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,क्षेत्रज् इस प्रकार कर्मोंसे संयुक्त होकर भी वास्तवमें अविनाशी ही है, यह निश्चित है। किंतु भूतोंके साथ तादात्म्यभाव स्वीकार कर लेनेके कारण वह ज्ञानके बिना उनसे अलग नहीं हो पाता

Transliteration

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

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「『田を知る者』（クシェートラジュニャ）は、諸条件に結びついているように見えても、真実には不滅であると確定されている。だが、身ある衆生との同一視を受け入れるがゆえに、真の知がなければ彼らから離れることはできない。」

Word by Word

अविनाश्यःimperishable

तथाthus, in that manner

युक्तःjoined, connected

क्षेत्रज्ञःknower of the field (self/consciousness)

इतिthus (quotative)

निश्चयःcertainty, conclusion

भूतानाम्of beings

आत्मकःhaving the nature of, consisting of

भावःstate, disposition, identification

यथाas, just as

असौthat (he/it)

नnot

वियुज्यतेis separated, becomes disjoined

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

kṣetrajña (the Knower of the Field / Self)

bhūtāni (beings)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.