Shloka 16

Brahmopadeśa: Ahiṃsā, Jñāna, and the Kṣetrajña–Sattva Analysis

Chapter 49

Devanagari script

अतः: परं तु यद्‌ गुहां तद्‌ भवान्‌ वक्तुमर्हति । सत्त्वक्षेत्रज्ञयो श्वापि सम्बन्ध: केन हेतुना,इसलिये जो परम गुह्य तत्त्व है, वह आपको हमें बतलाना चाहिये। साथ ही यह भी बतलाइये कि बुद्धि और क्षेत्रज्षका सम्बन्ध किस कारणसे हुआ है?

Transliteration

ataḥ paraṁ tu yad guhyaṁ tad bhavān vaktum arhati | sattva-kṣetrajñayor api sambandhaḥ kena hetunā ||

Translation

Therefore, you ought to explain to us that supreme, most secret principle. And also tell us: for what reason does the connection arise between sattva (the inner faculty/mental disposition) and the kṣetrajña (the knower of the field, the Self)?

Word by Word

अतःtherefore, hence

परम्further, next

तुbut, however

यत्which, that (thing)

गुह्यम्secret, confidential

तत्that

भवान्you (honorific)

वक्तुम्to speak, to tell

अर्हतिis fit/ought

सत्त्वक्षेत्रज्ञयोःof sattva and kṣetrajña (knower of the field)

अपिalso, even

सम्बन्धःconnection, relation

केनby what, through what

हेतुनाby (what) cause/reason

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

bhavān (addressed interlocutor)

sattva

kṣetrajña

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes