Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)

by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121

This is verse 4.38 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 38 of the chapter called Brahma-yajna.

Verse 4.38:For, there exists not here anything purifying that equals knowledge. That (knowledge), one who has attained perfection in Yoga, finds, in course of time, spontaneously within his (own) Self. (177)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

These are utter impossibilities, and do not even bear the light of reflective thought. Nothing is so holy and sacred as knowledge. Knowledge is the supreme good. What else can be on a par with it? No equal can exist by the side of spirit (sentience). If it be possible for the reflection to be as brilliant as the Sun himself, or if it be possible to hold in embrace the sky, or if it be possible to find a measure to balance the weight of the Earth, then only there could be found anything in the universe that could match with knowledge. When viewed from all sides and regarded again and again, the sublimity and holiness of knowledge are matched only by knowledge itself and nothing else. Just as the flavour of ambrosia can be compared only with ambrosia, in the same way knowledge can be compared only with knowledge. Now to say more is wasting time.” On this, Partha said to the Lord, “What you say is true.” But the Lord forestalled Arjuna in making clear what he wanted and said, “Now I tell you the only way by which knowledge can be unmistakably possessed, and you hear it attentively, O Kiriti.”

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