Shloka 4
Adhyāya 34: Kṣetrajña-Lakṣaṇa and the Araṇi Metaphor
Mind–Intellect Allegory
ब्राह्मण्युवाच यदिदं ब्राह्म॒णो लिड़ं क्षेत्रज्ञ इति संज्ञितम् ग्रहीतुं येन यच्छक्यं लक्षणं तस्य तत् क्व नु,ब्राह्मणीने पूछा--नाथ! क्षेत्रज्ञ नामसे प्रसिद्ध शरीरान्तर्वर्ती जीवात्माको जो ब्रह्मका स्वरूप बताया जाता है, यह बात कैसे सम्भव है? क्योंकि जीवात्मा ब्रह्मके नियन्त्रणमें रहता है और जो जिसके नियमन्त्रणमें रहता है, वह उसका स्वरूप हो, ऐसा कभी नहीं देखा गया
brāhmaṇy uvāca | yad idaṃ brāhmaṇo līḍaṃ kṣetrajña iti saṃjñitam | grahītuṃ yena yac chakyaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tasya tat kva nu ||
The Brahmin woman said: “O lord, this inner knower that the Brahmin has indicated and named ‘the Kṣetrajña’—by what means can it be apprehended? What is its defining mark, and where is it to be found? For the individual self is seen to live under the governance of Brahman; and what is governed by another is not ordinarily regarded as identical in essence with that ruler.”
ब्राह्मण उवाच