Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 6.47 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 47 of the chapter called Dhyana-yoga.
Verse 6.47
Verse 6.47: “And amongst Yogins of all kinds, too, that one who, possessed of faith, adores Me, with his innermost self engrossed in Me: such an one is by Me deemed the best Yogin.” (482)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
Know ye, that he who is called a ‘Yogin’ is the very God of Gods, and my sole happiness—nay my very life. It is the constant experience that I am myself the triad viz. the object of devotion, the devotion and the devotee, in the path of devotion which abides in him. The affection subsisting between such a person and Myself is certainly indescribable in words, Oh husband of Subhadra; should there be any need of a simile for the affection arising out of absorption, a suitable one would be, that I am the body, while he is the soul in it.