Shloka 9
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
व्याख्यातं पूर्वकल्पेन मशकोदुम्बरं यथा । भुज्यमानं न जानीते नित्यं सत्त्वमचेतनम् । यस्त्वेवं तं विजानीते यो भुड्धक्ते यश्व भुज्यते
vyākhyātaṃ pūrvakalpena maśakodumbaraṃ yathā | bhujyamānaṃ na jānīte nityaṃ sattvam acetanam | yas tv evaṃ taṃ vijānīte yo bhoktā caiva bhujyate ||
ວາຍຸກ່າວວ່າ: «ດັ່ງທີ່ໄດ້ອະທິບາຍໄວ້ກ່ອນ ໂດຍອຸປະມາຂອງຍຸງ ແລະ ອຸດຸມບະຣະ (udumbara) ໝາກໄມ້ກຸ່ມຟິກ, ຫຼັກການທີ່ ‘ຖືກເສບ’ ຄື ສັດຕະວະທີ່ບໍ່ມີສະຕິ ບໍ່ຮູ້ແທ້ຕໍ່ຜູ້ຮູ້ແຫ່ງສະໜາມອັນນິລັນດອນ. ແຕ່ຜູ້ຮູ້ (kṣetrajña) ຮູ້ຖືກຕ້ອງວ່າ: ຜູ້ປະສົບແມ່ນຕົນ (Self) ແລະ ສິ່ງທີ່ຖືກປະສົບແມ່ນ ສັດຕະວະ».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
It distinguishes the conscious experiencer (ātman/kṣetrajña, the bhoktā) from the insentient experienced field or quality (sattva, the bhogya). True knowledge is recognizing that the Self is the knower and enjoyer, while material nature is what is enjoyed.
Vāyu continues a philosophical instruction, referring back to an earlier analogy (mosquito and udumbara) to clarify how the insentient cannot know the eternal knower, whereas the knower correctly discerns the relation between experiencer and experienced.