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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 206

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः। कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः॥

म्हणौनि कर्मे तरी कीजती। परि तीं कर्मेंचि न होती। जैं फळाची आस सांडिती। पांडुकुमरा॥

"Therefore, actions are indeed performed; but they do not become (binding) actions, when the desire for the fruit is abandoned, O son of Pandu."

म्हणौनि Conjunction
Mhanoni
म्हणून
Therefore
कीजती Verb
Kijati
केली जातात
Are performed
आस Noun
Aas
आशा किंवा आसक्ती
Desire or attachment
सांडिती Verb
Sanditi
सोडतात किंवा त्याग करतात
Abandon or give up
पांडुकुमरा Noun
Pandukumara
पांडूचा पुत्र (अर्जुन)
Son of Pandu (Arjuna)
होती Verb
Hoti
होतात
Become

💡 Meaning

Therefore, actions are performed, but they do not become binding actions when the desire for the fruit is abandoned, O Arjuna.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains that the bondage of action (Karma) is not in the act itself, but in the desire for its fruit. When a seeker performs duties with a sense of detachment, the actions lose their binding nature and become 'non-action' (Akarma). This state allows one to remain free while being active in the world.

🎯 Practical Application

In daily life, focus on the process and quality of your work rather than obsessing over the reward. For example, a doctor treating a patient should focus on the cure rather than the fee.

📌 Context

Explaining how actions performed without desire do not bind the individual.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 6, Verse 5

उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् । आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ॥

जेथ आपणचि आपणया। सोडविजे धनंजया। तरीच आपणया। आपण सखा॥

"Where one liberates oneself by one's own self, O Dhananjaya, then only is one a friend to oneself."

आपणचि Pronoun
Apanachi
स्वतःच
oneself only
सोडविजे Verb
Sodavije
मुक्त करावे / सोडवावे
should liberate
धनंजया Noun
Dhananjaya
अर्जुनाचे एक नाव
Arjuna (conqueror of wealth)
सखा Noun
Sakha
मित्र
friend
आपणया Pronoun
Apanaya
स्वतःला
to oneself

💡 Meaning

One should uplift oneself by one's own efforts; for one is truly their own friend and their own enemy.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

Saint Dnyaneshwar emphasizes that liberation is a personal responsibility. One must use their own intellect and will to uplift themselves from the cycle of worldly suffering. When the mind is controlled and directed towards the higher self, one acts as their own benefactor. Conversely, an uncontrolled mind acts as one's greatest adversary.

🎯 Practical Application

In practical life, if you want to overcome a procrastination habit, no external force can help as much as your own willpower. Taking responsibility for your growth is being a friend to yourself.

📌 Context

Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna that the individual soul is its own friend or enemy based on self-effort.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 1, Verse 32

जेथूनि शब्दु माघौता फिरे । जेथ विचारु न पवे पुरे । जेथूनि मनही माघौते सरे । तें रूप तुझें ॥

"From where words return, where thought does not reach fully, from where even the mind retreats, that is your form."

जेथूनि Adverb
Jethuni
जिथून
From where
शब्दु Noun
Shabdu
शब्द / वाणी
Word / Speech
माघौता Adverb
Maghauta
मागे / परत
Backwards / Return
विचारु Noun
Vicharu
तर्क / विचार
Thought / Logic
पवे Verb
Pave
पोहोचतो
Reaches
सरे Verb
Sare
मागे सरकते
Recedes / Moves away

💡 Meaning

Your form is such that words return from it, thoughts cannot reach it fully, and even the mind retreats from it.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj highlights the transcendence of the Guru's true form. He explains that the ultimate reality or the Guru's essence is beyond the reach of human language, intellectual reasoning, and even the subtle mind. It is a state of pure consciousness that can only be experienced through silence and surrender, as the tools of human perception are insufficient to grasp its totality.

🎯 Practical Application

In daily life, we often try to over-analyze spiritual experiences. This verse teaches us that some truths are felt in silence rather than through logic. Example: When experiencing deep peace during meditation, instead of trying to define it, simply being in that state is the goal.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar praises the divine and indescribable form of his Guru, Shri Nivrittinath, at the beginning of the Dnyaneshwari.

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