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संत साहित्य · Jñāneśvarī · Adhyāya 12

Cluster 0453 — BG-12.19 — *tulya-nindā-stutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kena cit — aniketaḥ sthira-matir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ*

BG-12.19

Sanskrit

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् । अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥१९॥

Translation

EQUAL-in-NINDĀ-and-STUTI (censure-and-praise), SILENT-ONE, CONTENT-with-WHATEVER-WHATSOEVER, HOME-LESS, FIRM-of-MIND, BHAKTI-POSSESSING — that MAN is DEAR-TO-ME.

Function

BG-12.19 CLOSES the iconic 7-verse BHAKTA-VIRTUES CATALOG (BG-12.13-19) — the Bhagavad-Gītā's most-quoted and Vārkari-foundational portrait of the priya-bhakta. The final 5-virtue enumeration: (1) tulya-nindā-stuti (equanimous-in-censure-and-praise); (2) maunī (silent); (3) santuṣṭo yena kena cit (content-with-WHATSOEVER — the precise iconic yena kena cit compound rendering radical-indiscriminate-contentment); (4) aniketaḥ (HOME-LESS — the iconic ascetic-renunciate compound, among the BG's most-iconic renunciate-virtues, foundational for the wandering-saint / parivrājaka tradition); (5) sthira-matiḥ (firm-of-mind). The verse closes with the catalog's signature refrain bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ — the BHAKTI-POSSESSING MAN is DEAR-TO-ME.

Jñāneśvar's 23-ovi treatment (12.207-12.229) decomposes into 2 architectural-movements:

(I) 7-OVI 5-VIRTUE-DECODING (12.207-12.213) — opens with ĀKĀŚA-LĒPU-no-stain (SKY no-stain-clings) rendering tulya-nindā-stuti + UNMANĪ-absorption rendering maunī + SAMUDRA-no-drying rendering santuṣṭa + VĀYU-WIND-no-lodging rendering aniketa + the iconic VIŚVA-CI-MĀJHĒṀ-GHARA (THIS-VERY-COSMOS-IS-MY-HOUSE) positive-rendering of aniketa + CARA-ACARA-becoming closing the sthira-mati virtue.

(II) 16-OVI PRAISE-EXTENSION (12.214-12.229) — Krishna himself declaring he CROWNS the bhakta on his head (māthām-mukuṭa-karīm) + tri-loka-PĀYAVAṆĪ-honor + ŚRĪGURU-SADĀŚIVA-test-case + RAMĀ-NĀHĒṀ-self-declaration + the iconic 4-PURUṢĀRTHA-CONQUEST (bhakta-distributes-mokṣa-to-world) + JAḶA-WATER-humility + 3-fold-affection (NAMASKĀRA + CROWN + HEEL-IN-HEART) + Lord-WEARS-bhakta-VIRTUES + Lord-TAKES-on-EYES + Lord-TAKES-on-MULTI-ARMS-for-EMBRACE + the most-radical VIDEHA-takes-DEHA-FOR-bhakta + INCOMPARABLY-DEAR + LISTENERS-of-bhakta-CARITRA-become-DEAR + PRAISERS-of-bhakta-CARITRA-DEARER-than-LIFE + BHAKTI-YOGA-IS-ALL-YOGA-FORM concluding-summary + MIND-AS-HEAD-CARRIES-BHAKTA closing ring-composition with 12.214.

Six precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

  1. ĀKĀŚA-LĒPU-no-stain (12.207) — jō nindētēm nēghē — stuti na ślāghē — ākāśā na lagē — lēpu jaisā (LIKE the SKY — NO STAIN CLINGS) — purely Marathi elemental-pedagogical rendering of tulya-nindā-stuti.

  2. UNMANĪ-Nāth-yoga deployment (12.209) — jō bhōgitām unmanī — ārāyēnā (absorbed-in-UNMANĪ — does-not-emerge) — the precise Nāth-yoga technical term deployed in rendering MAUNA as trans-mental-absorption.

  3. VĀYU-WIND-no-lodging (12.211) — vāyūsi ēkē ṭhāyīm — biḍhāra jaisēm nāhīm (LIKE WIND — NO LODGING in ONE PLACE) — the precise iconic Marathi elemental-rendering of aniketa.

  4. VIŚVA-CI-MĀJHĒṀ-GHARA (12.213) — hēm viśva-ci mājhēm ghara — aisī matī jayācī sthira (THIS-VERY-COSMOS-IS-MY-HOUSE — such MATI FIRM) — the precise iconic Marathi positive-rendering of aniketa as COSMOS-AS-HOUSE (not deprivation-home-less but cosmically-homed).

  5. 4-PURUṢĀRTHA-CONQUEST-DISTRIBUTION (12.219) — jē puruṣārtha-siddhi cauthī — ghēūnī āpuliyā hātīm — rigālā bhakti-pantīm — jagā dētu (TAKING the FOURTH PURUṢĀRTHA-SIDDHI in his OWN HAND — ENTERED the BHAKTI-PATH — GIVES it to the WORLD) — the precise iconic Marathi Vārkari bhakti-OVER-mokṣa doctrine — the bhakta CONQUERS mokṣa then SETS IT ASIDE for bhakti, distributing it as gift.

  6. VIDEHA-takes-DEHA-FOR-bhakta-sake (12.225) — tayā sangācēni suravāḍē — maja vidēhā dēha dharaṇēm ghaḍē — kimbahunā āvaḍē — nirupamu (FOR THE SAKE OF COMPANY WITH HIM — I the VIDEHA-formless TAKE-ON-DEHA — INCOMPARABLY-DEAR) — among the most-radical claims in the Dnyāneśvarī's bhakta-praise — the Lord's INCARNATION is FOR the bhakta-sake.

Arc-position

BG-12.19 is the precise CLOSE of the BG-12.13-19 PRIYA-BHAKTA-CATALOG. The chapter's architecture now stands as: BG-12.1 = QUESTION → BG-12.2 = VERDICT → BG-12.3-5 = AVYAKTA-DIFFICULTY → BG-12.6-7 = SAGUṆA-RESCUE → BG-12.8-12 = FIVE-PROGRESSIVE-DISCIPLINES → BG-12.13-19 = PRIYA-BHAKTA-CATALOG (CLOSED HERE) → BG-12.20 = CONCLUDING-VERDICT-with-AMṚTAṂ-DHARMYAṂ-refrain. Cluster 0453 CLOSES the 7-verse priya-bhakta-catalog with the 5-final-virtues + the iconic bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ signature-refrain. The exceptional 16-ovi PRAISE-EXTENSION (12.214-12.229) is Jñāneśvar's most-extended priya-bhakta-celebration in the entire Dnyāneśvarī. The next cluster (0454) delivers the concluding BG-12.20 ye tu dharmyāmṛtam idam yathoktam paryupāsate — śraddadhānā mat-paramā bhaktās te 'tīva me priyāḥ — the chapter's iconic culmination with the atīva me priyāḥ (EXCEEDINGLY DEAR-TO-ME) superlative-refrain.