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संत साहित्य · Jñāneśvarī · Adhyāya 12

Cluster 0450 — BG-12.16 — *anapekṣaḥ śucir dakṣa udāsīno gata-vyathaḥ — sarvārambha-parityāgī yo mad-bhaktaḥ sa me priyaḥ*

BG-12.16

Sanskrit

अनपेक्षः शुचिर्दक्ष उदासीनो गतव्यथः । सर्वारंभपरित्यागी यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥१६॥

Translation

WITHOUT-EXPECTATION, PURE, SKILLED/ALERT, INDIFFERENT/EQUIDISTANT, BEYOND-DISTRESS, RENOUNCER-OF-ALL-UNDERTAKINGS — he who is MY-BHAKTA — HE IS DEAR-TO-ME.

Function

BG-12.16 continues the BG-12.13-19 PRIYA-BHAKTA-CATALOG with the FOURTH 6-virtue micro-enumeration. The 6 virtues: (1) an-apekṣa (without-expectation); (2) śuci (pure); (3) dakṣa (skilled/alert); (4) udāsīna (indifferent/equidistant); (5) gata-vyatha (beyond-distress); (6) sarvārambha-parityāgī (RENOUNCER-of-all-undertakings — the cluster-iconic compound) — closing with the iconic sa me priyaḥ refrain.

Jñāneśvar's 18-ovi treatment (12.172-12.189) is the LONGEST cluster of the BG-12.13-19 catalog with a sustained extended-pedagogical-meditation in four sub-movements:

(i) 12.172 — opens with iconic SUKHA-LADDER-of-BEING (sukhāsi caḍhāvā jayācēm asaṇē — his very BEING is the LADDER-of-SUKHA) — rendering an-apekṣa positively as SUKHA-INTRINSIC-RISE.

(ii) 12.173-12.178 — the iconic 6-ovi KĀŚĪ-GAṄGĀ-SANT-PURIFICATION-COMPARISON: KĀŚĪ-mokṣa-PRICE (body-death) + HIMAVANTA-tapas (life-loss) + GAṄGĀ-bathing (drowning-risk) — all conventional-purifications DEMAND DEATH-PRICE; vs SANT-sanga-ROKAḌA-MOKṢA-WITHOUT-DYING (rōkaḍāci lāhijē — na maratām mōkṣu) + SANT-PURIFIES-GAṄGĀ-ROLE-REVERSAL (SANT-CONTACT is what gives GAṄGĀ-her-purifying-power) + MANO-MAḶA-DIŚĀ-ULLĀṄGHANA (transcending all directions of mind-stain).

(iii) 12.179-12.184 — the iconic VIRTUE-by-VIRTUE elemental-rendering: DAKṢA via SŪRYA-NIRMAḶA + TATTVĀRTHA-PĀYĀḶU (12.179) → UDĀSĪNA via ĀKĀŚA-VYĀPAKA-UDĀSA (12.180) → GATA-VYATHA via VIHAṄGU-VYĀDHA-suṭalā + GATĀYUṢA-LAJJĀ (12.181-12.182) → SARVĀRAMBHA-PARITYĀGĪ via NIRINDHANA-ĀGI (FUEL-LESS-FIRE) + MOKṢĀNGA-LIHILĀ (INSCRIBED-on-MOKṢA's-BODY) (12.183-12.184).

(iv) 12.185-12.189 — the precise iconic FIVE-OVI CLOSING-CRESCENDO: SO-HAM-DVAITA-PAILATĪRA (12.185, fulfilled-non-dual-state) → BHAKTI-SUKHA-SELF-SPLIT + SĒVAKAI-BĀṆĪ-DĀSA-COIN-STAMP (12.186, bhakta-SPLITS-HIMSELF-IN-TWO + STAMPS-the-DĀSA-COIN to get BHAKTI-SUKHA) → LORD-NAME-GIVING + COMPASSIONATE-DEMONSTRATOR (12.187) → LORD'S-VYASANA-FOR-BHAKTA + SAMĀDHĀNA-DEPENDS-ON-FINDING-HIM (12.188) → CLIMACTIC LŌṆA-WICK-OFFERING (12.189, tayā lōṇa kījē jīvēm prāṇēm — aisā paḍhiyē — for HIM I would BURN-MY-LIFE-as-WICK-OFFERING — SO-DEAR is HE!).

Four precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

  1. CASH-MOKṢA-WITHOUT-DYING + SANT-PURIFIES-GAṄGĀ-ROLE-REVERSAL (12.176-12.177) — the precise iconic Marathi rendering of ŚUCI as SANT-CONTACT-purification SURPASSING KĀŚĪ-mokṣa + HIMAVANTA-tapas + GAṄGĀ-bathing. The RŌKAḌĀCI-CASH compound + GAṄGĀ-conquers-pāpa-by-SANT-angalaga ROLE-REVERSAL are among the most-radical Vārkari sant-supremacy statements in the Dnyāneśvarī.

  2. NIRINDHANA-ĀGI + MOKṢĀNGA-LIHILĀ (12.183-12.184) — the precise iconic Marathi rendering of sarvārambha-parityāgī as FUEL-LESS-FIRE-going-out (AHAṄKṚTI-less-NESS naturally extinguishes karma-fire) + INSCRIBED-on-the-BODY-OF-MOKṢA (anatomical-elevation). Purely Marathi pedagogical-elevation.

  3. BHAKTI-SUKHA-SELF-SPLIT + SĒVAKAI-BĀṆĪ-DĀSA-COIN-STAMP (12.186) — the precise iconic Marathi rendering of the bhakta's VOLITIONAL-DUALITY-AFTER-NON-DUALITY: the fulfilled SO-HAM-bhakta VOLUNTARILY-SPLITS-HIMSELF-IN-TWO and STAMPS-the-DĀSA-COIN onto his own BODY to GET-the-BHAKTI-SUKHA. The precise iconic Vārkari bhēdābheda position — among the most theologically-radical statements in the Dnyāneśvarī corpus.

  4. LORD'S-LIFE-as-LŌṆA-WICK-OFFERING (12.189) — the precise iconic Marathi CLIMAX: KRISHNA-HIMSELF says for-HIS-sake I-TAKE-RŪPA — by HIM I AM-HERE — for HIM I would BURN-MY-LIFE-as-WICK-OFFERING — SO-DEAR is HE! The LŌṆA-WICK-OFFERING-WITH-LIFE-AS-FUEL is the precise iconic Marathi domestic-ritual elevation rendering KRISHNA's-LIFE-OFFERED-FOR-the-BHAKTA — among the most theologically-radical bi-directional bhakti-statements in the BG-Dnyāneśvarī corpus.

Arc-position

BG-12.16 continues 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 (continues — clusters 0447 + 0448 + 0449 + 0450) → BG-12.20 = CONCLUDING-VERDICT. Cluster 0450 is the LONGEST cluster of the BG-12.13-19 catalog (18 ovis) and contains the catalog's IDEOLOGICAL CULMINATION via the FIVE-OVI CLOSING-CRESCENDO — LORD-SPLITS-HIMSELF-INTO-DĀSA + LORD-WOULD-BURN-HIS-LIFE-AS-WICK-OFFERING-FOR-the-BHAKTA. The next clusters (0451+) will extend the catalog with BG-12.17 ŚUBHĀŚUBHA-PARITYĀGĪ-BHAKTIMĀN and beyond, until BG-12.20 delivers the concluding verdict.