Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 2.66 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 66 of the chapter called Samkhya-Yoga.
Verse 2.66
Verse 2.66: “Such (stable) discernment does not belong to one not practised in Yoga (sense-control); and to one not practised in Yoga there ensues also no at-one-ment (with the Supreme). There is no peace to one not reaching at-one-ment, and whence can there be bliss to one not having peace? (342)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
One who does not possess in his heart this strength of stable discerning faculty, gets entangled into the snares of the sense-objects. O Partha, he is neither steady in intellect nor is there ever created in his mind any keen desire for such. Since such keen desire for steadfastness never touches his mind, how could he, O Arjuna, expect to have any peace of mind? Where there is no attachment for peace of mind, there could hardly exist any remote touch of happiness even by mistake, just as there can never be salvation for a sinner. A man with no peace of mind can expect happiness only if it be possible for the burnt seed to germinate. It follows, therefore, that the unsteady mind is the root of all miseries and it is desirable to keep the senses in complete control.