Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 4.36 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 36 of the chapter called Brahma-yajna.
Verse 4.36
Verse 4.36: “Wert thou even the sinfullest of all sinners, thou wouldst cross over all evil, just by the raft of wisdom. (171)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Were you even to be the sinfullest of all the sinners., or the very ocean of ignorance, or the very mountain of illusion, yet all these will be a trifle—so great is the power of that knowledge; such strength abides in that knowledge. For even so vast an error as the belief in the reality of the universe which is but a ray emanating from the Infinite Brahman, melts in the light of this knowledge; the washing of the impurities of the mind is then a bit of a trifle for Brahman to need special mention. This is a silly doubt. There is nothing else so big, so comprehensive in the world, as this knowledge.