Verse 8

Sarvasara

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तत्र यत्प्रकाशते चैतन्यं स क्षेत्रज्ञ इत्युच्यते॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत्र । यत् । प्रकाशते । चैतन्यम् । सः । क्षेत्र-ज्ञः । इति । उच्यते ॥८॥

IAST Transliteration

tatra yat prakāśate caitanyaṃ sa kṣetrajña ity ucyate ||8||

Translation

তাত যি চৈতন্য প্ৰকাশিত হয়, তাক ক্ষেত্ৰজ্ঞ (ক্ষেত্ৰৰ জ্ঞাতা) বুলি কোৱা হয়॥৮॥

Academic Translation

There, that consciousness which shines forth is called the knower of the field (kṣetrajña).

Verse Context

• Kṣetrajña (witness-consciousness) distinct from kṣetra (field: body-mind complex)
• Mahavakya: Clarifies the referent of ‘tat tvam asi’/‘aham brahmāsmi’ by identifying the inner luminous consciousness as the true subject, not the body-mind field.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose