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 dijo: «Entonces, libres de las tres cualidades de la naturaleza, esos excelentes “dos veces nacidos” entran sin esfuerzo en el Ser Supremo—el Kṣetrajña, el Conocedor interior del campo—cuya esencia está más allá de toda cualidad. Por tanto, comprended que Vāsudeva, el Bienaventurado Señor, morada de todos los seres, es precisamente ese Kṣetrajña».
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Liberation is described as transcending the three guṇas of prakṛti; when the mind is free from their sway, the seeker naturally realizes and ‘enters’ the nirguṇa Paramātman, identified here with Vāsudeva as the indwelling Kṣetrajña in all beings.
Nārada is instructing listeners in a mokṣa-oriented discourse: he explains the post-realization state of exemplary dvijas who, having become guṇa-free, attain the Supreme Self, and he directs the audience to recognize Vāsudeva as the universal inner witness and support.