Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)

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

This is verse 4.39 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 39 of the chapter called Brahma-yajna.

Verse 4.39:One imbued with faith wins that knowledge if, having controlled his sense-centres, he is intently after it. Having obtained the knowledge, he, in no long time, attains the Peace Supreme. (186)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

One who has tasted self-bliss and consequently feels aversion for objects of senses; one in whose soul’s reckonings, the sense objects have no value; one who does not bespeak his desires to his own mind: one who does not fall into error about illusive things and who abides in the happy enjoyment of his complete faith—such a one is sought after by that Eternal Knowledge, which confers infinite endless Bliss. Once that knowledge is settled in the heart, and sprouts into Blissful joy it spreads out the vision of the Self. When this happens he sees joy and Bljss in whatever direction he looks to, and then drops all notions of separate things such as Self or not Self. In this way the ever-extending sprouts of the seed of knowledge are beyond description, and suffice this for the present.

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