BHAVAN’S BOOK UNIVERSITY

Shri Jnanadeva’s

Bhavartha Dipika
popularly known as

Jnaneshwari

Translated from Marathi

by M.R. Yardi
All Rigths Reserved

First Edition : 1991

Second Edition : 1995
Third Edition : 2001
Fourth Edition : 2002
Fifth Edition : 2011

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 CONTENTS

Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1

Foreward ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Preface ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................................... 20

Chapter 1 : Despondency of Arjuna ...................................................................................... 23

Chapter 2 : Sankhya And Yoga ............................................................................................... 34
Chapter 3 : Karmayoga ............................................................................................................. 51

Chapter 4 : Sankhyayoga .......................................................................................................... 63

Chapter 5 : Renunciation ......................................................................................................... 73
Chapter 6 : Dhyanayoga ............................................................................................................ 81

Chapter 7 : Wisdom And Knowledge ................................................................................... 100

Chapter 8 : The Imperishable Brahman .............................................................................. 109
Chapter 9 : The Esoteric Knowledge ................................................................................... 120
Chapter 10 : The Divine Manifestation ................................................................................ 139

Chapter 11 : The Universal Form .......................................................................................... 154

Chapter 12 : Bhaktiyoga........................................................................................................... 183
Chapter 13 : The Field And The Knower Of The Field ................................................. 192

Chapter 14 : The Three Qualities ......................................................................................... 230

Chapter 15 : The Supreme Person ........................................................................................ 245
Chapter 16 : The Divine And Demoniacal Natures .......................................................... 266

Chapter 17 : Three Kinds Of Faith....................................................................................... 283

Chapter 18 : Release ................................................................................................................ 299
Appendix 1 : Glossary of Names............................................................................................ 363

Appendix 2 : Technical Terms in Jnaneshwari ................................................................... 376

Appendix 3 : Legends referred to in Jnaneshwari ............................................................ 386
Appendix 4 : Subject Index ..................................................................................................... 397
Descripton of Photographs

Front Cover : View of the Temple Spire at Alandi

Inside Frontispiece and Back Frontispiece : Ghats on the river Indrayani at Alandi
Silver Padukas of Shri Jnaneshwar (Alandi)
Photograph of a drawing of Shri Jnaneshwar
Samadhi of Shri Jnaneshwar (Alandi)
Ashadi Wari passing through Dive Ghat
Collage of Warkari's passing through Pune
Back Cover : Ajan Vriksha (Alandi)