Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 2.34 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 34 of the chapter called Samkhya-Yoga.
Verse 2.34
Verse 2.34: “The creatures, moreover, will recount thy undying infamy; and, for those that have been honoured, infamy outweighs death. (201)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Therefore were you to forsake your own duty it would be sinful conduct and you will not escape for all time the stigma of ill-fame. The wise should live only so long as there is not a whit of clinging to one’s name. If so, just say how you will back out of this war now. You will no doubt return from here without the least malice, and with a heart full of pity but the Kauravas would never, O Partha, believe in it. They will surround you from all directions and will shower arrows after arrows on you. Your pitiful heart, O Partha, will not come to your rescue. Further, even if you manage to escape from this deadly peril to your life, still such life would be worse than death.