Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)

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

This is verse 11.37 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 37 of the chapter called Vishvarupa-darshana-yoga.

Verse 11.37 “Wherefore should they not have proffered obeisance unto Thee, O Mighty Being, who art greater than even Brahmadeva, the Prime Creator? O Infinite Being, Supreme Deity that dwellest within the universe, Thou art the Imperishable, the Existent and the Non-existent and what is beyond them (both). (507)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

Oh Narayana, why indeed are these demons flinching from thy feet? Why have they betaken themselves to flight? But one need not ask Thee. We can know for certain that darkness cannot but be dispelled at sunrise. Thou art the very fount of all light, and at thine all-filling light, spread before our eyes, the evil-doers (the demons) are simply swept away like dust. What remained beyond our ken all these days, Oh Shri Rama, we have come to see in thine awful grandeur and glory. Thy divine Will gave birth to the Mahat-Brahman (Absolute Primeval Matter) which has in it the seeds of bringing forth whole cycles of universes and spreading out the creepers in the shape of creatures all round. Oh God, thou art the Supreme Essence unlimited and self existent. Thine attributes, Oh Lord, are unlimited and infinite. Oh God, Thou art the limitless and eternal Self-poised spirit, and the Supreme God of all Gods. Oh God, thou art the very fount of life in all the three worlds. Thou art the immutable, unceasing spring of eternal bliss. Thou art both the existent and nonexistent and what is beyond both.

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