Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 2.69 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 69 of the chapter called Samkhya-Yoga.
Verse 2.69
Verse 2.69: “What to all creatures is night, therein the self-controlling Sage bides awake; wherein the creatures keep wakeful, that is night to the Seer who has seen (the Supreme). (354)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
One who is ever awake to the state of the Supreme, towards which all other beings remain asleep, and who remains asleep (shuts his eyes) towards the sense-objects, for which all beings remain alert and struggle violently, is the only person who has escaped from the trouble and has become one of perfectly poised discernment and proves himself to be entirely a great Sage.