Shloka 27

जो सब पापोंसे मुक्त रहकर सबकी सृष्टि करता है, उस अखण्ड आत्माको क्षेत्रज्ञ समझना चाहिये। जो मनुष्य उसका ज्ञान प्राप्त कर लेता है, वही वेदवेत्ता है ।। चित्तं चित्तादुपागम्य मुनिरासीत संयत: । यच्चित्तं तन्‍्मयो वश्यं गुह्ममेतत्‌ सनातनम्‌,मुनिको उचित है कि चिन्तनके द्वारा चेतना (सम्यग्ज्ञान) पाकर मन और इन्द्रियोंको एकाग्र करके परमात्माके ध्यानमें स्थित हो जाय; क्योंकि जिसका चित्त जिसमें लगा होता है, वह निश्चय ही उसका स्वरूप हो जाता है--यह सनातन गोपनीय रहस्य है

cittaṃ cittād upāgamya munir āsīta saṃyataḥ | yac cittaṃ tan-mayo vaśyaṃ guhyaṃ etat sanātanam ||

Vāyu berkata: Diri yang tidak bernoda dan tidak terpisah—yang bebas daripada segala dosa namun melahirkan segala sesuatu—hendaklah dikenali sebagai kṣetrajña, “Yang Mengetahui Medan”. Sesiapa yang benar-benar mengenal-Nya, dialah yang sungguh mengetahui Veda. Dan dengan mengembalikan minda kepada sumbernya sendiri, sang muni patut tinggal dalam pengendalian diri. Kerana apa jua yang diserap oleh minda, minda itu pasti menjadi seumpamanya—itulah prinsip rahsia yang purba.

चित्तम्mind, consciousness
चित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चित्तात्from the mind
चित्तात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
उपागम्यhaving approached, having attained
उपागम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-गम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite
मुनिःthe sage
मुनिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आसीत्was, remained
आसीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormImperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
संयतःrestrained, self-controlled
संयतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-यम्
Formक्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
यत्that which / in which
यत्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चित्तम्mind
चित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मयःconsisting of, made of; identical with
मयः:
TypeAdjective
Rootमय (मयट्-प्रत्ययान्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वश्यम्subject to, under control; (here) becomes subject/assimilated
वश्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवश्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गुह्यम्secret, hidden
गुह्यम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एतत्this
एतत्:
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सनातनम्eternal
सनातनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
M
muni (sage)
K
kṣetrajña (the Self as knower of the field)
Ā
ātman (Self)
V
Veda

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches disciplined inwardness: withdraw the mind from its wandering objects and return it to its source, then abide in restraint. Because the mind takes the form of what it contemplates, sustained meditation on the Self (kṣetrajña, the undivided witness) transforms one’s inner nature. True ‘Veda-knowing’ is defined as realization of this Self, not mere recitation.

In the Ashvamedhika Parva’s spiritual instruction setting, Vāyu speaks as a teacher, giving a yogic-vedāntic counsel to a seeker/sage: concentrate mind and senses, meditate on the supreme Self, and understand the principle that attention shapes identity. The teaching reframes religious authority—real knowledge is ethical and contemplative realization.