Shri Jnaneshwar, the well-known saint of Maharashtra, was not only arealised soul but a gifted poet. At a very early age, he wrote hismasterpiece, the Jnaneshwari, a commentary on the Gita in Marathi inexquisite poetry. He has explained the Gita not by recourse to rationalarguments but by the profuse use of similes, metaphors and illustrations.Initiated into the Natha Sampradaya by his elder brother Nivrittinatha,disciple of Gahininatha, he assimilated, in his later life, the non-dual jnanaof Vedanta and the pure bhakti of the Bhagawata Dharma. In hisJnaneshwari, he calls the Gita the literary image of Lord Krishna. Indeedone can say that his Jnaneshwari is the literary image of his knowledgeand experience.Like Sri Shankaracharya, he was an advaita-vadin, a non-duellist. Heexplains verse IX. 12 of the Gita as follows:"The Lord says, although I am formless, without limiting conditions,inactive, beyond the qualities, changeless and all-pervasive, ignorantpeople ascribe to Me form, limitations, actions, qualities, and a definiteplace. Although I am - unmanifest. desireless and devoid of action andenjoyment, they think of Me as manifest, full of desires, agent and enjoyer.They impute to Me hands and feet, eyes and ears, caste and family,although I do not possess them. Even though I am self-existent, theymake idols of Me and instal them with proper rites of consecration, andthough I am all-pervading, they invite Me with an innovation and bidfarewell to Me with an immersion. They worship an idol as a form ofdivinity and later throw away the broken idol as worthless. They thusimpute to Me human attributes."Sri Jnaneshwar says that true knowledge consists in knowing God in thenon-dual form and that devotion should culminate in Advaita bhakti. Thedevotee should realise God as all-pervasive; and wherever he casts hiseyes, he should see God therein. This shows that Sri Jnaneshwar hadbecome a Jnani-Bhakta of the highest order as described in the Gita(Verse.VII. 17).Although he was born in a village, Alandi, about 20 Kms. from Pune, he isworshipped all over Maharashtra as Mauli (Mother) by a large number ofdevotees. The members of the Warkari Sampradaya have kept the lampof devotion burning in Maharashtra. Shree Jnaneshwar says that every-one should perform his duty as a yajna and offer his or her actions asflowers at the feet of God. This message is as relevant today as seven
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Thanks for posting, read it with the deepest longing, its such deep that i can't discribe.Gratitude, OM SAI RAM...
Many thanks!
Dhanyawad... mi aapla abhari ahe....!
Thanks a lot buddy for uploading it.. Long time back i read Jnaneshwari with Hindi translation from Geeta press but not able to find it again anywhere.. if someone has it can u please upload it.. with best regards Deepak
Many thanks for your knid words. I have alreadt uploaded very good Hindi translation of Jnaneshwari (in 4 parts). But this is not from Geeta Press Gorakhpur. You may download this if you wish. In case you are not able to find in my docs let me know I will give the links. Regards
Thanks a lot dear. I was searching for it desperately.God bless you. Rishi
Thanks for your kind words.
its feels good , when some one cares to upload such deep cultural contents..i mean true trasure of our country.. keep doing the work brother... God bless..