Shri Janandeva's Bhavartha Dipika - Jnaneshwari

The Bhavarthadipika of Shri Jnaneshwar popularly known as jnaneshwari is like the Bhagvat Gita a Superb Philosophical poem. It is a literary gem presented by him to the Marathi language. He lived in the thirteenth century A.D. and took living Samadhi at the tender age of twenty two. As he himself said this whole universe is my home he vishwa chi majhe ghara. His message is universal and is relevant even in the present time. The author has made an humble attempt to translate this work in lucid English so that the English speaking people will understand his philosophy and the spiritual discipline recommended by him.
In the view of Shri Jnaneshwara any of the three ways of knowledge action and devotion recommended in the Bhagvat-Gita of Svadharma in a spirit of dedication to God. In the eighteenth chapter he says one should worship God with actions. According to him this svadharma is the performance of one’s duty which has fallen to one’s lot as a result of ones natural aptitude and experience. This however does not mean that one should not receive reasonable and legitimate remuneration or profit but that one should not earn money through improper means. If men perform their duty with dedication as a worship of God they will strengthen the social fabric also attain god realization