The essence of Bhagavad Gita - Part 10

[A freelance translation of these 108 stanzas from the Dnyaneshwari. The original composition is based on a specific meter which follows a fixed pattern of four semi-sentences. A similar pattern is followed in the translated version as well.]


(101)
One who appears in all the forms
One who sees with all the eyes
One who is residing in all the realms
Lord Krishna himself has uttered these words

(102)
Participate in a dialogue articulated in silence
Experience a bliss beyond the scope of five senses
Get lost into the real Self
Without uttering even a singe word

(103)
The other worldly seekers always search for it
The sages experience it
Those living with a realisation “I’m that”
Get engrossed in it

(104)
Such is the essence of all the literature
Fondly admired as Bhagavad Gita
Which helps in getting hands on
The precious jewel of enlightenment

(105)
A cow lactates for feeding a calf
But all of us obtain the milk
Similarly, with a pretext of Arjuna
The nectar of Bhagavad Gita is showered upon to all of us

Salutation to the Universal God - an appeal for universal peace and brotherhood

(106)
I pray to the compassionate Universal God
To compassionately consider these humble words uttered by me
And with an approval
Confer upon me his divine grace

(107)
Let the scoundrels drop their deceitful nature
And get engaged in noble deeds
Let all the inhabitants of this Universe
Build up a sense of amity with each other

(108)
Then said the almighty -
“I confer my blessings upon you”
Dnyandeva became content and joyous
By listening these divine words

(Dnyandeva - a sage who composed this poetry in Marathi)

(109)
With a fistful of goodwill
And a heart throbbing with love and devotion
I dedicate at the feet of the Universal God
These flowers of 108 stanzas

||DEDICATED TO LORD SHRIKRISHNA||

The essence of Bhagavad Gita - Part 9

[A freelance translation of these 108 stanzas from the Dnyaneshwari. The original composition is based on a specific meter which follows a fixed pattern of four semi-sentences. A similar pattern is followed in the translated version as well.]


The mysterious path of Siddha Yoga (Kundalini/ Shaktipat yoga)

(91)
Powerful senses gel with the mind
Mind when focused gets lost into space
Space merges in the sky as sky itself
The sky disappears in the celestial consciousness

(92)
(For a Sahaj Yogi) god knows how
But such a process takes place unknowingly
The Samadhi itself will search for him
Accept this as a fact with firm conviction

(93)
By discarding selfish desires, resentments and passions
One who stands firm among the 'upadhis' (mental impositions)
Ultimately crosses all barriers and attains liberation
He then enjoys the bliss of merging in the Self every day

(94)
O Pandava, an individual reaches such a mysterious place
With aid of the Mantra ‘AUM TAT SAT’
That the entire gamut of the cosmos
Gets revealed with incomparable illumination (enlightenment)

(95)
Like a wave merging in the ocean
Or a dewdrop on the lotus leaf falling in a pond
Surrender yourself unconditionally
With an absolute faith in me

(96)
By merging in the real Self
Get rid of the heaven, the hell and the wheel of life
With a firm conviction “I’m that”
Dissolve your ego in my celestial consciousness

Worshipping me by merging in me
Is a state of total surrender
In principle it is nothing else but pure devotion
It obviously has no element of adultery in it

Bhagavad Gita as a mother for the spiritual seekers

(97)
In this way, one who worships me with a pure mind
One who has a pious attitude and one who is not condemnatory
One who is walking the path with unwavering faith
Go ahead and preach this mystery to him joyously

(98)
No one other than you
Exhibits all these qualities
See that is why I have preached you
(Spiritual) knowledge as well as (corporal) science

(99)
Apart from the mother
There is no life for an infant
One promptly makes an arrangement
For a lost child to meet the mother

(100)
In a similar fashion, one who reveals
This grand mystery (my message) to my devotees
There is no doubt that
He gets hold of Me by the merit of devotion

[To be continued ...]