Cluster 0471 — BG-13.16 — *avibhaktam ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam — bhūta-bhartṛ ca taj jñeyam grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca*

Sanskrit

अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितं । भूतभर्तृ च तज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥१६॥

Translation

UN-DIVIDED in bhūtas yet STANDING AS-IF-DIVIDED — and THAT-IS-the-JÑEYA: BHŪTA-SUSTAINER (bhūta-bhartṛ) + DEVOURER (grasiṣṇu) + PRODUCER (prabhaviṣṇu).

Function

BG-13.16 continues the JÑEYA-definition block (BG-13.12-17) with the precise iconic avibhaktam ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam paradox-formula (UN-DIVIDED-yet-AS-IF-DIVIDED) + the cosmic-triple-function trichotomy bhūta-bhartṛ + grasiṣṇu + prabhaviṣṇu (SUSTAINER + DEVOURER + PRODUCER). The verse's pedagogical-architecture is precise:

(i) FIRST hemistich — UN-DIVIDED-YET-AS-IF-DIVIDED paradox. The JÑEYA is essentially-un-partitioned but APPEARS partitioned across the bhūta-manifold. The iva qualifier (AS-IF) is critical: the partitioning is APPEARANCE-ONLY.

(ii) SECOND hemistich — cosmic-triple-function trichotomy. The JÑEYA's threefold cosmic-operation: SUSTAINING the bhūtas (bhūta-bhartṛ) + DEVOURING at pralaya (grasiṣṇu) + PRODUCING at sṛṣṭi (prabhaviṣṇu). The triple-function is the iconic Vedāntic-Purāṇic sṛṣṭi-sthiti-samhāra trichotomy in precise Sanskrit-agent-noun form, conventionally distributed as BRAHMĀ (prabhaviṣṇu/creator) + VIṢṆU (bhūta-bhartṛ/sustainer) + RUDRA (grasiṣṇu/devourer).

Jñāneśvar's 7-ovi Treatment

Jñāneśvar's treatment (13.920-13.926) renders the verse in two precise sub-blocks:

(i) 13.920-13.923 — UN-DIVIDED-YET-AS-IF-DIVIDED Paradox-Block

• 13.920 — the iconic ONE-VYĀPTI-in-MANY-bhūta-jātis rendering: taisēm anēkīm bhūta-jātīm — jēm āhē ēkī vyāpti — viśva-kāryā sumatī — kāraṇa jēm gā (such-a-thing in the MANY bhūta-jātis — is the ONE VYĀPTI — the CAUSE of the VIŚVA-KĀRYA).

• 13.921 — the iconic KALLŌḶA-SĀGARU wave-ocean elemental-simile: mhaṇauni hā bhūtākāru — jēthōni tēm-ci tayā ādhāru — kallōḷā sāgaru — jiyāparī (this BHŪTA-FORM — FROM-which-IT-IS — IT-itself is the SUPPORT — like the OCEAN to the WAVES). The classical Vedāntic vivarta-doctrine in purely Marathi elemental form.

• 13.922 — the iconic BĀLYĀDI-3-ages-same-body temporal-continuity simile: bālyādi tinhīm vayasīm — kāyā ēkaci jaisī — taisēm ādi-sthiti-grāsīm — akhaṇḍa jēm (CHILDHOOD-etc 3-ages — SAME body — such in ĀDI-STHITI-GRĀSI — UN-BROKEN). The ĀDI-STHITI-GRĀSI compound precisely anticipates the cosmic-triple-function distribution coming in 13.924-13.925.

• 13.923 — the iconic GAGANA-CONSTANT-THROUGH-DIN-MĀNA temporal-simile: sāyam-prātar-madhyāna — hōtām jātām dina-māna — jaisēm kām gagana — pālaṭēnā (EVENING-MORNING-NOON — becomings-departings of the DAY-MEASURE — just-as the SKY DOES NOT CHANGE). The PAIRED temporal-continuity-similes (13.922 LIFE-CYCLE + 13.923 DAY-CYCLE) deliver temporal-continuity at 2 different scales.

(ii) 13.924-13.926 — Cosmic-Triple-Function Block

• 13.924 — the iconic TRIMŪRTI-mapping (first 2): agā sṛṣṭi-vēḷē priyōttamā — jayā nāmva mhaṇatī brahmā — vyāpti jēm viṣṇu-nāmā — pātra jāhalēm (at SṚṢṬI-time DEAR-one — to-whom the NAME-is BRAHMĀ — the VYĀPTI became the VESSEL of the VIṢṆU-NAME). Maps prabhaviṣṇu → BRAHMĀ + bhūta-bhartṛ → VIṢṆU.

• 13.925 — the iconic TRIMŪRTI-completion + post-TRIMŪRTI-pivot: maga ākāru hā hārapē — tēvhām rudra jēm mhaṇipē — tēm-hī guṇa-traya jēvhām lōpē — taim jēm śūnya (when the FORM DISAPPEARS — the NAME-is RUDRA — when that GUṆA-TRAYA itself lapses — then that which is ŚŪNYA). Completes the TRIMŪRTI with grasiṣṇu → RUDRA, then pivots BEYOND the guṇa-bound TRIMŪRTI to the post-TRIMŪRTI ŚŪNYA.

• 13.926 — the iconic closing MAHĀ-ŚŪNYA-ŚRUTI-VACANA-SAṀMATA terminus: nabhācēm śūnyatva giḷūna — guṇa-trayātēm nuraūna — tēm śūnya tēm mahā-śūnya — śruti-vacana-sammata (DEVOURING the SKY's ŚŪNYATVA — LEAVING-NO-REMAINDER of the GUṆA-TRAYA — THAT ŚŪNYA is MAHĀ-ŚŪNYA — ATTESTED-TO ŚRUTI-VACANA). The precise iconic Marathi cosmological double-devouring pedagogy + explicit ŚRUTI-VACANA pramāṇa-citation closing the pedagogical arc.

Four precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

1. KALLŌḶA-SĀGARU wave-ocean elemental-simile (13.921) — renders bhūta-derivation as classical Vedāntic vivarta in purely Marathi elemental form. The WAVE has no being apart from the OCEAN; the OCEAN is BOTH source AND ground.

2. PAIRED temporal-continuity-similes (13.922-13.923) — BĀLYĀDI-3-ages-same-body (LIFE-CYCLE) paired with GAGANA-3-DIN-MĀNA-CONSTANT (DAY-CYCLE) — temporal-continuity at 2 different scales anticipating the cosmic ĀDI-STHITI-GRĀSI cycling.

3. Precise iconic TRIMŪRTI-mapping (13.924-13.925) — prabhaviṣṇu = BRAHMĀ + bhūta-bhartṛ = VIṢṆU + grasiṣṇu = RUDRA. Delivers the BG cosmic-triple-function as the classical Purāṇic TRIMŪRTI-distribution by guṇa-association (rajas-sattva-tamas), explicitly grounded in Bhāgavata 1.2.23's classical formulation.

4. MAHĀ-ŚŪNYA-ŚRUTI-VACANA-SAṀMATA terminus (13.926) — the precise iconic pedagogical-pivot BEYOND the guṇa-bound TRIMŪRTI. The classical TRIMŪRTI is only the PENULTIMATE stage; the true terminus is the MAHĀ-ŚŪNYA that DEVOURS both the SKY's ŚŪNYATVA AND the GUṆA-TRAYA, explicitly attested to ŚRUTI-VACANA. Among Jñāneśvar's most-iconic Marathi pedagogical-pivots in the entire JÑEYA-definition block.

Arc-position

BG-13.16 continues the BG-13.12-17 JÑEYA-DEFINITION block. The chapter's argument: BG-13.1-2 = KṢETRA-KṢETRAJÑA-VIBHĀGA → BG-13.3-6 = KṢETRA-DEFINITION → BG-13.7-11 = JÑĀNA-19-VIRTUE-CATALOG → BG-13.12-17 = JÑEYA-DEFINITION (continuing) → BG-13.18 = TERMINAL-SUMMARY. Cluster 0471 contributes the avibhaktam... vibhaktam iva paradox-formula + the cosmic-triple-function trichotomy + the TRIMŪRTI-mapping + the MAHĀ-ŚŪNYA-ŚRUTI-VACANA-SAṀMATA terminus. Doctrinal-progression from 0470 (BG-13.15 dūra-stha-cāntike): SPATIAL paradoxes (OUTSIDE-INSIDE + FAR-NEAR + MOBILE-IMMOBILE) → UN-DIVIDED-AS-IF-DIVIDED + COSMIC-TRIPLE-FUNCTION. The next cluster (0472) extends with BG-13.17's iconic LIGHT-OF-LIGHTS + JÑĀNA-JÑEYA-JÑĀNA-GAMYA triple-as-one + HEART-SEATED-in-ALL terminus, closing the JÑEYA-definition block.