Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 4.13 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 13 of the chapter called Brahma-yajna.
Verse 4.13
Verse 4.13: “By Me has been dispensed the duty of the fourfold (order of) castes according to the varying appointment of their constituents and functions. Of that, know Me to be the author, and the no-author, (as being) the Immutable. (77)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
The four castes namely Brahmins, etc. that exist, have all been created by me according to their classified qualities and actions. Due consideration has been given to the actions that have taken place through the support of the Primal nature (Prakrti) and the admixture of the Gunas (constituent-aspects). They are in their primary essence all of one and the same stuff; but they came to be classified into four castes by reason of their own qualities and actions, O Dhanurdhara, and consequently I am not the doer (author) of the four castes-institution.