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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 174

म्हणोनि कर्माकर्मविविंचनीं । जे भुलले आहाती सयाणीं । तेथ डोळसपण विचक्षणीं । न चलेचि गा ॥

"Therefore, in the analysis of what is action and what is inaction, even the wise have been deluded; in that matter, the vision of the discerning fails to work."

कर्माकर्मविविंचनीं Noun
karmākarmaviviñcanīṃ
कर्म आणि अकर्म यांच्या निवडीत
in the discrimination of action and inaction
भुलले Verb
bhulale
गोंधळले किंवा चुकले
deluded or confused
सयाणीं Noun
sayāṇīṃ
शहाणे किंवा विद्वान लोक
wise or learned people
डोळसपण Noun
ḍōḷasapaṇa
दृष्टी किंवा समज
insight or vision
विचक्षणीं Adjective
vicakṣaṇīṃ
सूक्ष्म विचार करणाऱ्यांमध्ये
among the discerning

💡 Meaning

Therefore, in the discrimination between action and inaction, even the wise are deluded; there, the insight of the discerning does not prevail.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj elaborates on the profound difficulty of distinguishing between 'Karma' (action) and 'Akarma' (inaction). He states that even the most intelligent and wise individuals find themselves deluded when trying to analyze these concepts. The mechanics of action are so deep and subtle that mere intellectual prowess or logical reasoning is insufficient to grasp the ultimate truth of how actions bind or free a soul.

🎯 Practical Application

In professional life, deciding between taking an initiative (action) or remaining silent (inaction) can be tricky. For example, a leader must realize that sometimes 'not acting' is a more powerful 'action' than interfering. This requires wisdom beyond simple logic.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains the complexity of understanding the true nature of action and inaction as per Lord Krishna's teachings.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 2, Verse 221

वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि । तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णान्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ॥

जैसे जुने वस्त्र सांडिजे । मग नूतन वेढिजे । तैसे देहांतर स्वीकारिजे । चैतन्ये येणे ॥

"As a man casts off worn-out garments and puts on others that are new, so does the embodied soul cast off worn-out bodies and enter into others that are new."

जुने Adjective
June
जुने किंवा जीर्ण
Old or worn out
वस्त्र Noun
Vastra
कपडे
Clothes
सांडिजे Verb
Sandije
त्याग करणे किंवा सोडणे
To discard or leave
नूतन Adjective
Nutan
नवीन
New
वेढिजे Verb
Vedhije
परिधान करणे
To wear or wrap
देहांतर Noun
Dehantar
दुसरे शरीर धारण करणे
Change of body
चैतन्ये Noun
Chaitanye
आत्मा किंवा चैतन्यशक्ती
Pure Consciousness or Soul

💡 Meaning

Just as a person discards old clothes and puts on new ones, the soul discards the old body and accepts a new one.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Saint Dnyaneshwar elaborates on the Bhagavad Gita's concept of the soul's journey. He compares the physical body to a garment. Just as a human being naturally discards old, tattered clothes to wear fresh ones, the Soul (Chaitanya) discards a worn-out physical form to inhabit a new one. This scholarly interpretation emphasizes that the essence of a being is independent of its physical vessel. Death is not an end but a transition, a change of 'costume' in the cosmic play of existence.

🎯 Practical Application

This teaching can be applied when dealing with grief. By understanding that only the physical form is lost while the spiritual essence continues its journey, one can find the strength to move forward in life.

📌 Context

Lord Krishna uses the analogy of changing clothes to explain the concept of transmigration of the soul to Arjuna.

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 143

म्हणौनि कर्मे तरी कीजती। परि तीं कर्मेंचि न होती। जैं बुद्धीची व्याप्ती। आत्मरूपीं मिळे॥

"Therefore, actions are performed, but they do not become (binding) karma, when the pervasiveness of the intellect merges into the Self."

म्हणौनि Conjunction
Mhaṇouni
म्हणून
Therefore
कीजती Verb
Kījatī
केली जातात
Are performed
व्याप्ती Noun
Vyāptī
विस्तार किंवा बुद्धीचा कल
Pervasiveness or scope
आत्मरूपीं Noun
Ātmarūpīṃ
आत्मस्वरूपात
In the form of Self
मिळे Verb
Miḷē
एकरूप होते
Merges

💡 Meaning

When the intellect's pervasiveness merges into the Self, actions are indeed performed, but they do not become binding karma.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj explains that for a person whose intellect has merged into the Self, actions lose their binding nature. Even though the physical body continues to perform duties, the absence of the 'doer' ego ensures that these actions do not create new karmic seeds. It is the identification of the intellect with the Self that transforms binding karma into non-binding action.

🎯 Practical Application

In daily life, if you perform your duties without the ego of being the 'doer', you remain free from stress and the anxiety of results. For example, helping someone without expecting anything in return.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains the state of a liberated soul who performs actions without attachment.

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