Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 11.53 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 53 of the chapter called Vishvarupa-darshana-yoga.
Verse 11.53
Verse 11.53: “Not by (reciting) Vedas, not by askesis, not by alms-givings, nor also by worship am I capable of being beheld the way thou hast beholden Me. (682)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
O Thou great warrior, thus utterly futile are all means of finding a pathvay leading here. So, even the Vedas, with their sixfold lores, turn their back upon this great vision in despair. Even the hosts of austere penances are maimed in walking the path to my Omnipresent Divinity. To charities too, that Divinity is a sealed book; nor do the sacrificial works unravel that mysterious all-filling vision, on which your eyes have so sumptuously feasted. There is one pathvay that leads to that vision unfailingly, you hear my words. It is the path that opens up where mind and soul are enwrapped in devotional love.