Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ गुणांश्नव सत्त्वं च परित्यज्येह धर्मवित्‌ | क्षीणदोषो गुणातीत): क्षेत्रज्ञ प्रविशत्यथ,अतः इस लोकमें जिसके दोषोंका क्षय हो गया है, वह गुणातीत धर्मज्ञ पुरुष सत्त्व (बुद्धि) और गुणोंका परित्याग करके क्षेत्रज्ञके शुद्ध स्वरूप परमात्मामें प्रवेश कर जाता है

Transliteration

tasmād guṇān snava sattvaṃ ca parityajyeha dharmavit | kṣīṇadoṣo guṇātītaḥ kṣetrajñaṃ praviśaty atha ||

Translation

Therefore, in this very world, the knower of dharma should relinquish attachment to the guṇas—and even to sattva, the clarifying power of intellect. When one’s faults have been worn away, that person, having gone beyond the guṇas, enters the Kṣetrajña in His pure form—the Supreme Self.

Word by Word

तस्मात्therefore/from that

गुणान्qualities (gunas)

सत्त्वम्sattva; (here) intellect/nature

चand

परित्यज्यhaving abandoned

इहhere (in this world)

धर्मवित्knower of dharma

क्षीणदोषःone whose faults are exhausted

गुणातीतःbeyond the gunas

क्षेत्रज्ञम्the knower of the field (Self/Paramatman)

प्रविशतिenters

अथthen/thereupon

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Kṣetrajña (Paramātman/Supreme Self)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is described as transcending identification with all guṇas—even sattva—after one’s दोष (impurities) are exhausted; then one abides in/attains the pure Kṣetrajña, the Supreme Self.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is instructing the listener on the final stage of spiritual attainment: the dharma-knower, purified of faults, renounces attachment to mental qualities and realizes entry into the pure nature of the Kṣetrajña (Paramātman).