Gita Explained

by Dnyaneshwar Kulkarni, Manu Subedar (Translator)

Gita Explained by Dnyaneshwar Maharaj

Translated into English by Manu Subedar

The human
world is in great trouble. The statesmen of the world are still talking of
'civilisation' and the possibility of its being destroyed. This is the result of the
abandonment, in the dealings of different groups of human beings with one
another, of the tenets of all the moral teachers of mankind. No good man has
ever lived on this globe and preached anything, who has not preached kindness,
consideration of humanity and fairness in the dealings with others. Europe, for
the last three centuries in her dealings with the people of the five continents, has
shown an adherence to greed and cruelty and to the use of force. The states of
Europe are now adopting towards each other exactly the rule of the jungle,
which they adopted towards peoples in the five continents of the world, and they
are bent upon total war or complete destruction. On the material plane, on which
life has been lived. statesmanship has been bankrupt, and the organization and
conduct of human society has failed. It is in times of such cataclysm that
thoughtful men turn for guidance inwards. They realise that the fruits of violence
are bitter, that the triumphs are short-lived, that the success is empty, and that
the greatest good of the greatest number cannot be achieved thus. The Indian
mind deriving inspiration from Indian tradition, sees that there can be no lasting
peace, and the best qualities, which ennoble humanity, cannot be brought to the
surface until greed and injustice are eliminated, until artificial barriers of race
and colour are demolished and until the claims of common humanity are
acknowledged as supreme. It is the sovereignty of the divine law, which has to
be enthroned, and the first principle of that law is what was preached in the
Sermon on the Mount and what is instinct and living in every page of the Gita as
explained by Dnyaneshwara Maharaj.

463 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 12, 2017

About the author

Dnyāneshwar (Jñāneshvar, Jnandev, Jnanesvar, Jñanadeva) ("ज्ञानेश्वर", "ज्ञानदेव") (1275–1296)[1][2] was a 13th-century Maharashtrian Hindu saint (Sant – a title by which he is often referred), poet, philosopher and yogi of the Nath tradition whose works Bhavartha Deepika (a commentary on Bhagavad Gita, popularly known as "Dnyaneshwari"), and Amrutanubhav are considered to be milestones in Marathi literature.