Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 17.17 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 17 of the chapter called Shraddha-traya-vibhaga-yoga.
Verse 17.17
Verse 17.17: “This three-fold austerity, when practised by men with high faith, with minds attuned, and without longing for the (resulting) fruit: that is pronounced to be Sattva-dominated. (240)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
The three kinds of austerities explained to you should be practised with complete faith, dropping all longing for the fruit. And when it is practised in a righteous and pure way and with full faith in theism, wise men call it a Sattva-dominated austerity.