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🕉️Sanskrit Subhashit

3 verses 📿 All Granths

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Dnyaneshwari Ch. 4, Verse 212

त्यक्त्वा कर्मफलासङ्गं नित्यतृप्तो निराश्रयः । कर्मण्यभिप्रवृत्तोऽपि नैव किञ्चित्करोति सः ॥

जेणें सांडिलें फळाचें आमिष । जो तृप्तीं जाहला संतोष । तो न करीच कांही विशेष । जरी कर्मांत असे ॥

"He who has cast away the lure of the fruit of action, and who is satisfied with contentment, does nothing at all, even though he is engaged in action."

जेणें Pronoun

Jene

ज्याने

By whom

सांडिलें Verb

Sandile

त्यागले किंवा सोडले

Abandoned or renounced

आमिष Noun

Amish

लोभ किंवा लालूच

Lure or bait

तृप्तीं Noun

Trupti

पूर्ण समाधानाने

With satisfaction

संतोष Noun

Santosh

आनंद

Contentment

विशेष Adjective

Vishesh

काही खास किंवा वेगळे

Anything specific

💡 Meaning

One who has abandoned the lure of results and is satisfied within themselves does nothing at all, even while engaged in action.

🔍 Deep Interpretation

In this verse, Dnyaneshwar Maharaj describes the characteristics of a liberated soul. One who has given up the 'bait' or craving for the results of their actions and remains perpetually satisfied in the bliss of the Self is truly free. Such a person does not depend on external objects for happiness. Even though they may be seen performing various duties in the world, because they lack the ego of being the 'doer', their actions do not bind them. Their activity is essentially 'non-action' (Akarma).

🎯 Practical Application

Focus on the process of your work rather than obsessing over the outcome. For example, a professional should focus on providing value through their work rather than just focusing on the promotion or salary.

📌 Context

Saint Dnyaneshwar explains the state of a person who has attained self-realization and acts without attachment to the results.

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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. 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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