Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 4.12 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 12 of the chapter called Brahma-yajna.
Verse 4.12
Verse 4.12: “Desiring that (their) actions bear fruit, they worship on earth the (minor) Divinities; for, in this world of men, there ensues quick fruition of actions. (71)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Out of diverse motives and objects in mind they worship, following prescribed procedure, their favourite deities, and they succeed in securing all they expect from them. But be sure of this, that it is all definitely the fruit of their actions. As a matter of fact the giver as also the taker in this action, are the actions themselves. Only actions bear fruit in this world. Whatever is sown in the land, is to be reaped as fruit, or whatever is held before the mirror is alone reflected in it; or whatever is uttered, sitting at the bottom—base—of a mountain is only reverberated. In that way although I am the basis of the faith of this worship of the diverse deities, yet the fruit secured is just according to the measure of desires of the seekers.