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Aarti Jnanaraja (Aarti of Sant Jnaneshwar): Text, Transliteration and Meaning
Aarti · 4 verses · original in Marathi
About Aarti Jnanaraja (Aarti of Sant Jnaneshwar)
The well-known Marathi aarti of Sant Jnaneshwar (Jnanadeva). It says that when knowledge had vanished from the world, Panduranga himself came as Jnanadeva; saints serve him, and by revealing the hidden teaching he showed the whole world as Brahman.
Text: Rama Janardani (the name in the closing line) (Pre-modern)
Meanings and summaries are editorial, written for this library from the cited edition.
Text and meaning
Refrain
आरति ज्ञानराजा । महा कैवल्यतेजा । सेविती साधुसंत । मनु वेधला माझा ॥धृ॥
ārati jñānarājā | mahā kaivalyatejā | sevitī sādhusaṃta | manu vedhalā mājhā ||dhṛ||
Aarti to Jnanaraja (Jnaneshwar), the great radiance of liberation. Saints and sages serve him; my mind is captivated by him.
Source: Nityanemavali (comp. R. D. Ranade), 12th ed., Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum, 1987, p. 49 (PDF p. 85), Marathi Wikisource, revision 223623, Aarti no. 5, refrain (book p. 49)
Stanza 1
लोपलें ज्ञान जगी हित नेणती कोणी | अवतार पांडुरंग | नाम ठेवियलें ज्ञानी ।।१।।
lopaleṃ jñāna jagī hita neṇatī koṇī | avatāra pāṃḍuraṃga | nāma ṭheviyaleṃ jñānī ||1||
Knowledge had vanished from the world, and no one knew their own good. Then Panduranga took birth, and he was named "Jnani" (Jnanadeva).
Source: Nityanemavali (comp. R. D. Ranade), 12th ed., Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum, 1987, p. 49 (PDF p. 85), Marathi Wikisource, revision 223623, Aarti no. 5, stanza 1 (book p. 49)
Stanza 2
कनकाचें ताट करी। उभ्या गोपिका नारी । नारद तुंबर हो । साम गायन करी ॥२॥
kanakāceṃ tāṭa karī| ubhyā gopikā nārī | nārada tuṃbara ho | sāma gāyana karī ||2||
Gopika women stand holding golden plates, and Narada and Tumburu sing the Sama chant.
Source: Nityanemavali (comp. R. D. Ranade), 12th ed., Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum, 1987, p. 49 (PDF p. 85), Marathi Wikisource, revision 223623, Aarti no. 5, stanza 2 (book p. 49)
Stanza 3
प्रकट गुह्य बोले । विश्व ब्रह्मचि केलें | रामा जनार्दनी । पायीं टकचि ठलें ॥३॥
prakaṭa guhya bole | viśva brahmaci keleṃ | rāmā janārdanī | pāyīṃ ṭakaci ṭhaleṃ ||3||
He spoke the hidden teaching openly and showed the whole world to be Brahman. Rama Janardani stood at his feet, gazing, unmoving.
Source: Nityanemavali (comp. R. D. Ranade), 12th ed., Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum, 1987, p. 49 (PDF p. 85), Marathi Wikisource, revision 223623, Aarti no. 5, stanza 3 (book p. 49)
Sources and licence
- Nityanemavali (comp. R. D. Ranade), 12th ed., Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum, 1987, p. 49 (PDF p. 85), Marathi Wikisource, revision 223623. CC BY-SA 4.0 (edition relicensed by its publisher, Wikimedia VRT ticket 2023060210002841; Marathi Wikisource transcription)
The text is copied character for character from the Marathi Wikisource transcription of "Nityanemavali" (compiled by Gurudev R. D. Ranade; 12th edition, 1987, Academy of Comparative Philosophy and Religion, Belgaum), which its publisher has released under CC BY-SA 4.0. The printed spelling is kept as is. This is the book's aarti no. 5 (p. 49). The printed page wraps lines mid-phrase, so its line breaks are not kept; the words and marks are unchanged. The book names no author; the closing line contains the name "Rama Janardani". The last word "ठलें" is as printed (the common reading is "ठेलें"). IAST is generated by a fixed rule and is not a guide to Marathi pronunciation.