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संत साहित्य · Jñāneśvarī · Adhyāya 13

Cluster 0486 — BG-13.31 — *anāditvān nirguṇatvāt paramātmāyam avyayaḥ — śarīra-stho'pi kaunteya na karoti na lipyate*

BG-13.31

Sanskrit

अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात् परमात्मायमव्ययः। शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते॥३१॥

Translation

DUE-TO-ANĀDITVA (BEGINNINGLESSNESS) + DUE-TO-NIRGUṆATVA (GUṆA-LESSNESS) — THIS PARAMĀTMAN is AVYAYA (IMPERISHABLE) — THOUGH ŚARĪRA-STHA (situated-in-body), O KAUNTEYA, na karoti na lipyate (NEITHER DOES NOR IS-STAINED).

Function

BG-13.31 delivers the iconic NON-DOING-NON-STAINING-WHILE-EMBODIED doctrine — the foundational Vedānta non-agent-non-affected ātman-position:

  • Triple-Causal-Foundation: ANĀDITVA (BEGINNINGLESSNESS) + NIRGUṆATVA (GUṆA-LESSNESS) + AVYAYATVA (IMPERISHABILITY) — the three iconic foundational attributes.
  • Apparent-Embodiment: ŚARĪRA-STHA — though SITUATED-IN-the-BODY.
  • Twin-Negative-Result: na karoti (NEITHER DOES) + na lipyate (NOR IS-STAINED) — the iconic doctrinal twin-negation.

Jñāneśvar's 26-ovi Treatment

One of the largest single-verse treatments in this cluster range, structured in three major pedagogical-blocks:

(i) 13.1094-13.1102 — 9-ovi OPENING-METAPHOR-CASCADE

  • 13.1094-13.1096 — Iconic SŪRYA-IN-WATER reflective-image: jaḷīm jaḷēm na limpē — sūryu jaisā (AS SŪRYA NOT-STAINED in WATER by WATER) + SUN's temporal-priority BEFORE-and-AFTER water + ĀTMĀ at JĒTHIÑCĀ-TĒTHĒṀ (HE-AT-HIS-OWN-PLACE).
  • 13.1097 — ĀRISĀ-MUKHA mirror-image: ārisām mukha jaisēm — bimbaliyā nāma asē (AS-FACE-in-MIRROR — when-REFLECTED-NAME-IS).
  • 13.1098-13.1102 — 5 NO-RELATION-comparison images: WIND-SAND-GRAIN-NO-KNOT + FIRE-COTTON-NO-THREAD + SKY-STONE-NO-JOINT + EAST-WEST-runners + LIGHT-DARKNESS-DEAD-STANDING + NIGHT-DAY-GOLD-COTTON-APĀḌU-MISMATCH.

(ii) 13.1103-13.1106 — 4-ovi BODY-DISSOLUTION-FATE-CATALOG

  • 13.1103 — BODY as 5-element-composite INTERTWINED-in-KARMA-GUṆAS SPINNING on the iconic CĀKĪṀ-WHEEL of JANMA-MṚTYU.
  • 13.1104 — Iconic KĀLĀNALA-LOṆĪ-UṆḌĪ butter-ball-in-time-fire image: BODY = BUTTER-BALL IN KĀLĀNALA-MOUTH — MELTS while FLY-flaps-WING.
  • 13.1105-13.1106 — 3 BODY-FATES: FIRE-ASHES + DOG-EXCREMENT + WORM-HEAP (KAŚMALU-FILTH) with KAPIDHVAJA Arjuna-vocative.

(iii) 13.1107-13.1119 — 13-ovi APOPHATIC-VIA-NEGATIVA-CASCADE

  • 13.1107 — Pivotal contrast: yā dehācī hē daśā — āṇi ātmā tō ētha aisā — paim nitya siddha āpaisā — anādipaṇēm (NITYA-SIDDHA-ĀPAISĀ in ANĀDIPAṆĒṀ — precisely rendering ANĀDITVĀT).
  • 13.1108-13.1114 — 7 iconic DUAL-NEGATION COUPLET-ovis with qualifying-adverbs:
  • 13.1108: sakaḷu-niṣkaḷu + akriyu-kriyāśīḷu + kṛśa-sthuḷu — NIRGUṆAPAṆĒṀ (rendering NIRGUṆATVĀT)
  • 13.1109: ābhāsu-nirābhāsu + prakāśu-aprakāśu + alpa-bahuvasu — ARŪPAPAṆĒṀ
  • 13.1110: ritā-bharitu + rahitu-sahitu + mūrtu-amūrtu — ŚŪNYAPAṆĒṀ
  • 13.1111: ānandu-nirānandu + ēka-vividhu + mukta-baddhu — ĀTMAPAṆĒṀ
  • 13.1112: yētulā-tētulā + āitā-racilā + bōlatā-ugalā — ALAKṢAPAṆĒṀ
  • 13.1113: NOT-CONSTRUCTED-in-CREATION + NOT-CONSUMED-in-DISSOLUTION + PAÑCATVA of BEING-NON-BEING
  • 13.1114: mavē-carcē + vāḍhē-khāñcē + viṭē-vēñcē — AVYAYAPAṆĒṀ (rendering AVYAYAḤ)
  • 13.1115 — Iconic MAṬHĀKĀRĒṀ-VYŌMĀ pot-shaped-sky-naming image (anticipating BG-13.32's SKY-pedagogy) with PRIYOTTAMA vocative.
  • 13.1116 — GHĒ-NĀ-SĀṆḌĪ non-taking-non-leaving formula with SUMATI vocative.
  • 13.1117 — AHORĀTRA-ĀKĀŚA day-night-in-sky image: DEHAS rise-and-fall in ĀTMA-SATTĀ like DAY-NIGHT in SKY.
  • 13.1118 — KARAVĪṀ-NĀ-KARĪ direct-rendering of Sanskrit na karoti.
  • 13.1119 — Closing iconic TŌ NA LIṂPĒ DEHĪṀ DEHĀ direct-rendering of Sanskrit na lipyate — the cluster's ring-composition closure with 13.1094's SŪRYA-NA-LIṂPĒ opening.

Six precise Marathi elevations beyond the Sanskrit

  1. SŪRYA-IN-WATER NA-LIṂPĒ (13.1094-13.1096) — the foundational reflective-pedagogy elevation of the laconic Sanskrit na lipyate: SUN reflected in WATER UNTOUCHED by WATER, with the SUN's temporal-priority BEFORE-and-AFTER water rendering ANĀDITVĀT.

  2. 5-NO-RELATION-IMAGE-CASCADE (13.1098-13.1102) — purely Marathi cascade of impossibility-images (WIND-SAND-GRAIN + FIRE-COTTON + SKY-STONE + EAST-WEST-runners + LIGHT-DARKNESS-DEAD-STANDING + NIGHT-DAY-GOLD-COTTON) establishing the absolute NULL-RELATION between ĀTMĀ and DEHA.

  3. KĀLĀNALA-LOṆĪ-UṆḌĪ butter-ball-in-time-fire (13.1104) — purely Marathi shock-pedagogy: BODY as BUTTER-BALL in the MOUTH-of-TIME-FIRE, MELTING faster than a FLY's wing-flap. The iconic Marathi melting-pedagogy.

  4. 3-BODY-FATE-CATALOG (13.1105-13.1106) — purely Marathi shock-pedagogy: BODY's post-mortem fates as ASHES (fire) + DOG-EXCREMENT (canine) + WORM-HEAP (KAŚMALU-FILTH) — stark-degraded fates as foil to ĀTMĀ's IMPERISHABILITY.

  5. 7-DUAL-NEGATION-COUPLET-CASCADE (13.1108-13.1114) — the iconic Marathi via-negativa apophatic-cascade with 7 qualifying-adverbs (NIRGUṆAPAṆĒṀ + ARŪPAPAṆĒṀ + ŚŪNYAPAṆĒṀ + ĀTMAPAṆĒṀ + ALAKṢAPAṆĒṀ + AVYAYAPAṆĒṀ + cosmic-creation-dissolution-immunity), each predicating NEITHER-X-NOR-NON-X. The signature Marathi -PAṆĒṀ qualifying-adverb chain is the iconic pedagogical-elevation.

  6. MAṬHĀKĀRĒṀ-VYŌMĀ ghaṭākāśa-mahākāśa pot-shaped-sky (13.1115) — the iconic Vedānta-classical image precisely anticipating BG-13.32's ĀKĀŚA-pedagogy, with the GHĒ-NĀ-SĀṆḌĪ + AHORĀTRA-ĀKĀŚA developments.

Arc-position

BG-13.31 stands within the adhyāya-13 PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA + KṢETRA-KṢETRAJÑA further-distinctions block (BG-13.19-34), following the JÑEYA-DEFINITION block (BG-13.12-17) + TERMINAL-SUMMARY (BG-13.18) + PRAKṚTI-PURUṢA-anāditva (BG-13.19) + GUṆA-affliction-doctrine (BG-13.20-23) + FOUR-PATH-CATALOG (BG-13.24-25) + KṢETRA-KṢETRAJÑA-SAṂYŌGA (BG-13.26) + PARAMEŚVARA-EQUAL-DWELLING (BG-13.27-28) + SAME-SEEING-NO-SELF-HARM (BG-13.29) + UNITY-FROM-DIVERSITY (BG-13.30) → BG-13.31 = ANĀDITVA-NIRGUṆATVA-AVYAYA + NON-DOING-NON-STAINING-WHILE-EMBODIED → BG-13.32 = ĀKĀŚA-NON-STAINING → BG-13.33 = SŪRYA-PROKĀŚA-KṚTSNAM → BG-13.34 = chapter-closing summary. Cluster 0486 sits at the pivot of the three-verse 13.31-13.32-13.33 NON-STAINING-MICRO-ARCHITECTURE — its MAṬHĀKĀRĒṀ-VYŌMĀ (13.1115) anticipates BG-13.32's SKY-pedagogy and its SŪRYA-IN-WATER (13.1094) anticipates BG-13.33's SUN-pedagogy. Doctrinal-progression from 0485 (UNITY-FROM-DIVERSITY) to 0486: from UNITY-PERCEPTION-RESULT to PARAMĀTMAN-ATTRIBUTE-DISCLOSURE.