←
Thursday, 15 May 2025
Today →

🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

3 verses 📿 All Granths
✍️
Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 138

यथैधांसि समिद्धोऽग्निर्भस्मसात्कुरुतेऽर्जुन । ज्ञानाग्निः सर्वकर्माणि भस्मसात्कुरुते तथा ॥

जैसा प्रदीप्तु हुताशनु । काष्ठे करी इंधनू । तैसा ज्ञानाग्नि हा गहनु । कर्मातें जाळी ॥

"As a well-kindled fire reduces wood to ashes, O Arjuna, so does the fire of knowledge reduce all karma to ashes."

प्रदीप्तु Adjective
Pradiptu
चांगल्या प्रकारे पेटलेला
well-kindled or blazing
हुताशनु Noun
Hutashanu
अग्नी
fire
काष्ठे Noun
Kashthe
लाकूड
wood or logs
इंधनू Noun
Indhanu
जळण
fuel
गहनु Adjective
Gahanu
सखोल किंवा प्रचंड
deep or profound
कर्मातें Noun
Karmate
कर्मांना
to the actions
जाळी Verb
Jali
जाळून टाकतो
burns

💡 Meaning

Just as a blazing fire turns wood into fuel and reduces it to ashes, similarly, the profound fire of knowledge burns away all karmic bonds.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

Saint Dnyaneshwar illustrates that just as a blazing fire consumes wood and turns it into fuel for its own growth, eventually reducing it to ashes, the fire of self-realization (Jnana) destroys the bondage of all actions. When a person attains true wisdom, the ego and the sense of 'doership' are annihilated, meaning the karmic consequences no longer bind the soul.

🎯 Practical Application

To eliminate the burden of past mistakes or ignorance, one must seek the light of knowledge. For example, the fear of a difficult task vanishes once you gain the proper knowledge and skills to perform it.

📌 Context

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar explains the transformative power of spiritual knowledge using the metaphor of fire.

संत ज्ञानेश्वर (Saint Dnyaneshwar)
👤 View Profile
✍️
Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 371

तस्माद्यस्य महाबाहो निगृहीतानि सर्वशः । इन्द्रियाणीन्द्रियार्थेभ्यस्तस्य प्रज्ञा प्रतिष्ठिता ॥

म्हणोनि इंद्रियांचा निग्रहो । जयासी जाहला असे पहा हो । तयाचेचि ठायीं स्थिर राहो । प्रज्ञा माझी ॥

"Therefore, O mighty-armed Arjuna, his wisdom is steady whose senses are completely restrained from their objects."

म्हणोनि Adverb
Mhanoni
म्हणून
therefore
इंद्रियांचा Noun
Indriyancha
इंद्रियांचा
of the senses
निग्रहो Noun
Nigraho
संयम किंवा ताबा
restraint or control
जयासी Pronoun
Jayasi
ज्याला
to whom
स्थिर Adjective
Sthir
अढळ
steady
प्रज्ञा Noun
Pradnya
बुद्धी
wisdom

💡 Meaning

Therefore, one who has completely restrained their senses from their objects possesses steady wisdom.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar emphasizes that true spiritual stability is achieved only when one masters their senses. Just as a tortoise withdraws its limbs into its shell for protection, a wise person withdraws their senses from worldly objects to prevent the mind from wandering. This internal discipline is the foundation of 'Sthitaprajna' (a person of steady wisdom). Without controlling the senses, the intellect remains scattered and cannot realize the ultimate truth.

🎯 Practical Application

In modern life, practicing digital detox or resisting the urge to react impulsively to criticism are practical ways to apply sense control for mental peace.

📌 Context

Lord Krishna explains to Arjuna that a person whose senses are under control is the one with stable wisdom.

संत ज्ञानेश्वर (Saint Dnyaneshwar)
👤 View Profile
✍️
Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 226

म्हणोनि कर्माचिया स्थिती । कर्माकर्मे न बाधती । जेथ अर्जुना हे प्रतीति । आरूढली ॥ २२६ ॥

"Therefore, in the state of action, one is not bound by karma or akarma, where, O Arjuna, this realization has been established."

म्हणोनि Conjunction
Mhaṇoni
म्हणून
Therefore
कर्माचिया Noun
Karmāciyā
कर्माच्या
Of actions
बाधती Verb
Bādhatī
बाधणे किंवा अडथळा निर्माण करणे
To bind or obstruct
प्रतीति Noun
Pratīti
अनुभव किंवा साक्षात्कार
Realization or experience
आरूढली Verb
Ārūḍhalī
स्थिर झाली किंवा प्राप्त झाली
Established or attained

💡 Meaning

Therefore, Arjuna, for one in whom this realization has been established, the various states of action and inaction do not cause any bondage.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj emphasizes that once a seeker attains the realization of the Self (Atman), the dualities of action (Karma) and inaction (Akarma) no longer create bondage. The realization that the true Self is a non-doer (Akarta) allows the individual to engage in worldly activities without being entangled in the cycle of cause and effect. Just as light is not affected by the objects it illuminates, the enlightened soul is not affected by the actions performed by the body.

🎯 Practical Application

In professional life, focus on performing your duties with excellence but without the ego of being the 'sole doer'. This mindset helps in maintaining equanimity during both success and failure.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains how a self-realized person remains untouched by the consequences of their actions.

संत ज्ञानेश्वर (Saint Dnyaneshwar)
👤 View Profile