Dnyaneshwari Jayanti – The Birthday of Bhavarthdeepika

BhavarthaDeepika means Dnyaneshwari:

Bhavarthdeepika means Dnyaneshwari is the commentary of Shrimadbhagwadgeeta written in Marathi by Saint Dnyaneshwara. Today means on the Sixth Day of Bhadrapad Krishna Paksha is Dnyaneshwari is born. Saint Dnyaneshwara or some people pronounce the name as Janeshwara or Gyaneshwara who was a teenager

wrote this great epic. I have read some part of Dnyaneshwari and when I read it, I found it so enlightening, my heart filled with such a bliss, that I could not read much. Coincidentally the part of Dnyaneshwari I read was about Sadguru.

Dnyaneshwar Maharaj and The Gurukripa:

Dnyaneshwar Maharaj’s Elder Brother Saint Nivrutti was his Guru – Spiritual Master and Dnyaneshwara says, ‘Gurudeva haven’t taught me The Gyana but transformed into Gyana from his heart’ If you understand Marathi, you might have heard the line ‘Ye Hridayinche Te Hridayi.’ That means from Sadguru’s heart to Disciple’s heart. Indian philosophy and Guru Shishya tradition, believes in transformation, which is more than just teaching. This transformation is more explained in the poem Gurukripa. 

It is really difficult to accept, believe and trust the elder brother as Sadguru, but that was the greatness of Nivrittinatha that he became the Guru of his own brother.

Saint Dnyaneshwara and his two brothers Nivritti and Sopan, sister Muktabai all became saint. But their childhood was full of torture by this society.  Cruel people do not need any reason to torture the innocent.  The saint, the divine soul, tolerates all the torture and cruelty from the world and returns the peace to the world. Such peace is Dnyaneshwari.

Dnyaneshwari has also explained the Kundalini Mahayoga in its 6^th Chapter.

I am not so great to write anything about Dnyaneshwari, but I just can write my simple little prayer to this great epic and the great poet who wrote this. 

Prayer and Poetry on Dnyaneshwari:

Here is my prayer, will you join me to sing it?

A poetry which enlightened millions of souls
A creation sweeter than Amruta which has made

Immortal millions of Mumukshus by Gyana

An epic which spread the message of BhagwadGeeta

Born today

Dnyaneshwari – The Bhavarthdeepika

A teenager has become

The greatest poet of the world

By Gurukripa – by the grace of his Sadguru

And

Dnyaneshwari The sweetest message of Bhagwadgeeta

Born by Dnyaneshwara.

Dnyaneshwara! You are the mother of all the poets.

We pray you for the blessings of millions of poems

Let our hearts get enlightened

once again

Let our souls realize the message of Lord Krishna

Once again

Please bless us with the Gyana and The Bhakti

You the gave the Gyana of Vedas to an animal

And

He sang the Vedas by the Gyana of Advaita

We are humans

Can’t we realize the essence of Vedas

Yes we can!

We need your blessings

We need your teachings

To realize the Vedas

We need your Dnyaneshwari

You are like Mother

You are like brother

You are the one who knows Vitthala

You are our Guru in the path of Moksha

Will you make Him meet Me?

Will you tell Him about Me?

I am your child

I don’t know Gyana

I don’t understand Vedas

I don’t even know

What is devotion

But I know you Dnyanesha

And

I know the Dnyaneshwari

Which will be my Guru

In the path of Spirituality

And

I will also realize the Gyana in my heart

And

Vitthala in my breaths.

Naman Naman Dnyanesha

I bow to you Dnyanesha…

More about Dnyaneshwara and Dnyaneshwari Here . 

Suggested Read about Bhagwadgeeta: 

The Message of Bhagwadgeeta and Inspiration for Kamayoga :

The Inspiration from Bhagwadgeeta


The inspirational divine poems on the message of Lord Shrikrishna and Shrimadbhagwadgeeta in Hindi on Chaitanyapuja : 

Utha Vah Gandiv

and 

in Marathi on Vicharyadnya : 

Uchal Te Gandiv

Image Credits to Wikipedia with thanks.

PS : The Sanskrit terms are frequently explained on this blog at various places, still in case of  any difficulty please click here Explanation of Sanskrit Terms Used on Gurukripa

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