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संत साहित्य · Jñāneśvarī · Adhyāya 12

Cluster 0449 — BG-12.15 — *yasmān nodvijate loko lokān nodvijate ca yaḥ — harṣāmarṣa-bhayodvegair mukto yaḥ sa ca me priyaḥ*

BG-12.15

Sanskrit

यस्मान्नोद्विजते लोको लोकान्नोद्विजते च यः । हर्षामर्षभयोद्वेगैर्मुक्तो यः स च मे प्रियः ॥१५॥

Translation

BY-WHOM the WORLD is NOT-AGITATED, AND WHO is NOT-AGITATED BY-the-WORLD, FREED from JOY-IMPATIENCE-FEAR-AGITATION — HE TOO is DEAR-to-ME.

Function

BG-12.15 EXTENDS the BG-12.13-19 PRIYA-BHAKTA-CATALOG with the precise iconic NON-DISTURBING-NON-DISTURBED-DOCTRINE — the bhakta neither AGITATES the WORLD nor is AGITATED-BY the WORLD, and is FREED from the 4-affect-quartet harṣa-amarṣa-bhaya-udvega (JOY-IMPATIENCE-FEAR-AGITATION). The verse's reciprocal-construction (yasmān na udvijate lokaḥ + lokān na udvijate yaḥ) is the iconic Sanskrit symmetry rendering the bhakta's MUTUAL-NON-DISTURBANCE with the world. The verse closes with the third explicit sa ca me priyaḥ (HE TOO is DEAR-to-ME) declaration of the BG-12.13-19 catalog.

Jñāneśvar's 7-ovi treatment (12.165-12.171) delivers a 7-stage architectural sequence in 4 sub-movements:

(i) 12.165-12.166 — opens with the iconic SINDHU-JAḶACARA (OCEAN-SEA-CREATURES) elemental-simile rendering the reciprocal-non-disturbance (OCEAN's-surge causes NO-FEAR in SEA-CREATURES + OCEAN NOT-AGITATED by SEA-CREATURES) + applies the simile via the unmatta jaga (MAD-WORLD) image: unmatta jaga — khantī na lage — na śiṇē lōku.

(ii) 12.167-12.168 — reveals the METAPHYSICAL-GROUND via the iconic ŚARĪRA-AVAYAVA (BODY-LIMBS) advaita-simile + the iconic doctrinal-statement jagaci dēha jāhalēm — priya-apriya gēlēm — harṣāmarṣa ṭhēlē — dujēnaviṇa (WORLD-BECAME-BODY → priya/apriya GONE → harṣa/amarṣa STOPPED — by no-second).

(iii) 12.169 — closes the doctrinal-half with the precise Sanskrit-tracking aisā dvandva-nirmuktu — bhayodvēga-rahitu — yāhīvarī bhaktu — māzyām ṭhāyīm + the iconic yāhīvarī (FURTHERMORE) pivot.

(iv) 12.170-12.171 — the LORD-AFFECTION closing: tayāñcā gā maja mōhō — kāya sāngōm tō paḍhiyāvō — hēm asē jīvēm jīvō — māzhēni tō (his MŌHA in me — HE LIVES BY MY LIFE) + the 3-element FULFILMENT-TRIAD jō nijānandēm dhālā — pariṇāmu āyuṣyā ālā — pūrṇatē jāhalā vallabhu jō (FULL of NIJĀNANDA + LIFE RIPENED to CULMINATION + BECAME the VALLABHA in FULLNESS).

Three precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

  1. SINDHU-JAḶACARA elemental-simile (12.165) — sindhūcēni mājēm — jaḷacarām bhaya nupajē — āṇi jaḷacarīm nubagijē — samudru jaisā (BY OCEAN's SURGE — SEA-CREATURES feel NO FEAR — AND OCEAN is NOT-AGITATED by SEA-CREATURES). Purely Marathi elemental-pedagogical elevation rendering the Sanskrit reciprocal-symmetry as iconic OCEAN-HOME-ELEMENT image — the OCEAN as the home-element of SEA-CREATURES who are NEITHER AFRAID-OF nor DISTURBING-TO the OCEAN.

  2. ŚARĪRA-AVAYAVA advaita-simile (12.167) — kimbahunā pāṇḍavā — śarīra jaisēm avayavām — taisā nubagē jīvām — jīvapaṇēm jō (IN SHORT PĀṆḌAVA — AS BODY IS TO its LIMBS — SO HE DOES-NOT-DISTURB BEINGS — by HIS VERY LIFE-ESSENCE). Purely Marathi pedagogical-elevation revealing the METAPHYSICAL-GROUND of the non-disturbance: the bhakta does-not-disturb beings BECAUSE he sees them AS HIS OWN LIMBS — the advaitic-LIMB-IDENTITY foundation of BG-12.15.

  3. LORD-EFFUSION + FULFILMENT-TRIAD (12.170-12.171) — tayāñcā gā maja mōhō — kāya sāngōm tō paḍhiyāvō — hēm asē jīvēm jīvō — māzhēni tō + jō nijānandēm dhālā — pariṇāmu āyuṣyā ālā — pūrṇatē jāhalā vallabhu jō (his MŌHA in me — what can I say — that FAVOR — HE LIVES BY MY LIFE + FULL of NIJĀNANDA + LIFE RIPENED to CULMINATION + BECAME the VALLABHA in FULLNESS). Purely Marathi pedagogical-elevation rendering the Sanskrit's terse sa ca me priyaḥ as LORD-OUTPOURING-EFFUSION revealing the LORD's RECIPROCAL-MŌHA + the MUTUAL-LIFE-DEPENDENCE jīvēm jīvō māzhēni + the FULFILMENT-TRIAD-CLOSING rendering the priya-bhakta as the COMPLETED-BELOVED-IN-PŪRṆATĀ.

Arc-position

BG-12.15 EXTENDS the BG-12.13-19 PRIYA-BHAKTA-CATALOG. The chapter's argument now stands as: BG-12.1 = QUESTION → BG-12.2 = VERDICT (saguṇa-bhakta-YUKTA-TAMA) → BG-12.3-5 = AVYAKTA-PATH-DIFFICULTY → BG-12.6-7 = SAGUṆA-RESCUE → BG-12.8-12 = FIVE-PROGRESSIVE-DISCIPLINES → BG-12.13-19 = PRIYA-BHAKTA-CATALOG (extended): cluster 0447 opened with 7 virtues (adveṣṭā + maitraḥ + karuṇa + nirmama + nirahankāra + sama-duḥkha-sukha + kṣamī) + cluster 0448 extended with the santuṣṭa-satatam-yogī-yatātmā-dṛḍha-niścaya-mayy-arpita-mano-buddhi 6-virtue catalog + the FIRST explicit sa me priyaḥ + cluster 0449 EXTENDS with the NON-DISTURBING-NON-DISTURBED doctrine + 4-affect-mukta + THIRD sa ca me priyaḥ → BG-12.20 = CONCLUDING-VERDICT. The cluster's iconic-strategic move: rendering the NON-DISTURBING-NON-DISTURBED doctrine via the precise iconic ŚARĪRA-AVAYAVA (BODY-LIMBS) advaita-foundation + LORD-EFFUSION closing — the metaphysical-ground of the verse's reciprocal-non-disturbance is ADVAITIC-LIMB-IDENTITY. The next clusters (0450+) extend the catalog with anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣaḥ udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ sarvārambha-parityāgī (BG-12.16) deepening toward the catalog's culmination.