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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 3, Verse 96

म्हणोनि उचित जे कर्म । आणि विहित जे धर्म । तेचि आचरावे उत्तम । फळाशा सांडूनि ॥ ९६ ॥

"Therefore, perform the appropriate actions and the prescribed duties excellently, by renouncing the desire for fruits."

म्हणोनि Conjunction
Mhanoni
म्हणून
Therefore
उचित Adjective
Uchita
योग्य / उचित
Appropriate
विहित Adjective
Vihita
शास्त्राने सांगितलेले कर्तव्य
Prescribed duty
आचरावे Verb
Acharave
आचरण करावे / करावे
Should perform
उत्तम Adverb
Uttam
सर्वश्रेष्ठ रीतीने
Excellently
फळाशा Noun
Phalasha
फळाची अपेक्षा
Desire for results
सांडूनि Verb
Sanduni
त्याग करून / सोडून
Having abandoned

💡 Meaning

Therefore, perform your appropriate and prescribed duties with excellence, while renouncing the desire for the results.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj emphasizes the practice of 'Nishkama Karma'. He advises that one should perform their 'Vihita Karma' (prescribed duties) with the highest level of proficiency ('Uttam'). The spiritual secret lies in 'Phalasha Sanduni'—abandoning the craving for results. This approach ensures that the mind remains steady and the action becomes a form of worship, leading to spiritual liberation rather than worldly entanglement. It teaches that excellence in action is independent of the reward.

🎯 Practical Application

In professional life, an employee should focus entirely on the quality of their project and solving problems effectively, rather than being constantly anxious about the year-end bonus or promotion.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains the method of performing duties without attachment to the results, following the teachings of the Bhagavad Gita.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 222

म्हणोनि कर्मे तरी कीजती। परि तीं कर्तेपणा न येती। जैसा सूर्य न शिवे दीप्ती। प्रकाशुनी॥

"Therefore, actions are indeed performed, but they do not bring the sense of doership; just as the sun does not touch the radiance it spreads."

म्हणोनि Conjunction
Mhanoni
म्हणून
Therefore
कीजती Verb
Kijati
केली जातात
Are performed
कर्तेपणा Noun
Kartepana
कर्तेपणाचा भाव / अहंकार
Sense of doership
दीप्ती Noun
Deepti
प्रकाश / तेज
Radiance / Light
शिवे Verb
Shive
स्पर्श करणे / शिवणे
To touch / To affect

💡 Meaning

Therefore, actions are performed, but they do not result in a sense of doership. Just as the sun, while illuminating, is not touched by its own light.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj elucidates the concept of 'Akarma' (inaction in action). Even though a wise person is engaged in various activities, they remain untouched by the ego of being the 'doer'. He uses the sublime metaphor of the sun: the sun illuminates the entire world, yet it remains detached from the activities it enables. Similarly, a person established in self-knowledge performs duties for the welfare of the world without the burden of ego or desire for results, ensuring that the actions do not bind their soul.

🎯 Practical Application

Perform your professional duties with excellence but without letting the success or failure feed your ego. For example, a doctor treats a patient as a duty, without claiming to be the ultimate 'giver of life', remaining detached like the sun.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains how a realized soul performs actions without being bound by the ego of doership, using the analogy of the sun.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 156

दुःखेष्वनुद्विग्नमनाः सुखेषु विगतस्पृहः । वीतरागभयक्रोधः स्थितधीर्मुनिरुच्यते ॥

दुःखें न संतापें । सुखीं स्पृहा निक्षेपें । जो रागु द्वेषु न कोपें । सांडूनि गेला ॥

"He whose mind is not shaken by adversity, who does not hanker after happiness, and who is free from attachment, fear, and anger, is called a sage of steady wisdom."

दुःखें Noun
dukhen
दुःखाच्या वेळी
in sorrows
संतापें Verb
santapen
विचलित होणे किंवा त्रासणे
to be agitated
स्पृहा Noun
spruha
इच्छा किंवा ओढ
desire or longing
रागु Noun
ragu
आसक्ती किंवा प्रेम
attachment
सांडूनि Verb
sanduni
त्याग करून किंवा सोडून
having abandoned

💡 Meaning

One who is not disturbed by sorrows, has no longing for pleasures, and is free from attachment, fear, and anger is called a sage of steady mind.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar describes the mental state of a realized soul. A person of steady wisdom is one whose mind remains unperturbed by sorrows and who has no craving for pleasures. By transcending the three major obstacles of the mind—attachment (Raga), fear (Bhaya), and anger (Krodha)—the individual attains a state of constant equanimity and spiritual stability.

🎯 Practical Application

In professional life, maintaining a calm demeanor during a high-pressure project without getting frustrated, and staying humble after receiving a major award, exemplifies this teaching.

📌 Context

Shri Krishna explains the characteristics of a person with stable wisdom (Sthitaprajna) to Arjuna.

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