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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 260

म्हणोनि हे आवडे। तरी इंद्रिये दमिजेत गाढे। जेणे हे बुद्धि वाढे। स्थिर होय॥

"Therefore, if this is desired, the senses should be firmly controlled; whereby this intellect grows and becomes steady."

म्हणोनि Conjunction
Mhaṇoni
म्हणून
Therefore
इंद्रिये Noun
Indriye
ज्ञानेंद्रिये आणि कर्मेंद्रिये
Senses
दमिजेत Verb
Damijeta
दमन करावे किंवा ताबा मिळवावा
Should be controlled
गाढे Adverb
Gāḍhe
मजबूतपणे किंवा घट्ट
Firmly
बुद्धि Noun
Buddhi
प्रज्ञा किंवा समज
Intellect
स्थिर Adjective
Sthira
अढळ किंवा शांत
Steady

💡 Meaning

Therefore, if you desire a steady intellect, you must firmly control your senses. By doing so, your intellect will grow and become stable.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar emphasizes that for the intellect to become steady and grow in spiritual wisdom, one must strictly control the senses. Without mastering the senses, the mind remains scattered among worldly distractions. Only through disciplined restraint can one achieve the state of 'Sthitaprajna' (a person of steady wisdom). It is a call to action for seekers to prioritize internal discipline over external sensory gratification.

🎯 Practical Application

When trying to focus on a long-term goal, like a career or health, avoiding immediate distractions like junk food or excessive social media is a practical way to apply sense control to stabilize your mind.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains Lord Krishna's teaching on how controlling the senses leads to a stable and enlightened intellect.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 221

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥

जैसे जुने वस्त्र सांडिजे । मग नूतन वेढिजे । तैसे देहांतर स्वीकारिजे । चैतन्ये येणे ॥

"As a man casts off worn-out garments and puts on others that are new, so does the embodied soul cast off worn-out bodies and enter into others that are new."

जुने Adjective
June
जुने किंवा जीर्ण
Old or worn out
वस्त्र Noun
Vastra
कपडे
Clothes
सांडिजे Verb
Sandije
त्याग करणे किंवा सोडणे
To discard or leave
नूतन Adjective
Nutan
नवीन
New
वेढिजे Verb
Vedhije
परिधान करणे
To wear or wrap
देहांतर Noun
Dehantar
दुसरे शरीर धारण करणे
Change of body
चैतन्ये Noun
Chaitanye
आत्मा किंवा चैतन्यशक्ती
Pure Consciousness or Soul

💡 Meaning

Just as a person discards old clothes and puts on new ones, the soul discards the old body and accepts a new one.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar elaborates on the Bhagavad Gita's concept of the soul's journey. He compares the physical body to a garment. Just as a human being naturally discards old, tattered clothes to wear fresh ones, the Soul (Chaitanya) discards a worn-out physical form to inhabit a new one. This scholarly interpretation emphasizes that the essence of a being is independent of its physical vessel. Death is not an end but a transition, a change of 'costume' in the cosmic play of existence.

🎯 Practical Application

This teaching can be applied when dealing with grief. By understanding that only the physical form is lost while the spiritual essence continues its journey, one can find the strength to move forward in life.

📌 Context

Lord Krishna uses the analogy of changing clothes to explain the concept of transmigration of the soul to Arjuna.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 52

म्हणोनि कर्माचेनि आधारे। जे कर्मचि सांडणे निधारे। ते युक्ती येणे प्रकारे। विवंचिजे॥

"Therefore, by the support of action itself, the way to abandon the bondage of action is explained through this technique."

म्हणोनि Conjunction
Mhanoni
म्हणून
Therefore
कर्माचेनि Noun
Karmanche-ni
कर्माच्या
Of action
आधारे Noun
Adhare
आधाराने
With the support
सांडणे Verb
Sandane
त्याग करणे
To abandon
निधारे Adverb
Nidhare
निश्चयाने
Decisively
युक्ती Noun
Yukti
कला किंवा कौशल्य
Technique or skill
विवंचिजे Verb
Vivanchije
स्पष्ट करणे
To explain

💡 Meaning

Therefore, I shall now explain to you the technique by which one can decisively abandon the bondage of action while still performing it.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar emphasizes the 'skill in action'. He suggests that one doesn't need to run away from duties to achieve liberation. Instead, by using action itself as a tool and performing it without attachment or ego, one can transcend the cycle of cause and effect. This paradoxical technique of 'abandoning action through action' is the core of Karma Yoga.

🎯 Practical Application

In professional life, focus on the quality of your work rather than obsessing over the promotion or reward. By doing so, you perform the action but remain free from the stress of the outcome.

📌 Context

Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna the secret of performing actions without being bound by them.

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