Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)

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

This is verse 9.28 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 28 of the chapter called Raja-vidya and Raja-guhya Yoga.

Verse 9.28:Thus wilt thou be free from the Karma-bonds which yield good as also evil fruits; and with thy soul attached to the (Path of) Renunciation (of fruits) no less than to that of (even-tempered) action, thou wilt, freed of bondage, come unto Me. (402)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

Then, like seed roasted in a fire-pot that cannot sprout any longer, all actions done in My name bear no fruit either good or evil in the way of holding the doer in bondage of their fruit. Oh, an action done ripens into fruits of pleasure and pain that must be experienced by the Soul in this bodily life. But once an action sacrificed at My feet and in My name, wipes out all trace of bodily (future) birth and death, with this disappear all worldly distress and troubles. Here, Oh Arjuna, I initiate you into the path of true and easy renunciation. In following it no time is to be lost. So you need not fall into the shackles of bodily life nor need you drown yourself in the sea of pleasures and pains; by following this easy and simple path merge yourself in My blessful eternal being.

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