Shloka 26
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
सचेतनं जीवगुणं वदन्ति स चेष्टते चेष्टयते च सर्वम् । अतः: पर क्षेत्रविदो वदन्ति प्रावर्तयद् यो भुवनानि सप्त
sacetanam jīvaguṇaṃ vadanti sa ceṣṭate ceṣṭayate ca sarvam | ataḥ para kṣetravido vadanti prāvartayad yo bhuvanāni sapta ||
On dit que le principe vivant est doué de conscience (sacetanam) : il agit, et il fait aussi agir toutes choses. C’est pourquoi ceux qui connaissent véritablement le « champ » (le corps et ses éléments) déclarent qu’il est plus haut que le connaisseur du champ : le Paramātman, qui mit en branle les sept mondes.
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
Conscious agency is attributed to the living self, yet a higher principle is affirmed: beyond the individual knower of the body (kṣetrajña) stands the Supreme Self who initiates and governs the cosmic order, including the seven worlds.
In a doctrinal discussion, Bharadvāja articulates a hierarchy of principles: the conscious individual self that acts and impels action, and above it the Supreme Self, identified as the cosmic initiator who set the seven realms in motion.