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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

3 verses 📿 All Granths

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 15

तैसें सुख आणि दुःख । मानूनि जे सम्यक् । न घेती बाधु देख । द्वंद्वाचा जो ॥

तैसे सुख आणि दुःख । मानूनि जे सम्यक् । न घेती बाधु देख । द्वंद्वाचा जो ॥

"Similarly, he who treats pleasure and pain alike and is not affected by these dualities, is the one who remains steady."

तैसें Adverb

Taisē

त्याप्रमाणे

In that manner

सुख Noun

Sukha

आनंद

Happiness

दुःख Noun

Duḥkha

कष्ट किंवा वेदना

Sorrow or Pain

मानूनि Verb

Mānūni

मानून किंवा समजून

Considering

सम्यक् Adverb

Samyak

समान किंवा योग्य प्रकारे

Equally or properly

बाधु Noun

Bādhu

बाधा किंवा त्रास

Affliction or disturbance

द्वंद्वाचा Noun

Dvandvācā

जोडीचा (सुख-दुःख)

Of the dualities

💡 Meaning

One who treats pleasure and pain as equal and is not disturbed by these dualities is a truly wise person.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar emphasizes the importance of maintaining a balanced mind. He states that a person who treats both pleasure and pain as equal and does not let these dualities affect their inner peace is the one who truly understands the nature of reality. Such a person transcends the limitations of the physical world and becomes eligible for spiritual liberation (Moksha).

🎯 Practical Application

In daily life, practice staying calm during both success and failure. For example, if you win a competition, don't become arrogant; if you lose, don't become depressed. Maintain your focus on your duty.

📌 Context

Lord Krishna explains the concept of equanimity and how a person should remain unaffected by the dualities of the material world.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 377

म्हणोनि तो निरिच्छु । सर्वत्र पूर्णकाम साचू । जैसा न भरितांही सिंधु । अक्षोभितु ॥ ३७७ ॥

"Therefore, he is desireless, truly fulfilled in all respects; just as the ocean is unperturbed even without being filled."

निरिच्छु Adjective

Niricchu

कोणतीही इच्छा नसलेला

Desireless

पूर्णकाम Adjective

Purnakam

ज्याच्या सर्व इच्छा पूर्ण झाल्या आहेत असा

One whose desires are fulfilled

सिंधु Noun

Sindhu

समुद्र

Ocean

अक्षोभितु Adjective

Akshobhitu

शांत किंवा विचलित न होणारा

Unperturbed or calm

साचू Adverb

Sachu

खरोखर किंवा सत्य

Truly or in reality

💡 Meaning

Therefore, he is desireless and truly fulfilled in every way, just as the ocean remains unperturbed even without being filled by external sources.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar describes the inner fullness of a realized soul. Just as the ocean remains undisturbed and full regardless of whether rivers flow into it or not, a wise person remains desireless and content. Their sense of fulfillment comes from within (the Self) rather than from external objects or achievements. They are 'Purnakama'—one who has attained everything there is to attain because they have realized the infinite nature of the soul.

🎯 Practical Application

In daily life, practice emotional stability. For example, if you don't get a promotion or a reward you expected, try to maintain your inner peace like an ocean, knowing your worth isn't defined solely by external gains.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains the state of a person with steady wisdom (Sthitaprajna) using the metaphor of an ocean.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 5, Verse 60

जैसीं सरितांचीं ओघ । मिळणीं सांडिती वेग । मग होती एकार्णव जग । तैसे झाले ॥

"As the currents of rivers, on reaching the confluence, abandon their speed and become the ocean itself, so have they become."

सरितांचीं Noun

saritanchi

नद्यांचे

of rivers

ओघ Noun

ogh

प्रवाह

flow or stream

मिळणीं Noun

milani

संगमावर / मिळाल्यावर

upon merging

सांडिती Verb

sanditi

सोडतात / त्यागतात

abandon or leave

वेग Noun

veg

गती

speed or momentum

एकार्णव Adjective

ekarnav

समुद्राशी एकरूप

one with the ocean

💡 Meaning

Just as the flows of rivers lose their speed upon merging with the ocean and become one with it, so do the enlightened ones become one with the Divine.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar uses the metaphor of rivers merging into the ocean to describe the state of Advaita (non-duality). Just as rivers lose their individual names, forms, and momentum upon reaching the sea, a realized soul loses the sense of 'I' or ego. The boundary between the individual self and the Supreme Reality dissolves, leading to a state of pure consciousness where the seeker and the sought become one.

🎯 Practical Application

In daily life, this teaches us to drop our ego when working for a larger cause. For example, a musician loses their individual identity to become one with the melody, creating a masterpiece that transcends the self.

📌 Context

Dnyaneshwar Maharaj explains the state of liberation where the individual soul merges with the universal consciousness, losing its separate identity.

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