Shloka 7

अध्याय ३३ — धृतराष्ट्रस्य कुशलप्रश्नाः तथा विदुरस्य योगसमाधिः

Chapter 33: Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Welfare-Inquiries and Vidura’s Yogic Absorption

Devanagari script

अविनाश्यस्तथायुक्तः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति निश्चय: । भूतानामात्मको भावो यथासौ न वियुज्यते

Transliteration

avaiṇāśyas tathāyuktaḥ kṣetrajña iti niścayaḥ | bhūtānām ātmako bhāvo yathāsau na viyujyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana dit : «Il est fermement établi que le connaisseur du champ (kṣetrajña), bien qu’il paraisse lié aux conditions, est en vérité impérissable. Pourtant, parce qu’il accepte de s’identifier aux êtres incarnés, il ne s’en détache pas sans la connaissance véritable.»

Word by Word

• अविनाश्यः: imperishable
• अविनाश्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविनाश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• युक्तः: joined, connected
• युक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षेत्रज्ञः: knower of the field (self/consciousness)
• क्षेत्रज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• निश्चयः: certainty, conclusion
• निश्चयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आत्मकः: having the nature of, consisting of
• आत्मकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भावः: state, disposition, identification
• भावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• असौ: that (he/it)
• असौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वियुज्यते: is separated, becomes disjoined
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + युज् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Ātmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive (middle usage)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• kṣetrajña (the Knower of the Field / Self)
• bhūtāni (beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The conscious Self (kṣetrajña) is inherently imperishable; bondage persists because of mistaken identification with embodied existence, and only true knowledge dissolves that identification.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a reflective teaching in the Āśramavāsika context, emphasizing inner renunciation: even when the Self appears entangled with life and action, it is untouched in essence, and liberation requires knowledge that breaks false self-identification.