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

“Telah dipastikan bahwa sang ‘knower of the field’ (kesadaran-diri), meski tampak terikat oleh keadaan, sesungguhnya tidak dapat binasa. Namun karena ia menerima identifikasi dengan unsur-unsur dan makhluk yang berwujud, ia tidak terlepas darinya tanpa pengetahuan sejati.”

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.