Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 4.16 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 16 of the chapter called Brahma-yajna.
Verse 4.16
Verse 4.16: “Wherein lies action, wherein no-action: even the sages are, as to this, confused. That action will I expound unto thee, by knowing which thou wilt be delivered from un weal. (85)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Even the wise get confounded and embarrassed over this question of what is action and what are the features of inaction. Just as a counterfeit coin looks like a genuine one, and makes a person the victim of erroneous perception of the eyes, in the same way, the actions even of such powerful persons as can rival creator in shaping a new world, have also been proved “motived” actions, falsely imagined to be otherwise, thus involving the doers in the meshes of actions. What of fools then? Even far-sighted ones have been deceived in regard to this question. Therefore, I shall tell you about the subject more clearly.