Shloka 10

Adhyāya 48: Brahmopadeśa on Prāṇāyāma, Sāttvika Vṛtti, and the Sattva–Kṣetrajña Question

Devanagari script

पृथग्भूतं ततः सत्त्वमित्येतदविचारितम्‌ | पृथग्भावश्न विज्ञेय: सहजश्नापि तत्त्वतः,उनका कहना है कि उस क्षेत्रज्ञसे सत्त्व पृथक्‌ है, क्योंकि यह सत्त्व अविचारसिद्ध है। ये दोनों एक साथ रहनेवाले होनेपर भी तत्त्वतः अलग-अलग हैं--ऐसा समझना चाहिये

Transliteration

pṛthagbhūtaṃ tataḥ sattvam ity etad avicāritam | pṛthagbhāvaś ca vijñeyaḥ sahajaś cāpi tattvataḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “They assert that the principle of sattva is distinct from the Knower of the Field (kṣetrajña), and this is taken as self-evident without due inquiry. Yet one should understand that, although these two abide together by nature, in truth they are to be known as separate in essence.”

Word by Word

पृथक्separately, distinct

भूतम्become; existing as

ततःfrom that; thence

सत्त्वम्sattva (the quality of goodness); being/essence

इतिthus; 'so'

एतत्this

अविचारितम्unexamined; not deliberated

पृथक्separately, distinctly

भावःstate; nature; separateness (as a state)

चand

विज्ञेयःto be known; should be understood

सहजःborn together; coexistent; innate

अपिeven; also

तत्त्वतःin reality; truly; essentially

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vāyudeva

Kṣetrajña (implied)

Sattva

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes