Shloka 26
Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)
निर्मुक्त: सर्वपापेभ्य: सर्व सृजति निष्कलम् | क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तं विद्याद् यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्
nirmuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sarvaṃ sṛjati niṣkalam | kṣetrajña iti taṃ vidyād yas taṃ veda sa vedavit ||
قال فايُو: «وقد تحرّر من جميع الآثام، فهو يُنشئ كلَّ الأشياء، وهو مع ذلك باقٍ بلا دنسٍ ولا نقص. فاعلموه “عارف الحقل” (kṣetrajña)؛ ومن عرفه حقّ المعرفة فهو العارف بالويدا حقّاً.»
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True spiritual knowledge is to recognize the kṣetrajña—the inner witness/knower—who remains pure and untouched while being the source through which the world of experience arises; knowing this principle is presented as the mark of real Vedic wisdom.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a didactic mode, defining a profound metaphysical principle: the untainted knower (kṣetrajña) who is free from sin and yet is associated with the origination of all things, and he declares that one who understands this is truly a ‘vedavit’.