Verse 8

Sarvasara

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

तत्र यत्प्रकाशते चैतन्यं स क्षेत्रज्ञ इत्युच्यते॥८॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

तत्र । यत् । प्रकाशते । चैतन्यम् । सः । क्षेत्र-ज्ञः । इति । उच्यते ॥८॥

IAST Transliteration

tatra yat prakāśate caitanyaṃ sa kṣetrajña ity ucyate ||8||

Translation

ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಿಸುವ ಚೈತನ್ಯವನ್ನೇ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಜ್ಞ (ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಜ್ಞಾತ) ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ॥೮॥

Academic Translation

There, that consciousness which shines forth is called the knower of the field (kṣetrajña).

Verse Context

• Kṣetrajña (witness-consciousness) distinct from kṣetra (field: body-mind complex)
• Mahavakya: Clarifies the referent of ‘tat tvam asi’/‘aham brahmāsmi’ by identifying the inner luminous consciousness as the true subject, not the body-mind field.
• Atharva
• Chandas: Prose