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II श्रीराम जय राम जय जय राम II

बाळक बापाचिये ताटीं रिगे I आणि बापातेंचि जेवऊं लागे I कीं तो संतोषलेनि वेगें I मुखचि वोढवी II 15 II
तैसा मीं जरी तुम्हांप्रती I चावटी करीतसें बाळमती I तरी तुम्ही संतोषिजे ऐसी जाती I प्रेमाची असे II 16 II
आणि तेणें आपुलेपणाचेनि मोहें I तुम्ही संत घेतले ऐसा बौहें I म्हणोनि केलिये सलगीचा नोहे I आभारु तुम्हां II 17 II
अहो तान्हयाचें लागतां झटें I तेणें अधिकचि पान्हा फुटे I रोषें प्रेम दुणवटे I पढियंतयाचेनि II 18 II
म्हणऊनि मज लेंकुरवाचेनि बोलें I तुमचें कृपाळूपण निदैलें I तें चेइलें ऐसें जी जाणवलें I यालागीं बोलिलो मी II 19 II
एऱ्हवीं चांदिणें पिकविजत आहे चेपणीं I कीं वारया घापत आहे वाहणी I हांहो गगनासि गंवसणी I घालिजे केवीं II 20 II
आइका पाणी वोथिजावें न लगे I नवनीतीं माथुला न रिगे I तेंचि लाजिलें व्याख्यान निगे I देखोनि जयातें II 21 II
हें असो शब्दब्रम्ह जिये बाजे I शब्द मावळलेया निवांतु निजे I तो गीतार्थु मऱ्हाटिया बोलिजे I हा पाडु काई II 22 II
फरि ऐसियाही मज धिंवसा I तो पुढतियाचि येकी आशा I जे घिटींवा करूनि भवादृशां I पढियंतया होआवें II 23 II
तरि आतां चंद्रापासोनि निववितें I जें अमृताहूनि जिववितें I तेणें अवधानें कीजो वाढतें I मनोरथा माझिया II 24 II
कां जै दिठिवा तुमचा वरुखे I तैं सकळार्थ सिद्धि मति पिके I एऱ्हवीं कोंभेला उन्मेषु सुके I जरी उदास तुम्ही II 25 II
सहजें तरी अवधारा I वक्तृत्वा अवधानाचा होय चारा I तरी दोंदे पेलती अक्षरां I प्रमेयाचीं II 26 II
अर्थ बोलाची वाट पाहे I तेथ अभिप्रावोचि अभिप्रायातें विये I भावाचा फुलौरा होत जाये I मतीवरी II 27 II
म्हणूनि संवादाचा सुवावो ढळे I तऱ्ही हृदयकाश सारस्वतें वोळें I आणि श्रोता दुश्चिता तरि वितुळे I माडला रसु II 28 II
अहो चंद्रकांतु द्रवता कीर होये I परि ते हातवटी चंद्रीं कीं आहे I म्हणऊनि वक्ता तो वक्ता नोहे I श्रोतेनिवण II 29 II
फरी आतां आमुतें गोड करावें I ऐसें तांदुळीं कासया विनवावें I साइखडियानें काई प्रार्थावें I सूत्रधारातें II 30 II
तो काय बाहुलियांचिया काजा नाचवी I कीऔ आपुलिये जाणिवेचि कळा वाढवी I म्हणऊनि आम्हां या ठेवाठेवी I काय काज II 31 II
थंव श्रीगुरु म्हणती काइ जाहलें I हें समस्तही आम्हां पावलें I आतां सांगें जें निरोपिलें I श्रीकृष्णदेवें II 32 II
येथ संतोषोनि निवृत्तिदासें I जी जी म्हणौनि उल्हासें I अवधारा श्रीकृष्ण ऐसें I बोलते जाहले II 33 II

"A small mouthful fed by child to father, although picked from father's plate itself, delights father so much that he turns to the child in anticipation of more. Similarly O' Wise audience, I hope you receive my naivety with affection so that it won't burden you. Just like mother cow's milk outpours as the baby pushes on her udder, similarly the Wise love the devotee more even at the displeasure of the devotee. I speak assuming your latent grace is awakened by my narration. Just like moonlight needs no ripening, the wind needs no telling how it should blow, no boundary can hold the sky. Just like the water needs no thinning, the butter needs no churning, similarly my words find themselves inadequate to describe the very essence of Bhagwad Gita. It is beyond me to paraphrase the essence of Bhagwad Gita in Marathi, describing which even the Vedas went into slumber. Yet I am attempting it to win your affection. So now let me have your Grace-full attention that is cooler than the moonbeams and potentially more livening than Amrut, the divine nectar that will fulfill my wish. Your Grace-full gaze showering upon me would culminate into fruition all that is learned and experienced. Else the sprouted green shoot of KNOWLEDGE would turn dry. An attentive listener is a kind of nourishment for the speaker. The active listening encourages the speaker to expound the fundamental truths emphatically. The meaning awaits the utterance of expression. The meaning gives way to the comprehensive understanding. The intellect flourishes just like a flower opens and expands as it blooms. Just like blowing of the wind makes the rain clouds to shower, a strong speaker-audience relationship is built on engagement, where the audience actively participates and responds to the speaker's message. With the ignorant audience or in the absence of wind, the clouds disperse. Just like the Moonstone Gemstone (Chandrakant Mani) is governed exclusively by the moon, only the audience decides who is a good speaker, who is not. The rice need no convincing that they taste sweet. The puppets do not need to beg the puppeteer. Why should we bother about whether the puppeteer pulls the strings for the puppets' benefit or for his own good? All that you wanted to say is received and understood. It's time to narrate what Lord Krishna said. Your wish is my command acknowledged Sant Dnyaneshwar, the obedient disciple of ShriNivruttinath. He said, let me now have your attention to what Lord Krishna said."

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