Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 3.25 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 25 of the chapter called Karma-yoga.
Verse 3.25
Verse 3.25: “Just as, O Descendant of Bharata, the unwise act, with attachment to the action, even so the wise should act, (but) without attachment, with a view to achieve conservation of Society.";(169)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Just as one seeking the fruit of his actions performs his duties (Kannan) with a view to obtaining the fruit, in the same way, the disinterested man of vision, with no fruit-motive, should also lay stress on the performance of actions. This, I repeat, is necessary to preserve and protect the institution of society. One should act up to the ideals prescribed in the codes, and lead people to act similarly, and you should not give room to ordinary mortals to suspect that you are in any way different from the ordinary pattern.