Shloka 23
ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्
Description of the Path of Meditation
आत्मा क्षेत्रज्ञ इत्युक्त: संयुक्त: प्राकृतैर्गुणै: तैरेव तु विनिर्मुक्त: परमात्मेत्युदाहृत:
ātmā kṣetrajña ity uktaḥ saṃyuktaḥ prākṛtair guṇaiḥ | tair eva tu vinirmuktaḥ paramātmety udāhṛtaḥ ||
バラドヴァージャは言った。「自己がプラクリティ（Prakṛti）に生じたグナ（guṇa）と結びつくとき、それはクシェートラジュニャ（kṣetrajña、田を知る者）と説かれる。だが同じ自己がそれらのグナから解き放たれるとき、パラマートマン（Paramātman、至上我）と称えられる。」
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The same conscious Self is termed kṣetrajña when it is associated with Prakṛti’s guṇas (the modes that shape embodied experience). When it is completely free from identification with those guṇas, it is spoken of as Paramātman—indicating liberation and the highest standpoint of consciousness.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, the sage Bharadvāja explains a doctrinal distinction: bondage is the Self’s association with material qualities, while freedom is the Self’s release from them, culminating in the designation ‘Supreme Self’.