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संत साहित्य · Jñāneśvarī · Adhyāya 13

Cluster 0473 — BG-13.18 — *iti kṣetram tathā jñānam jñeyam ca-uktam samāsataḥ — mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate*

BG-13.18

Sanskrit

इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः । मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते ॥१८॥

Translation

THUS the KṢETRA + JÑĀNA + JÑEYA have been DECLARED IN-BRIEF — MY-BHAKTA, having KNOWN this, BECOMES-FIT-FOR / ATTAINS MY-BHĀVA.

Function

BG-13.18 is the TERMINAL-SUMMARY closing the BG-13.1-17 first doctrinal-arc of adhyāya-13 + the iconic BHAKTA-ATTAINMENT-PROMISE.

(i) FIRST hemistich — iconic TRIPLE-SUMMARY closing-marker — explicitly naming all three doctrinal-blocks: KṢETRA (BG-13.1-6) + JÑĀNA (BG-13.7-11) + JÑEYA (BG-13.12-17), and marking them as DECLARED-IN-BRIEF (samāsataḥ).

(ii) SECOND hemistich — iconic BHAKTA-ATTAINMENT-PROMISE — the QUALIFIED-RECIPIENT is the mad-bhakta (MY-BHAKTA), the QUALIFYING-ACT is etat vijñāya (KNOWING-this-triple-doctrine), and the TERMINAL-ATTAINMENT is mad-bhāvāya upapadyate (FITNESS-FOR / ATTAINMENT-of MY-BHĀVA).

Jñāneśvar's 18-ovi Treatment

Jñāneśvar's treatment (13.940-13.957) renders the verse in five precise sub-blocks:

(i) 13.940-13.943 — TRIPLE-SUMMARY-RECAP Block

  • 13.940 — KṢETRA-FIRST: evam tujapuḍhām — ādīm kṣētra suhāḍā — dāvilēm phāḍōvāḍām — vivañcunī (THUS BEFORE-YOU — FIRST the KṢETRA, O-SUHĀḌĀ — was DISPLAYED-EXPANDED — and DISCRIMINATED).
  • 13.941 — JÑĀNA-NEXT-as-EYE: taisēm-ci kṣētrāpāṭhīm — jaisēni dēkhasī diṭhī — tēm jñāna-hī kirīṭī — sāngitalēm (just-so AFTER-the-KṢETRA — by-which YOU-SEE with the EYE — that JÑĀNA, O-KIRĪṬĪ — was DECLARED). JÑĀNA elevated as the iconic INSTRUMENT-of-SEEING the KṢETRA.
  • 13.942 — BONUS-AJÑĀNA-disclosure: ajñānā-hī kautukē — rūpa kēlēm nikēm — jamva āyaṇī tujhī ṭēnkē — purē mhaṇē (AJÑĀNA-FORM was FASHIONED CLEAR as a KAUTUKA-gift — UNTIL your CAPACITY was EXHAUSTED saying ENOUGH). The BG-triple becomes a DE-FACTO 4-fold with AJÑĀNA as KAUTUKA-supplement.
  • 13.943 — JÑEYA-PRESENT-MOMENT: āṇi ātām hēm rōkaḍēm — upapattīcēni pavāḍēm — nirūpilēm ughaḍēm — jñēya paim gā (AND NOW this in-the-PRESENT-MOMENT — by EXTENT-OF-DEMONSTRATION — was OPENLY EXPOUNDED — the JÑEYA).

(ii) 13.944-13.946 — MAT-SIDDHI-BHĀVANĀ + MICI-HŌTĪ Attainment-Block

  • 13.944 — hē āghavī-ci vivañcanā — buddhī bharōni arjunā — mat-siddhi-bhāvanā — mājhiyā yētī (this WHOLE DISCRIMINATION — FILLING the MIND — to MY-SIDDHI-BHĀVANĀ — they COME). The Sanskrit mad-bhāvāya elevated to MAT-SIDDHI-BHĀVANĀ — MY-ACCOMPLISHED-BEING / MY-PERFECTED-STATE.
  • 13.945 — dēhādi parigrahīm — samnyāsu karūniyām jihīm — jīvu mājhyā ṭhāīm — vṛttikā kēlā (by-those-who RENOUNCING the DEHA-grasping — MADE-OPERATIVE the JĪVA IN-MY-PLACE). The Sanskrit mad-bhakta elevated to a precise DOUBLE-QUALIFICATION: NEGATIVE deha-samnyāsa + POSITIVE jīva-relocation-in-the-Lord.
  • 13.946 — the iconic MICI-HŌTĪ terminal: tē mātēm kirīṭī — hēm-ci jāṇauniyām śēvaṭīm — āpaṇapayām sāṭōvāṭīm — mī-ci hōtī (they COME-TO-ME, O-KIRĪṬĪ — by KNOWING-THIS to-the-END — by SELF-EXCHANGE — BECOMING-MYSELF). The Sanskrit upapadyate elevated to ĀPAṆAPAYĀṂ-SĀṬŌVĀṬĪṂ-MICI-HŌTĪ — SELF-EXCHANGE → BECOMING-MYSELF.

(iii) 13.947-13.951 — Pedagogical-Justification Block

  • 13.947 — mī-ci hōtī parī — hē mukhya gā avadhārīm — sōhōpī sarvāmparī — racilīm āmhīm (they-BECOME-MYSELF, BUT — THIS is the MAIN — WE arranged-this-EASE for-ALL-MANNER). The iconic Krishna-pedagogical meta-disclosure that the 4-fold-division was a SŌHŌPĪ-ARRANGEMENT.
  • 13.948 — 3-elemental-similes: CLIFF-STEP + ABYSS-PLATFORM + IMMERSED-DEPTH-GUIDE-ROPE.
  • 13.949 — ēṟhavīm avaghēm-ci ātmā — hēm sāngōm jarī vīrōttamā — parī tujhiyā manōdharmā — miḷēla nā (OTHERWISE the WHOLE IS ĀTMĀ — I would say it — but YOUR MANO-DHARMA would not RECEIVE).
  • 13.950 — ONE-MADE-FOUR-because-of-ADAḶAPAṆA-in-PRAJÑĀ.
  • 13.951 — the iconic BĀḶA-FEEDING-simile: paim bāḷa jaim jēvavije — taim ghāmsu visā ṭhāyīm kīje — taisēm ēkaci hēm-catur-vyājēm — kathilēm āmhīm (when the CHILD is fed — the MORSEL is made into TWENTY PLACES — so this ONE in FOUR-PRETEXTS — WE DECLARED). The 4-fold = CATUR-VYĀJA — FOUR-PRETEXTS for the ONE.

(iv) 13.952-13.955 — 4-fold-Enumeration + Alternate-Teaching-Offer Block

  • 13.952 — the iconic 4-fold-enumeration: ēka kṣētra ēka jñāna — ēka jñēya ēka ajñāna — hē bhāga kēlē avadhāna — jāṇauni tujhēm.
  • 13.953 — the alternate-teaching conditional: IF the 4-fold-abhiprāya doesn't LAND, the Lord offers an alternate VYAVASTHĀ.
  • 13.954 — the iconic ĀTMĀNĀTMĀ-SARISĀ-PĀḌU 2-fold-equal-measure: ātām cauṭhāyīm na karūm — ēkahī mhaṇauni na sarūm — atmānātmayā dharūm — sarisā pāḍu (NEITHER 4-fold NOR ONE — HOLD ĀTMĀ-and-ANĀTMĀ as EQUAL-MEASURE).
  • 13.955 — the EARS-KEEP-NAME reciprocity-condition: KEEP the EARS as EARS — don't pre-reject.

(v) 13.956-13.957 — PĀRTHA-ROMĀÑCITA + Transition-to-BG-13.19

  • 13.956 — yā śrīkṛṣṇāciyā bōlā — pārthu rōmāñcitu jāhalā — tētha dēvō mhaṇatī bhalā — ucambaḷēnā (PĀRTHA became ROMĀÑCITA — the Lord says GOOD — DON'T OVERFLOW). The iconic chariot-frame stage-beat: Arjuna's body BRISTLES-WITH-DELIGHT + Krishna's TENDER-RESTRAINT.
  • 13.957 — aisēni tō yētām vēgu — dharūni mhaṇē śrīrangu — prakṛti-puruṣa-vibhāgu — parisēm sāngōm (HOLDING-the-MOMENTUM the LORD says — LISTEN as I tell PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA-DIVISION). Krishna CATCHES the bhāva-momentum and announces BG-13.19.

Four precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

  1. MAT-SIDDHI-BHĀVANĀ + MICI-HŌTĪ-by-ĀPAṆAPAYĀṂ-SĀṬŌVĀṬĪṂ SELF-EXCHANGE pedagogy (13.944-13.946) — The Sanskrit upapadyate (BECOMES-FIT-FOR) elevated to the precise iconic Marathi MUTUAL-SUBSTITUTION soteriological-terminus. The bhakta EXCHANGES his self for MY-self — the precise iconic Marathi commercial-vocabulary rendering of the BG attainment-promise.

  2. 4-fold-as-CATUR-VYĀJA pedagogical-meta-disclosure (13.947-13.952) — The Sanskrit samāsataḥ (IN-BRIEF) elevated to the iconic Marathi pedagogical-meta-disclosure: the 4-fold-division is a PEDAGOGICAL-CONCESSION not an ONTOLOGICAL-FACT. The iconic BĀḶA-FEEDING-MOTHER-pedagogue simile — the Lord is the PATIENT-MOTHER feeding-a-CHILD by dividing-the-MORSEL into many places.

  3. Alternate-teaching-offer ĀTMĀNĀTMĀ-SARISĀ-PĀḌU 2-fold-equal-measure (13.953-13.955) — Purely Marathi pedagogical-flexibility-disclosure. The Lord is NOT committed to the 4-fold and explicitly offers the alternate 2-fold ATMĀ-ANĀTMĀ-EQUAL-MEASURE if the 4-fold doesn't land — precisely anticipating BG-13.19 PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA-VIBHĀGA.

  4. PĀRTHA-ROMĀÑCITA + KṚṢṆA-TENDER-RESTRAINT stage-beat (13.956-13.957) — Purely Marathi chariot-frame stage-beat with no Sanskrit-counterpart. The doctrinal-recap is rendered AS-LIVED-bhakti-event by Arjuna's body BRISTLING + Krishna's TENDER-RESTRAINT + MOMENTUM-CATCHING into BG-13.19. Among the most-iconic Marathi rōmāñca body-response markers in the Bhāvārtha-Dīpikā.

Arc-position

BG-13.18 is the TERMINAL-SUMMARY of the BG-13.1-17 first doctrinal-arc. The chapter's argument now stands as: 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 → BG-13.18 = TERMINAL-SUMMARY (this cluster) → BG-13.19-34 = PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA-VIBHĀGA. Cluster 0473 contributes the iconic TRIPLE-SUMMARY-RECAP + MAT-SIDDHI-BHĀVANĀ + MICI-HŌTĪ BHAKTA-ATTAINMENT-PROMISE + pedagogical-justification of the 4-fold as CATUR-VYĀJA + alternate-teaching-offer ĀTMĀNĀTMĀ-SARISĀ-PĀḌU + PĀRTHA-ROMĀÑCITA stage-beat + transition-to-BG-13.19 PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA-VIBHĀGA. The cluster's arc-position is precise: it functions as the PIVOT between the first and second doctrinal arcs of adhyāya-13, simultaneously CLOSING (TRIPLE-SUMMARY + BHAKTA-PROMISE) and OPENING (alternate-2-fold-teaching + PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA-VIBHĀGA-announcement) — among Jñāneśvar's most-architecturally-pivotal clusters in the entire Bhāvārtha-Dīpikā.