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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 353

आणि सरितांचे ओघ समस्त । मिळोनि ठाकती समुद्रात । परि तो जैसा नित्य तृप्त । न चळे कोठे ॥

"And all the flows of rivers meet in the ocean, but the ocean remains ever-full and does not move from its state."

सरितांचे Noun

Saritanche

नद्यांचे

of rivers

ओघ Noun

Ogh

प्रवाह

flows

समस्त Adjective

Samasta

सर्व

all

ठाकती Verb

Thakati

स्थिरावतात किंवा मिळतात

stay or reach

नित्य Adverb

Nitya

नेहमी

always

तृप्त Adjective

Trupta

समाधानी

satisfied

चळे Verb

Chale

विचलित होणे

deviate or move

💡 Meaning

Just as all rivers flow into the ocean but the ocean remains steady and full, a wise person remains undisturbed by worldly desires.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar illustrates the state of a 'Sthitaprajna' (one with steady wisdom). Just as all rivers flow into the ocean, yet the ocean remains full and never exceeds its boundaries, a wise person remains unaffected by external desires or circumstances. Whether pleasures come or go, the inner peace of a realized soul remains undisturbed. The ocean doesn't grow larger when rivers join it, nor does it dry up when they don't; it is 'Nitya Trupta' (ever-content). This signifies that true wisdom brings an internal fulfillment that external events cannot shake.

🎯 Practical Application

Maintain inner stability regardless of external situations. For example, if you receive praise or criticism at work, stay focused on your duty without letting your ego or emotions take over, just like the ocean stays calm despite the influx of rivers.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains the stability of a realized soul (Sthitaprajna) using the metaphor of an ocean receiving river waters.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 211

कर्मण्यकर्म यः पश्येदकर्मणि च कर्म यः । स बुद्धिमान्मनुष्येषु स युक्तः कृत्स्नकर्मकृत् ॥

जेथ कर्मचि अकर्म होय । आणि अकर्मीं कर्मचि आहे । हे जयाचिये दिठी पाहे । तोचि पुरुषु ॥ २११ ॥

"Where action itself becomes inaction, and in inaction there is action; he who sees this with his vision, he alone is the realized man."

कर्मचि Noun

Karmachi

कर्मच

Action itself

अकर्म Noun

Akarma

कर्म नसणे किंवा निष्कामता

Inaction or selflessness

दिठी Noun

Dithi

दृष्टी किंवा नजर

Vision or insight

पाहे Verb

Pahe

पाहतो

Sees

पुरुषु Noun

Purushu

ज्ञानी मनुष्य

Wise person

💡 Meaning

He who sees inaction in action and action in inaction is the truly wise person.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj interprets the concept of seeing inaction in action. A realized soul understands that while the body and mind perform actions, the true self remains a non-doer. Conversely, physical stillness is not true inaction if the mind is agitated by desires. One who perceives this subtle truth is liberated from the bonds of Karma.

🎯 Practical Application

Practice mindfulness in daily tasks. For example, while cooking or working, focus entirely on the act without worrying about praise or results, thereby achieving 'inaction' within the 'action'.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains the paradoxical nature of action and inaction as taught by Lord Krishna.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 286

म्हणोनि तूं आतां । या सकळां इंद्रियां समस्तां । नियमु करूनि पांडुसुता । स्थिरु होई ॥

"Therefore, now, O son of Pandu, by controlling all these senses, become steady."

म्हणोनि Conjunction

Mhanoni

म्हणून

Therefore

सकळां Adjective

Sakalan

सर्व

All

इंद्रियां Noun

Indriyan

ज्ञानेंद्रिये व कर्मेंद्रिये

Senses

नियमु Noun

Niyamu

संयम किंवा नियंत्रण

Restraint or Control

पांडुसुता Noun

Pandusuta

पांडूचा पुत्र (अर्जुन)

Son of Pandu (Arjuna)

स्थिरु Adjective

Sthiru

अढळ किंवा शांत

Steady or Stable

💡 Meaning

Therefore, O Arjuna, now restrain all these senses and become steady in your wisdom.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar emphasizes that spiritual stability is impossible without mastery over the senses. He interprets Krishna's advice to Arjuna as a call to bring all sensory organs under the rule of the intellect. Just as a chariot is controlled by its driver through the reins, the human mind must be stabilized by restraining the senses from wandering toward worldly pleasures. Only then can one attain the unwavering state of enlightenment.

🎯 Practical Application

In modern life, practicing a 'digital detox' or focusing on a single task by ignoring social media notifications is a practical application of this teaching on sense control.

📌 Context

Lord Krishna explains the necessity of controlling the senses to achieve a state of steady wisdom (Sthitaprajna).

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