Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)

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

This is verse 10.10 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 10 of the chapter called Vibhuti-yoga.

Verse 10.10:In such persons of constant application who adore Me in lovingness, I cause to arise that mental-absorption by virtue of which they come unto Me. (130)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

Then, Oh Arjuna, of whatever gifts I should bestow on them, the choicest one of picked quality, is already theirs. Both heavenly paradise and final liberation are seen to dwindle into two by-ways that stray from the royal high road they have chosen to tread. Therefore, the (devotional) love they have borne to Me is a debt that I must repay by My love for them; but this too they have, at their bidding. Hence, hereafter, to make that bliss of love grow on end, and to save it from all-devouring time, is all that needs to be done by Me. Just as a mother, Oh Kiriti, wrapped up in her pet child at play, and covering it with her loving gaze, runs at the child’s bidding, to amuse it with whatever toys it asks for; in that way it is My pleasure to upbear the glorious path of devotion and to make it glow with lustre. It is then My labour of love to bedeck the path of devotion; so shall My devotees come to Me with ease. Oh, my devotees love me, and so am I all-absorbed in My loving concern for them. For, a devotee in distress rends my own home in two. Behold, how the two well-trodden paths of heavenly paradise and liberation comfort the ordinary worshipper that may claim in the end, even My person with Lakshmi; that Supreme bliss of soul’s self-vision is set apart for My devotees. So dearly I love them and unite these loving devotees, Oh Kiriti, to My true Being. This love is, however, beyond the power of utterance.

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