Mahabharata 6.39.3 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 39, Shloka 3
Śraddhā–Guṇa–Vibhāga Yoga (Faith and the Three Guṇas) — Mahābhārata Book 6, Chapter 39
सम्बन्ध--क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञका पूर्ण ज्ञान हो जानेपर संसारभ्रमका नाश हो जाता है और परमात्माकी प्राप्ति होती है
tad kṣetraṁ yac ca yādṛk ca yad-vikāri yataś ca yat | sa ca yo yat-prabhāvaś ca tat samāsena me śṛṇu ||
અર્જુને કહ્યું—મને સંક્ષેપમાં કહો: ‘ક્ષેત્ર’ શું છે અને કેવું છે; તેમાં કયા કયા વિકારો (પરિવર્તનો) થાય છે; તે કયા કારણથી ઉત્પન્ન થાય છે; અને ‘ક્ષેત્રજ્ઞ’ કોણ છે તથા તેની શું પ્રભાવ-શક્તિ છે.
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames the inquiry that leads to liberating discernment: understand the ‘field’ (the changing body–mind and its conditions) and the ‘knower of the field’ (the conscious principle), including their nature, modifications, causes, and the knower’s power—knowledge that dispels delusion and supports right conduct.
In the midst of the Bhīṣma Parva’s war setting, Arjuna turns from immediate conflict to a clarifying philosophical question, requesting a concise explanation of the constituents of experience (kṣetra) and the conscious knower (kṣetrajña), preparing the ground for instruction on wisdom and liberation.
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