Jnaneshwari (Bhavartha Dipika)
by Ramchandra Keshav Bhagwat | 1954 | 284,137 words | ISBN-10: 8185208123 | ISBN-13: 9788185208121
This is verse 18.34 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 34 of the chapter called Moksha-sannyasa-yoga.
Verse 18.34
Verse 18.34: “But that, O Arjuna whereby one holds to the (three-fold objectives of) Dharma (duty), Sense-gratification and Wealthbeing addicted to their fruits and yearning for them: that tenacity, O Son of Pritha, is Rajas-dominated. (745)
Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:
(The Lord further said), “The being assuming body-form abides in the enjoyment of the three (viz. Dharma (duty), Wealth, and Sensegratification) in both the houses viz. in this as also in the other world (Heaven). He carries on business transactions on the ship in the form of Dharma, Wealth and Sense-gratification, on the sea in the form of fancies and ideas, and further he undergoes the trouble of increasing fourfold the invested capital in the form of actions. That tenacity on the strength of which he does all these affairs is, you take it, the Rajas (dominated) tenacity. Now, I explain to you the third viz. the Tamas (dominated) tenacity.