Yoga.
Verse 2.26
Verse 2.26: “And even wert thou to conceive him as constantly being born and as constantly dying, even so, O Longarmed, thou dost not do well to grieve. (152)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Or, even were you not to hold the soul to be indestructible but hold him to be destructible, still there is no reason for you, O Partha, to feel distressed. The waters of the Ganges always flow uninterruptedly. They flow at its source and even though they ultimately join the sea they continue flowing all through its course. So (the three conditions) the beginning, the continuance, and the decay, go on eternally and are, know Ye Partha, entirely inevitable to all the beings. This state of things (exists) from time immemorial and therefore you should not in vain lament for it. Or if this reasoning does not appeal to you, know Ye then that all beings are subject to birth and death. The birth and death being inevitable, there is no reason for you to feel distressed.