Shloka 52

Nāga-āyatana-darśana-pratīkṣā — The Brāhmaṇa’s Request and Waiting on the Gomatī

Devanagari script

तेन मे कथित: कृत्स्नो धर्म: क्षेत्रज्ञसंज्ञित: । प्रादुर्भावाश्ष कथिता भविष्या इह ये यथा,उन भगवान्‌ श्रीहरिने मुझसे सम्पूर्ण धर्मका वर्णन किया था। क्षेत्रज्षका भी परिचय दिया था और यहाँ भविष्यमें उनके जो अवतार जैसे होनेवाले हैं, उन्हें भी बताया था

Transliteration

tena me kathitaḥ kṛtsno dharmaḥ kṣetrajña-saṃjñitaḥ | prādurbhāvāś ca kathitā bhaviṣyā iha ye yathā ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「彼によって、‘田を知る者’（クシェートラジュニャ, kṣetrajña）に関する教えとして知られる全きダルマが、私に余すところなく説き明かされた。また、ここにおいて未来に現れるであろう諸々の顕現と、その起こり方も語られた。」

Word by Word

तेनby him/therefore (by that)

मेto me / my

कथितःtold/declared

कृत्स्नःentire, complete

धर्मःdharma, duty/law

क्षेत्रज्ञ-संज्ञितःcalled/known as ‘kṣetrajña’

प्रादुर्भावाःmanifestations, appearances

चand

कथिताःwere told/declared

भविष्याःfuture, forthcoming

इहhere, in this world/context

येwhich/who (those that)

यथाas, in the manner that

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

kṣetrajña (Knower of the Field)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a complete instruction in Dharma framed as knowledge of the kṣetrajña—the inner knower or conscious witness—implying that ethical life is grounded in understanding the self beyond the changing ‘field’ (body, mind, and experience).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada reports that a revered teacher previously instructed him fully: explaining Dharma, clarifying the doctrine of the kṣetrajña, and also foretelling future manifestations (prādurbhāvas) and how they will unfold in the world.