Shloka 17
नागैः सह ब्राह्मणस्य अतिथिधर्म-व्रतसंवादः | The Brahmin’s Vow and the Nāgas’ Hospitality Appeal
ततस्त्रैगुण्यहीनास्ते परमात्मानमञज्जसा,तदनन्तर तीनों गुणोंसे मुक्त हो वे श्रेष्ठ द्विज अनायास ही निर्गुणस्वरूप क्षेत्रज्ञ परमात्मामें प्रवेश कर जाते हैं। तुम सबके निवासस्थान भगवान् वासुदेवको ही क्षेत्रज्ञ समझो
tatas traiguṇya-hīnāste paramātmānam añjasā | tadanantaraṁ trīṇāṁ guṇānāṁ muktāḥ te śreṣṭhā dvijā anāyāsa eva nirguṇa-svarūpaṁ kṣetrajña-paramātmānaṁ praviśanti | yūyaṁ sarveṣāṁ nivāsa-sthānaṁ bhagavantaṁ vāsudevaṁ eva kṣetrajñaṁ jānīta ||
Nārada said: “Then, freed from the three qualities of nature, those excellent twice-born ones effortlessly enter the Supreme Self—the inner Knower of the field—whose nature is beyond qualities. Therefore, understand Vāsudeva, the Blessed Lord who is the dwelling-place of all beings, to be that very Kṣetrajña (the indwelling Consciousness).”
नारद उवाच