Mahabharata — Ashvamedhika Parva, Shloka 133
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
यथा द्रव्यं च कर्ता च संयोगो5प्यनयोस्तथा । यह निश्चित बात है कि पुरुषके भोगनेयोग्य द्रव्यमात्रकी संज्ञा सत्त्व है तथा जैसे द्रव्य और कर्ताका सम्बन्ध है, वैसे ही इन दोनोंका सम्बन्ध है
yathā dravyaṃ ca kartā ca saṃyogo ’py anayostathā |
ヴāユは言った。「物質の対象と行為する作者（カルタ）とのあいだに結合があるように、この二つのあいだにもまた結合がある。」文脈においてこれは、サーンキヤ（Sāṃkhya）的な倫理的弁別を明らかにする。すなわち、『享受されるもの』（経験の客観的領域）と『享受する者／行為者』とは原理的には別であるが、随伴によって結びついて見える。その随伴を見抜くことが執着をほどき、正しい理解を回復させるのである。
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches discernment between the objective ‘substance’ (what is experienced/used) and the ‘agent’ (the doer/enjoyer). Their bond is not identity but saṃyoga—an association—so one should not confuse the self with the field of objects or with mere material qualities.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a philosophical explanation, using an analogy: as an agent relates to a material object through contact/association, so two principles under discussion are connected. The point is to clarify how apparent bondage arises and how right understanding supports ethical restraint and liberation-oriented conduct.