Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 2.29 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 29 of the chapter called Samkhya-Yoga.
Verse 2.29
Verse 2.29: “Rarely does some-one perceive him; rarely like-wise does another discourse on him; and rarely does anyone hear of him: and, even after hearing, not one (we can almost say) has knowledge of him. (172)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Viewing that (Supreme Power) Brahman, several attained peace of mind having renounced all worldly possessions; some, while singing (His) praise, got converted in mind and became completely absorbed permanently: others hearing his praise became peaceful (in mind), forgot their own bodily existence and getting experience of the soul, were absorbed in the All. Just as all rivers flow into the sea, none flowing back because they could not be contained, in the same way the great Yogins become of one spirit when their minds reach the Supreme Power, Brahman, and then on the strength of their spiritual power they rid themselves of re-birth.