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संत साहित्य · Jñāneśvarī · Adhyāya 13

Cluster 0479 — BG-13.24 — *dhyānenātmani paśyanti kecid ātmānam ātmanā — anye sānkhyena yogena karma-yogena cāpare*

BG-13.24

Sanskrit

ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना। अन्ये सांख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे॥२४॥

Translation

SOME (kecid) by DHYĀNA SEE the ĀTMAN IN-the-ĀTMAN BY-the-ĀTMAN (the iconic triple-ātmā formula); OTHERS (anye) by SĀṄKHYA-YOGA; and OTHERS (apare) by KARMA-YOGA.

Function

BG-13.24 delivers the iconic FOUR-PATH-CATALOG for ātman-realization, naming the classical three-yogas + an apare residual class deferred to BG-13.25:

(i) DHYĀNA-yoga — via the iconic compressed-Sanskrit triple-ātmā formula ĀTMANI-ĀTMĀNAM-ĀTMANĀ (SEEING the ĀTMAN IN-the-ĀTMAN BY-the-ĀTMAN). The same ĀTMAN serves as locus-object-instrument, naming the pure non-dual self-seeing-by-self.

(ii) SĀṄKHYA-yoga — the discriminative-enumerative path of distinguishing PURUṢA from the 24/25/36 PRAKṚTI-tattvas.

(iii) KARMA-yoga — the action-yoga path of niṣkāma-karma.

(iv) apare — OTHERS — the residual class deferred to BG-13.25's anye tv evam ajānantaḥ śrutvānyebhya upāsate (the iconic śravaṇa-bhakti-class).

Jñāneśvar's 4-ovi Treatment

Jñāneśvar's treatment (13.1037-13.1040) renders the verse with precise pedagogical-asymmetry: 3 ovis for DHYĀNA + 1 compressed-ovi for SĀṄKHYA + KARMA.

(i) 13.1037-13.1039 — DHYĀNA-Block (3 ovis)

  • 13.1037 — the iconic VICĀRA-FORGE smithy-pedagogy: kōṇī ēku subhaṭā — vicārācā āgiṭām — ātmānātma-kiṭā — puṭēm deunī (SOME ONE DEAR-WARRIOR — in the VICĀRA-FORGE — GIVING-the-ANNEAL to the ĀTMA-NON-ĀTMA-INSECT-IMPURITY). The DHYĀNA-VICĀRA as FORGE-FIRE-anneal burning out the NON-ĀTMA-INSECT-IMPURITY from the PURE SELF.

  • 13.1038 — the iconic 36-VĀNĪ-BHEDA discrimination: chattīsa hī vānī bheda — tōḍōniyām nirvivāda — nivaḍitī śuddha — āpaṇapēm (CUTTING the 36-VĀNĪ-BHEDA IRREFUTABLY — DISTINGUISHING the PURE SELF). The classical Sānkhya-Tantric 36-tattva ontology CUT NIRVIVĀDA-IRREFUTABLY from the PURE ĀPAṆAPĒṀ.

  • 13.1039 — the iconic triple-ātmā formula in Marathi: tayā āpaṇapayācyā poṭīm — ātma-dhyānāciyā diṭhī — dekhatī gā kirīṭī — āpaṇapem-ci (IN the SELF-S-WOMB — BY the EYE-OF-ĀTMA-DHYĀNA — they SEE O-KIRĪṬĪ — the SELF-ITSELF). The precise iconic Marathi rendering: ĀTMANI = ĀPAṆAPAYĀCYĀ-POṬĪṀ (locus, feminine-WOMB) + ĀTMANĀ = ĀTMA-DHYĀNĀCIYĀ-DIṬHĪ (instrument) + ĀTMĀNAM = ĀPAṆAPEṀ-CI (object). KIRĪṬĪ Arjuna-vocative confirms intimate-disclosure.

(ii) 13.1040 — SĀṄKHYA + KARMA Compressed-Pair (1 ovi)

  • 13.1040 — the compressed-pair-rendering of the remaining 2 paths: āṇika paim daiva-bagēm — citta-deti sānkhya-yōgēm — ēka tē anga-lagēm — karmācēnī (OTHERS BY-FORTUNATE-DESTINY ATTEND-the-MIND BY-SĀṄKHYA-YOGA — OTHERS by ADHERENCE-OF-LIMB to KARMA). The SĀṄKHYA-path with the purely Marathi DAIVA-BAGĒṀ FORTUNATE-DESTINY qualifier (discriminative-intelligence-prerequisite) + the KARMA-YOGA-path with the purely Marathi AṄGA-LAGĒṀ LIMB-CLINGING image. The 4th residual apare class is deferred to BG-13.25.

Four precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

  1. VICĀRA-ĀGIṬĀ + ĀTMĀNĀTMA-KIṬĀ + PUṬAṀ-DEUNĪ smithy-pedagogy (13.1037) — the DHYĀNA-VICĀRA figured as a FORGE-FIRE-anneal that burns the ĀTMA-NON-ĀTMA-INSECT-IMPURITY out of the PURE SELF. Purely Marathi metallurgical-pedagogy beyond the laconic Sanskrit dhyānena.

  2. 36-VĀNĪ-BHEDA NIRVIVĀDA-CUTTING enumeration (13.1038) — the classical Sānkhya-Tantric 36-tattva ontology CUT IRREFUTABLY from the PURE ĀPAṆAPĒṀ-SELF, rendering the discriminative-yield of the DHYĀNA-VICĀRA-process.

  3. Triple-ātmā formula in iconic Marathi (13.1039) — the precise iconic Marathi rendering of the Sanskrit ĀTMANI-ĀTMĀNAM-ĀTMANĀ as ĀPAṆAPAYĀCYĀ-POṬĪṀ-locus (feminine-WOMB-image) + ĀTMA-DHYĀNĀCIYĀ-DIṬHĪ-instrument + ĀPAṆAPEṀ-CI-object. The POṬĪṀ-WOMB-image is the iconic Marathi feminine-interior pedagogical-elevation. KIRĪṬĪ Arjuna-vocative confirms intimate-disclosure.

  4. DAIVA-BAGĒṀ-SĀṄKHYA + AṄGA-LAGĒṀ-KARMA compressed-pair (13.1040) — the SĀṄKHYA-path qualified with prior-FORTUNATE-DESTINY (discriminative-intelligence-prerequisite) + the KARMA-YOGA-path as LIMB-ADHERENCE-to-ACTION. The pedagogical-asymmetry (3 ovis DHYĀNA + 1 ovi SĀṄKHYA + KARMA) confirms the cluster's emphasis on DHYĀNA as the PRIMARY path of BG-13.24.

Arc-position

BG-13.24 stands within the adhyāya-13 PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA + KṢETRA-KṢETRAJÑA further-distinctions block (BG-13.19-34), following the JÑEYA-DEFINITION block + TERMINAL-SUMMARY + GUṆA-affliction-doctrine. 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 → BG-13.18 = TERMINAL-SUMMARY → BG-13.19-23 = PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA + GUṆA-doctrine → BG-13.24-25 = FOUR-PATH-CATALOG. Doctrinal-progression from 0478 (BG-13.23 no-rebirth promise) to 0479: JÑĀNA-OUTCOME → JÑĀNA-METHODS. The next cluster (0480) extends with BG-13.25's iconic ŚRAVAṆA-BHAKTI-path completion of the four-path-catalog.