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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 3, Verse 136

म्हणोनि उचित जे कर्म । आणि आचरावे सधर्म । हेचि परम पुरुषार्थधाम । पाविजे येणें ॥ १३६ ॥

"Therefore, perform the appropriate actions and follow your own duty; for by this, the supreme goal of life is attained."

म्हणोनि Adverb
Mhanoni
म्हणून
Therefore
उचित Adjective
Uchita
योग्य किंवा विहित
Appropriate or prescribed
आचरावे Verb
Aacharave
आचरण करावे किंवा पाळावे
Should practice or perform
सधर्म Noun
Sadharma
स्वधर्म किंवा स्वतःचे कर्तव्य
One's own duty or righteousness
पुरुषार्थधाम Noun
Purusharthadhama
परम ध्येयाचे किंवा मोक्षाचे स्थान
The abode of the ultimate human goal
पाविजे Verb
Pavije
प्राप्त होते
Is attained

💡 Meaning

Therefore, perform the actions that are appropriate and consistent with your duty. Through this path alone, one reaches the supreme abode of the ultimate goal of life.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains that one should perform actions that are appropriate and aligned with one's inherent duty. By practicing 'Swadharma' (one's own righteous path), an individual does not get entangled in the world but instead reaches the 'Purusharthadhama'—the supreme goal of human existence, which is liberation. It suggests that excellence in one's duty is the highest form of worship.

🎯 Practical Application

In professional life, focus on the quality of your work as a responsibility rather than just a means to an end. For example, a teacher who teaches with the primary goal of enlightening students, rather than just earning a salary, finds true fulfillment and success.

📌 Context

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar emphasizes the importance of performing one's natural duty (Swadharma) as the path to liberation.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 21

निराशीर्यतचित्तात्मा त्यक्तसर्वपरिग्रहः । शारीरं केवलं कर्म कुर्वन्नाप्नोति किल्बिषम् ॥

जयाचिये अंतःकरणीं । आशा नाहीं कोणे गुणीं । जो नियतचित्तु होऊनि । वर्तत असे ॥

"One who is free from expectations, with mind and self controlled, having abandoned all possessiveness, performing action only for the body, incurs no sin."

निराशी Adjective
Nirashi
आशा नसलेला
Free from expectations
यतचित्तात्मा Noun
Yatachittatma
ज्याचे चित्त संयमित आहे
One with controlled mind
परिग्रह Noun
Parigraha
साठा किंवा मालकी
Possessions or ownership
किल्बिषम् Noun
Kilbisham
पाप किंवा दोष
Sin or fault
शारीरं Adjective
Shariram
शरीरापुरते
Bodily

💡 Meaning

One who is free from expectations, has controlled their mind and self, and has abandoned all sense of possession, incurs no sin even while performing bodily actions.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

Saint Dnyaneshwar elucidates that a person who has renounced all desires and mastered their internal faculties performs actions solely for the maintenance of the physical body. Since such an individual is devoid of the egoistic sense of 'doership' and has no attachment to the results, their actions do not generate any karmic reactions or sins. This state of being is called 'Akarma' within 'Karma'.

🎯 Practical Application

In professional life, focus on the quality of your work rather than obsessing over the promotion or reward. For example, a doctor treating a patient should focus on the treatment itself rather than the fame it might bring.

📌 Context

Lord Krishna explains the state of a person who has attained spiritual wisdom and performs actions without attachment.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 125

तरी कर्माचेनि आधारें । कर्मचि सांडिजे निधारें । जैसें नावेचेनि संचारे । पैलतीर पाविजे ॥

"By the support of action, action itself is transcended; just as by the movement of a boat, the other shore is reached."

कर्माचेनि Noun
karmāceni
कर्माच्या
of action
आधारें Noun
ādhārēṃ
आधाराने
with the support
सांडिजे Verb
sāṃḍije
सोडावे
should be abandoned
निधारें Adverb
nidhārēṃ
निश्चयाने
certainly
नावेचेनि Noun
nāvēceni
नावेच्या
by the boat
पैलतीर Noun
pailatīra
पलीकडचा काठ
the other shore

💡 Meaning

Just as one reaches the other bank of a river using a boat and then leaves the boat, one should use the support of actions to eventually transcend the bondage of actions.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

Dnyaneshwar Maharaj uses the metaphor of a boat to explain the philosophy of action. To reach the other side of a river, a boat is indispensable. However, once you reach the shore, you do not carry the boat on your head; you leave it behind. Similarly, to attain liberation, one must perform their duties (Karma). By performing these duties without attachment to the results, the bondage of Karma is destroyed by the very act of performing it correctly.

🎯 Practical Application

In professional life, focus entirely on the quality of your work rather than the promotion or bonus. When you work with total dedication and without anxiety about the outcome, the work itself becomes a path to mental peace and excellence.

📌 Context

Shri Krishna explains to Arjuna how selfless action leads to the state of actionlessness.

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