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संत साहित्य · Jñāneśvarī · Adhyāya 13

Cluster 0485 — BG-13.30 — *yadā bhūta-pṛthag-bhāvam eka-stham anupaśyati — tata eva ca vistāram brahma sampadyate tadā*

BG-13.30

Sanskrit

यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति। तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा॥३०॥

Translation

WHEN one SEES-CONFORMABLY the BHŪTA-PṚTHAG-BHĀVA (separate-being-multiplicity) as ESTABLISHED-IN-the-ONE (eka-stham) — and the VISTĀRA (expansion-diversity) as proceeding FROM-THERE-ONLY (tata eva ca) — THEN one ATTAINS BRAHMAN.

Function

BG-13.30 delivers the iconic DUAL-RECOGNITION verse of the chapter's closing-block:

(i) Unity-FROM-diversity — the apparent BHŪTA-PṚTHAG-BHĀVA (separate-being-multiplicity) is SEEN ESTABLISHED-IN-the-ONE (eka-stham).

(ii) Diversity-FROM-unity — the VISTĀRA-EXPANSION is recognized as proceeding FROM-THE-SAME-ONE (tata eva ca).

Both directions of the unity-diversity relation are conformably-seen via anu-√paś — the iconic ANU-prefix-verb naming the conformable-following-after-seeing that conforms-to-the-truth-of-non-duality.

The result-clause names this dual-recognition as BRAHMA-SAMPATTI THEN-EXACTLY. The verse is doctrinally-architecturally the iconic CHAPTER-DOCTRINAL-BLOCK-CLOSING + 4-ŚLOKA-CODA-OPENING pivot.

Jñāneśvar's 10-ovi Treatment

Jñāneśvar's treatment (13.1084-13.1093) renders the verse with precise pedagogical-amplification spanning three architectural-blocks: (i) doctrinal content + 5-image catalog + brahma-sampatti-result (6 ovis: 13.1084-13.1088), (ii) doctrinal-block-closing summary (1 ovi: 13.1089), (iii) 4-ovi voice-shift dialogic-coda (4 ovis: 13.1090-13.1093).

(i) 13.1084-13.1088 — Doctrinal Content + 5-Image Catalog + Brahma-Sampatti-Result (5 ovis)

  • 13.1084 — ēyṛhavīm taim-ci arjunā — hōīje brahma-sampannā — jaim yā bhūtākṛtī bhinnā — disatī ēkī (OTHERWISE AT-THAT-VERY-TIME, Arjuna — ONE-BECOMES brahma-sampanna — WHEN these bhūta-FORMS DIFFERENT — APPEAR AS-ONE). The iconic EYRHAVĪṀ-TAIṀ-CI Marathi temporal-construction renders the Sanskrit yadā-tadā.

  • 13.1085 — laharī jaisīyā jaḷīm — paramāṇu-kaṇikā sthaḷī — raśmī-kara-maṇḍaḷī — sūryācyā jevīm (LIKE WAVES IN WATER — ATOM-PARTICLES IN PLACE — RAYS IN the SUN-ORB — JUST-SO). First 3 of the iconic 5-image unity-in-diversity catalog.

  • 13.1086 — nātarī dēhīm avēva — manīm āghavē-ci bhāva — visphulinga sāvēva — vanhīm ēkīm (OR LIMBS IN BODY — ALL BHĀVAS IN MIND — SPARKS WITH BODIES IN ONE FIRE). Closing 3 of the catalog. The SPARKS-IN-FIRE precisely echoes Muṇḍaka 2.1.1.

  • 13.1087 — taisē bhūtākāra ēkācē — hēm diṭhī rigē jaim sācē — taim-ci brahma-sampattīcēm — tārūm lāgē (LIKEWISE the BHŪTA-FORMS-OF-ONE — when THIS truly ENTERS the EYE — THEN the BOAT of BRAHMA-SAMPATTI SETS-OFF). The iconic TĀRŪṀ-BOAT-LĀGē samsāra-crossing-vessel image.

  • 13.1088 — maga jayā tayā kaḍē — brahmē-ci diṭhī ughaḍē — kimbahunā jōḍē — apāra sukha (THEN WHEREVER — the BRAHMA-EYE OPENS — moreover — INFINITE BLISS is GAINED). The JAYĀ-TAYĀ-KAḌē WHEREVER omnidirectional + KIMBAHUNĀ-emphatic INFINITE-BLISS closing.

(ii) 13.1089 — Doctrinal-Block-Closing Summary (1 ovi)

  • 13.1089 — yetuleni tuja pārthā — prakṛti-puruṣa-vyavasthā — ṭhāyēm ṭhāvō pratīti-pathā — mājīm jāhalī (BY-THIS-MUCH to you, O Pārtha — the PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA-VYAVASTHĀ — has come SECURELY-ESTABLISHED in the PATH-OF-EXPERIENCE). The iconic ṬHĀYĒṀ-ṬHĀVŌ-PRATĪTI-PATHA closing of the BG-13.19-30 doctrinal-block.

(iii) 13.1090-13.1093 — Voice-Shift Dialogic-Coda (4 ovis)

  • 13.1090 — amṛta jaisēm yē cuḷā — kām nidhāna dekhije ḍōḷām — tetulā jivhāḷā — mānāvā hā (LIKE AMṚTA COMING TO MOUTHFUL — OR NIDHĀNA SEEN BY EYE — such WARMTH-OF-HEART should be FELT). Krishna's WARMTH-OF-HEART instruction.

  • 13.1091 (arjuna-to-krishna) — jī jāhaliyē pratītī — ghara bāṇdhaṇēm jēm cittīm — tēm ātām nā subhadrāpatī — iyāvarī (Lord — by-what-EXPERIENCED — the HOUSE-OF-BUILDING in CITTA — NOW NO-MORE, O Subhadrāpati, beyond-this). Arjuna's satisfaction-statement.

  • 13.1092 — tarī ēka dōnhī tē bōla — bōlijatī sakhōla — dēīm manātēm vōla — maga tē ghēīm (yet ONE OR TWO WORDS — to be SPOKEN DEEPLY — GIVE your MIND its DAMPNESS — then RECEIVE). Krishna's invitation pointing to the BG-13.31-34 coda.

  • 13.1093 (sanjaya-narrator-frame) — aisēm dēvēm mhaṇitalē — maga bōlōm ādarilē — tēthē avadhānāce-ci kelē — sarvānga yērēm (THUS the LORD SAID — THEN BEGAN-TO-SPEAK — there the OTHER MADE — ALL-LIMBS into ATTENTION). Sañjaya's narrator-frame close.

Five precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

  1. 5-image UNITY-IN-DIVERSITY catalog (13.1085-13.1086) — WAVES-IN-WATER + ATOM-PARTICLES-IN-PLACE + RAYS-IN-SUN-ORB + LIMBS-IN-BODY + BHĀVAS-IN-MIND + SPARKS-IN-FIRE. Six classical-images spanning FLUID-SOLID-LUMINARY-ORGANISM-MENTAL-LUMINARY domains. The closing SPARKS-IN-FIRE precisely echoes Muṇḍaka 2.1.1's paradigmatic bhēdābheda image.

  2. TĀRŪṀ-BOAT-LĀGē samsāra-crossing-vessel image (13.1087) — the BRAHMA-SAMPATTI attainment-moment figured as the precise LAUNCHING-MOMENT of the samsāra-crossing-vessel.

  3. ṬHĀYĒṀ-ṬHĀVŌ-PRATĪTI-PATHA closing-summary (13.1089) — the doctrinal-block-closing summary with the iconic ṬHĀYĒṀ-ṬHĀVŌ reduplicative-locative (secure-fixed-place) + PRATĪTI-PATHA path-of-experience compound, confirming the BG-13.19-30 doctrinal-block completion.

  4. AMṚTA-CUḶĀ + NIDHĀNA-ḌŌḶĀṀ JIVHĀḶĀ warmth-of-heart instruction (13.1090) — the 2-image WARMTH-OF-HEART affective-register instruction with the AMṚTA-arriving-at-MOUTHFUL + NIDHĀNA-TREASURE-discovered-by-EYE precise affective-images.

  5. 3-stage voice-shift dialogic-coda (13.1091-13.1093) — the precise iconic Marathi dialogic-coda architecture: ARJUNA SATISFACTION (HOUSE-OF-BUILDING-IN-CITTA-NOW-NO-MORE + SUBHADRĀPATĪ relational-vocative) → KRISHNA INVITATION (SAKHOLA 1-2-DEEP-WORDS + VŌLA-DAMPNESS-MIND pointing to BG-13.31-34 coda) → SAÑJAYA NARRATOR-FRAME (SARVĀṄGA-AVADHĀNA all-limbs-into-attention + YĒRĒṀ disciple-distancing pronoun).

Arc-position

BG-13.30 stands at the iconic STRUCTURAL-PIVOT of adhyāya-13 — the closing of the PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA-VYAVASTHĀ doctrinal-block (BG-13.19-30) and the opening of the 4-ślōka coda (BG-13.31-34). Doctrinal-progression from 0484 (BG-13.29 akartṛtva-RECOGNITION) to 0485 (BG-13.30 DUAL-RECOGNITION + DOCTRINAL-BLOCK-CLOSING + CODA-OPENING): from AKARTṚTVA-RECOGNITION to UNITY-IN-DIVERSITY-RECOGNITION — both naming faces of the same RIGHT-SEEING that yields brahma-sampatti. The next cluster (0486) opens the 4-ślōka coda with BG-13.31's iconic PARAMĀTMĀ-AVYAYA-ŚARĪRA-STHA-NA-KAROTI-NA-LIPYATE — the deeper SAKHOLA-words that Krishna invited at 13.1092.