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संत साहित्य · Jñāneśvarī · Adhyāya 12

Cluster 0451 — BG-12.17 — *yo na hṛṣyati na dveṣṭi na śocati na kānkṣati — śubhāśubha-parityāgī bhaktimān yaḥ sa me priyaḥ*

BG-12.17

Sanskrit

यो न हृष्यति न द्वेष्टि न शोचति न काङ्क्षति । शुभाशुभपरित्यागी भक्तिमान्यः स मे प्रियः ॥१७॥

Translation

WHO neither REJOICES nor HATES nor GRIEVES nor DESIRES, the RENOUNCER-of-AUSPICIOUS-AND-INAUSPICIOUS, the BHAKTI-POSSESSING one — HE IS DEAR-TO-ME.

Function

BG-12.17 continues the PRIYA-BHAKTA CATALOG (BG-12.13-19) with the precise iconic FOUR-FOLD-NEGATION quartet (na-hṛṣyati + na-dveṣṭi + na-śocati + na-kānkṣati) + the radical śubha-aśubha-parityāgī compound (renouncer-of-both-good-and-bad as dual-categories). The four-fold-negation forms two pairs: (i) hṛṣyati-vs-dveṣṭi (REJOICE-vs-HATE: response-to-OBJECTS) + (ii) śocati-vs-kānkṣati (GRIEVE-vs-DESIRE: response-to-LOSS-and-GAIN). The śubha-aśubha-parityāgī compound is among the most radical formulations in the BG: the priya-bhakta is BEYOND-the-binary-of-puṇya-and-pāpa itself — has RENOUNCED the very category-of-merit-demerit, not merely abstained from demerit.

Jñāneśvar's 7-ovi treatment (12.190-12.196) renders each negation with precise pedagogical-rationale derived from a corresponding JÑĀNA-state, in 4 sub-movements:

(i) 12.190-12.193 — the FOUR-FOLD-NEGATION-DERIVED-FROM-JÑĀNA-STATES quartet: na-hṛṣyati from ātma-lābha (nothing-as-precious as already-attained ātma-lābha) + na-dveṣṭi from viśva-aikya (BECAME-the-VIŚVA-HIMSELF — sahaja-ci gone) + na-śocati from ātma-akṣaratva (TRUE-SELF doesn't perish even-at-KALPĀNTA) + na-kānkṣati from ātma-paripūrṇatva (NOTHING-BEYOND-HIM — self-fulfilled).

(ii) 12.194 — the iconic SŪRYA-NIGHT-DAY-elemental-simile rendering śubha-aśubha-parityāga: vōkhaṭēm kām gōmaṭēm — hēm kāhīm-ci tayā numaṭē — rātri-divasa na ghaṭē — sūryāsi jevīm (BAD-or-GOOD — NEITHER-APPEARS to him — NIGHT-AND-DAY don't-OCCUR LIKE the SŪRYA).

(iii) 12.195 — the synthesis rendering bhakti-mān: aisā bōdhu-ci kēvaḷu — jō hōvōni asē nikhaḷu — tyāhī-varī bhajana-śīḷu — mājhyā ṭhāyīm (PURE-BODHA + on-top-of-that BHAJANA-NATURED toward Me) — the precise iconic JÑĀNA-BHAJANA synthesis.

(iv) 12.196 — the closing SACOKĀRĒṀ-OATH: tayā-aisēm dusarēm — āmhām paḍhiyamtēm sōyarēm — nāhīm gā sācōkārēm — tujhī āṇa (NO-SECOND DEAR-RELATIVE like him — TRULY — BY-YOUR-LIFE!) — Krishna swearing BY-ARJUNA'S-OWN-LIFE that NO-ONE is more-DEAR than this bhakta.

Three precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

  1. SŪRYA-NIGHT-DAY-elemental-simile (12.194) — rātri-divasa na ghaṭē — sūryāsi jevīm (NIGHT-AND-DAY don't-OCCUR LIKE-the-SŪRYA). Renders śubha-aśubha-parityāga NOT as effortful-renunciation but as ELEMENTAL-NON-APPEARANCE — just as the SUN cannot experience NIGHT (wherever the SUN is, it is DAY), so the bhakta cannot experience the binary-of-puṇya-pāpa. Purely Marathi elemental-pedagogical elevation.

  2. JÑĀNA-rationale pedagogy (12.190-12.193) — each Sanskrit negation derived from a corresponding JÑĀNA-state rather than from effortful-suppression. The sahaja-ci (NATURALLY) particle at 12.191 is the precise iconic naming of this strategy: bheda-bhāva does not RESIGN — it NATURALLY-GOES once VIŚVA-AIKYA is established. The bhakta doesn't suppress emotion — he simply lacks the duality that would produce emotion.

  3. SACOKĀRĒṀ-OATH closing (12.196) — nāhīm gā sācōkārēm — tujhī āṇa (TRULY — BY-YOUR-LIFE!). Krishna swears BY-ARJUNA'S-OWN-LIFE that NO ONE is more-DEAR than this bhakta. Renders the laconic Sanskrit sa me priyaḥ refrain as AFFECTIONATE-OATH — the precise iconic Marathi pedagogical-amplification. Among the most iconic Krishna-Arjuna-affectionate moments in the Jñāneśvarī.

Arc-position

BG-12.17 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 (continuing) → BG-12.20 = CONCLUDING-VERDICT. Cluster 0451 contributes the FOUR-FOLD-NEGATION quartet (no-rejoice + no-hate + no-grieve + no-crave) + the radical śubha-aśubha-parityāgī compound. Doctrinal-progression from 0450 (BG-12.16 anapekṣa-cluster): EXTERNAL-RENUNCIATION (sarva-ārambha-parityāgī = renouncing all UNDERTAKINGS) → INTERNAL-RENUNCIATION (śubha-aśubha-parityāgī = renouncing the very CATEGORIES of GOOD-AND-BAD). The next cluster (0452) extends the catalog with BG-12.18's SAMA-quartet (sama in śatru-mitra + māna-apamāna + śīta-uṣṇa + sukha-duḥkha) culminating in BG-12.19-20.