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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 1, Verse 25

तिये सैन्ये दोन्ही थोर । जैसे कळांतकाळींचे सागर । कीं महाप्रळयींचे अंबर । उथळले ॥ २५ ॥

"Both those armies were so great, like the oceans at the end of time, or like the sky surging during the great dissolution."

सैन्ये Noun
Sainye
सेना/लष्कर
Armies
थोर Adjective
Thor
मोठी/विशाल
Great/Vast
कळांतकाळींचे Adjective
Kalantakaliche
प्रलयकाळातील
Of the end of time
सागर Noun
Sagar
समुद्र
Oceans
महाप्रळयींचे Adjective
Mahapralayiche
महाप्रलयाच्या वेळचे
Of the great dissolution
अंबर Noun
Ambar
आकाश
Sky
उथळले Verb
Uthalale
उचंबळले/उसळले
Overflowed/Surged

💡 Meaning

Both those armies were so vast that they appeared like two oceans surging at the end of time or like the sky collapsing during the great dissolution.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar uses powerful cosmic metaphors to describe the scale of the opposing armies. He compares them to the oceans at the end of an era (Kalantakal) or the sky collapsing during the great dissolution (Mahapralaya). This imagery conveys the immense power, noise, and destructive potential of the gathering forces, suggesting that the upcoming battle is not merely a human conflict but an event of universal significance.

🎯 Practical Application

When faced with overwhelming challenges that seem as vast as an ocean, one must acknowledge their magnitude but remain steady. Example: Facing a major career crisis and personal loss simultaneously requires the mental strength to stand firm against a 'surge' of difficulties.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar describes the overwhelming sight of the two massive armies gathered on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 332

जैसा नाविकाचां हातीं । नाव सांपडे महावातीं । मग ते न राहे निरुती । थडिये पावे ॥ ३३२ ॥

"Just as a boat in the hands of a sailor, if caught in a great storm, does not remain steady and reach the shore."

नाविकाचां Noun
nāvikācāṃ
नाविकच्या
of the sailor
सांपडे Verb
sāṃpaḍe
सापडते
gets caught
महावातीं Noun
mahāvātīṃ
मोठ्या वादळात
in a great storm
निरुती Adverb
nirutī
निश्चितपणे / स्थिर
certainly / steadily
थडिये Noun
thaḍiye
किनाऱ्याला
to the shore

💡 Meaning

Just as a boat caught in a great storm cannot be controlled by the sailor and fails to reach the shore, a mind following the senses loses its stability and direction.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar illustrates the danger of uncontrolled senses. He compares the human intellect to a boat and the senses to a violent storm. If the mind follows the wandering senses, it loses its direction, just as a boat caught in a gale cannot be controlled by the sailor and fails to reach the shore safely. The 'shore' represents spiritual liberation or mental peace. Without self-control, one's wisdom is swept away by the turbulent winds of sensory desires.

🎯 Practical Application

In daily life, if a student gets distracted by social media notifications while studying, their mind wanders away from their goal. To succeed, one must control the senses and keep the mind focused.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains how the mind, when following the senses, destroys wisdom, using the analogy of a boat in a storm.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 30

देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत । तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥

म्हणोनि हा सर्वथा । न मरे गा पंडुसुता । जरी संहारु होय भूतां । कल्पांतींही ॥ ३० ॥

"Therefore, this (soul) never dies, O son of Pandu, even if there is a destruction of all beings at the end of the world."

म्हणोनि Conjunction
Mhanoni
म्हणून
Therefore
सर्वथा Adverb
Sarvatha
कोणत्याही प्रकारे / पूर्णपणे
In every way / entirely
न मरे Verb
Na mare
मरत नाही
Does not die
पंडुसुता Noun
Pandusuta
पांडुपुत्रा (अर्जुना)
Son of Pandu (Arjuna)
संहारु Noun
Sanharu
विनाश / नाश
Destruction
भूतां Noun
Bhutan
प्राण्यांचा / जीवांचा
Of beings
कल्पांतींही Adverb
Kalpantihi
युगाच्या शेवटी सुद्धा
Even at the end of an eon

💡 Meaning

Therefore, O Arjuna, this soul is eternally immortal. Even if all beings are destroyed at the end of the world, the soul does not die.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

Saint Dnyaneshwar emphasizes that the soul residing in the body is eternally indestructible. Even if a cosmic dissolution (Kalpanta) occurs at the end of time, the soul remains untouched. This realization is meant to free Arjuna from the fear of death and the perceived sin of killing in battle, as the true essence of beings cannot be slain.

🎯 Practical Application

Understanding that the essence of a person is eternal helps us cope with the loss of loved ones and reduces the fear of our own mortality, allowing us to perform our duties without being paralyzed by grief.

📌 Context

Lord Krishna explains the eternal nature of the soul to Arjuna to alleviate his grief and hesitation to fight.

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