We are pleased to present herecomplete etexts of Dnyaneshwari and Dasbodh.The texts are grouped by adhyAya or dashakas. We recommend the use of Unicode Devanagari display or the PDF/PS files. Thanks to the efforts of Vishwas Bhide of Sangali, and Chhaya and Sharad Deo of Nasik. Thanks also to other volunteers (Sunder Hattangadi, Shree Devi Kumar, etc.) for additional assistance. Dnyaneshwari / bhAvArthadIpikA
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 01
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- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 03
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 04
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 05
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- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 07
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 08
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 09
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- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 11
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 12
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 13
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 14
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 15
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 16
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 17
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - adhyAya 18
- Pasayadan (blessings from God) with Marathi-English meaning
- PS PDF HTML- pasAyadAn with English word by word and verse meaning
Additionally, following are some useful links for further study.Sartha Dnyeneshwari by S. V or Mamasaheb Dandekar. Click on the viewable files set. Another bysAkharemaharaj andsArtha by Gitapress.pArAyaNaprat by Gitapress.Text published by Maharashtra Govt. The presentation of the texts is available at site.An English translation by V. V. Shirvaikar of Dnyaneshwari is available on
hinduweb.org. It is mirrored at another site where German translation by Mr D. Platthaus is also given.Get the PDF ebook English translation of Dnyaneshwari by Manu Subedar Gita Explained; first printed in 1932 - available from Digital Library of India and then OCRed.Please take advantage of a multimedia presentation on Dnyaneshwariby Centre For Development Of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).It is a complete searchable text with Sakhare Maharaj's commentary. The development is sponsored by Sri Guru Sakhare Maharaj Sampradai Yashodhan Publication and Multimedia Creations Team at C-DAC.Fonts need to be installed from the site.Another translation is available at performed by Swami VIshwatmak or more commonly know as Jangli Maharaj. He has also translated Atmaaram, Guru Geeta, Sai Satcharitra, Bhagwad Geeta, Ashtavakra Geeta, Guru Charitra, Dnyaneshwari, Upadesh saar, and Upanishads.The English translation by M.R. Yardi is also available at (index-PDF), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Pune site.hA hoIla dAna pasAvo at is a well-prepared site presentation of 24 lectures on pasAyadAna (Pasayadan) by Shri Shirish Shantaram KavaDe. His other books are available on
bookganga.com. Pasayadana is translated in Sanskrit by L. V. Deshpande (samashloki)Pasayadana is also translated by ShriniwasHirlekar (shloka format). Visit -hirlekar.comfor additional Marathi translations of atharvashIrSha, ShaTpadi,sUryastavan and Sanskrit translations of hanumAna chAlisA, mArutistotra,Savarkar's sAgarA prANa taLamaLalA and jayostute poems, Sane guruji'sbalasAgara bhArata hovo, Kavi Kusumagraja's krAntIchA jayajayakAra and others.Prashuram R. Gokhale has prepared a sitegharogharI Dnyaneshwariwith 18 adhyAya neatlyarranged in PDF files. It includes translation of difficult words,difficult ovIs, and classification and punctuations/markings useful forself study. Shri Gokhale is also planning to present Patanjai yog sutras,Ashthyadhyai of Panini, and Nirukta of Yaska in Marathi translation.
BACK TOTOPComplete Dasbodh
- The following encoded texts are grouped by dashakas. We recommend the use of Unicode Devanagari display that allows Devanagari search or the PDF/PS files. (The ITX file would be easier for Roman letter/word search using Itrans notation or reprocessing selected text using Itranslator.)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka-samAsa sUchi
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - namana
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 01 : stavana (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 02 : mUrkhalakShaNa (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 03 : svaguNaparIkShA (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 04 : navavidhA bhakti (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 05 : ma.ntrA.nchA (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 06 : devashodhana (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 07 : chaudA brahmA.nchA (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 08 : mAyodbhava athavA jnAnadashaka (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 09 : guNarUpa (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 10 : jagajjyotI (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 11 : bhImadashaka (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 12 : vivekavairAgya (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 13 : nAmarUpa (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 14 : akhaNDadhyAna (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 15 : Atmadashaka (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 16 : saptatinvaya (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 17 : prakR^iti puruSha (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 18 : bahujinasI (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 19 : shikavaNa (audio)
- ITX PS PDF UNIC - dashaka 20 : pUrNanAma (audio)
Click on the (audio) above to listen to the particular dashak. The audioof the entire Dasabodh (selection edited for audio) has been completed byMeena Tapaswi. The recordings are available at archive.orgunder "Creative Commons" copyright.The unicode Devanagari/Marathi text of portion of audio is colorcodedin special text that is available upon request.(Send feedback on the audio clips to tapaswimeena at gmail.com.)Another complete audio is preapred by by Shri Dilip Apte based on Gitapress copy. It is also available at A similar presentation of the complete Dasabodh is available at sites along with Dnyaneshwari and Eknathi Bhagwat, and Valmiki Ramayan.shrImad dAsabodh - marAThI gadyarupAntarAsahit are available in two partson scribd, complete samAs 1-8 (335 pages) and samAs 9-20 (321 pages). These are individually scanned and posted by eko.aham.Shri Vijay Chitgopkar from Nagpur has prepared a Windows based software tool of complete Dasboth with its verse and word indices.Here is the procedure : Download dasbodh2 from eDasbodh on Sudhan Sanganak Pranali or mirror1, mirror2., unzip it by double clicking, extract all in a folder. In its own DASBODH2 folder, double click on DAS.EXE and you will hear an instrumental audio clip witha fullscreen display of "shukAsArikhe pUrNa vairAgya ...." verse.Browse around to familiarize with the organizational details. If you have any questions, write to Shri Vijay Chitgopkar on his email address vijaychitgopkar @at@ gmail dot com .A complete shrImat grantharAj dAsabodha is available at in scanned images based format with selectable sections. The book is categorized for pArAyaN, marked so with dashak and samAs. The scans are of high quality.The site works well with Internet Explorer (needs QuickTime plugin for page start-up clips.)It is developed by Satkaryottejak Sabha, Vagdevata Mandir at Dhule. Join the patrAdvAre dAsabodha abhyAsakrama at samarthramdas400.in, a site celebrating 400th birth year anniversary of Swami Ramdas. The site has details of a three years' correspondence course in Marathi for self-study of Dasabodh. (The same text promoting the self study is available at manogat online group web-site.) The course is administered by Shri Samartha Seva mandal, Sajjangad with the help of local chapters. The site also has excellent downloadable collection of books (multilingual) and articles, and long audio and video clips of scholars. Sign up for the correspondence course by filling up the Pravesh patra as a firm contract (sankalpa?) with yourself to pursue this whole-heartedly.The textbooks are given below, used as a guidance, and commit yourself for the important and memorable life-time event.[Older (O) scan-file size is shown in megabytes (Mb). Download only to participate or study, not just for the collection.] First Year - pravesha svAdhyAya and bhAvArtha (samAs and 12 Question Set) O1 5.6Mb O2 7Mb Second Year - parichaya svAdhyAya (samAs and 12 Question Set) O1 8.6MbbhavArtha (Of related samAs) O2 7MbThird Year - prabodha svAdhyAya (samAs and 12 Question Set) O1 12MbbhavArtha (Of related samAs) O2 9.4MbThe course is offerred by
Shreemad Shree Grantharaj Dasabodh Adhyayan Samitee,
ShreeSamartha Society, Near Dhanvantari Sabhagruha,
Patwardhan Baug, Pune- 411004
Contact Number Shri Ganu - +919604302998, email Mr. Vitekar or info [at] samarthramdas400.org
This is a non profit organisation for the social work and creating spiritual literacy in today's youth.There is no course fee or admission fee; the fee is the willingness! All the six books cost about Rs.75+ together and are made available here at no cost. A series of articles covering philosphy in Dasbodh dAsabodhAtIl tattvadnyAn is available at This and many other related articles are written by Prof. K. V. Apte; see pustak va lekhakAbaddal in the dAsabodhAtIl tattvadnyAn section.Pravachan audio by Dr. Sushama Tai Watve, pravachan Dasbodh ADhAvA. (57.5 m).Visit Swaroopyog Pratishthan site for lectures and articles by Swami Madhavanand,Dr. Madhav Nagarkar. Use Marathi section and click on the Dasbodh to get to the current article in Dasbodh Swadhyay series. The archived, well presented articles in this series, starting from the first in January 2005, are available. The English section has similar articlesstarting from March 2005.Dasbodh study has taken a modern turn :
A new 12-session webinar series has been started on Saturday, January 16, 2010 (till April 3, 2010) to study Dasbodh with Shri Arvind Apte. The webinar is organized by Amar Kanade, Kedar Phanse, and volunteers. Register for it from , listen, and participate. The webinar files are available at archive.org in various video formats.
Sessions (audio and coordinated slides)1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
The slides are also available separately :1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
See also corresponding newsletters 1-8.
Contact Dasbodh.forum [at] gmail.com for other details .Sign up for the planned 8-session webinars for Sanskrit Subhshitas for Sunday evenings (8:30 PM CST, IST 7am next day) starting on 28th March 2010 through May 16th. Details and signup page are available at sanskritsubhashita page. Sessions will be delivered by Dr. Saroja Bhate. She was Head of the Sanskrit Department at University of Pune and is currently an honarary secretary at Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI). She has authored and coauthored several books, articles and delivers lectures worldwide. To get a brief overview of her work, please visit the following link Saroja Bhate.Read extracts from Dasbodh and Manache shlok translated by Dhananjay Kadwane.The Ramdasanche samagra grantha parts are available in scanned books formin part 1 (13 bhImarUpI stotre, junA dAsbodh, pa.nchake, prAsa.ngik etc.) and part 2, which includes Dasbodh. In an attempt to present everything related to Dasbodh at one stop, a web site isdevoted to Dasbodh and literature of Samartha Ramadas Swami.The well presented collection includes scanned books and texts gatheredfrom various places over a long period.An official websitea of Shri Ramdas Swami Sansthan at Sajjangad is at Among other information and gellery, it has a list of centers and people involved in the activities at various places.Read the English translation of Dasbodh at scribd.com OR same from sadgurubhagwanshreedharswamimaharaj.com written by Mr. K. V. Belsare.Get a deeper understanding of management principles and implementation from Dasbodh from a book : . (English parts Hindi
