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 ||
Vāyu berkata: “Seperti yang telah dijelaskan dahulu melalui perumpamaan nyamuk dan udumbara (buah ara berkelompok), prinsip yang ‘dinikmati’—sattva yang tidak berkesedaran—tidak benar-benar mengetahui Sang Pengenal Medan yang kekal. Namun sang kṣetrajña memahami dengan tepat: yang mengalami ialah Diri, dan yang dialami ialah sifat kebendaan (sattva).”
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.