Shloka 8
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
विषयो विषयित्वं च सम्बन्धो5यमिहोच्यते । विषयी पुरुषो नित्यं सत्त्वं च विषय: स्मृत:,इन दोनोंमें यहाँ यह विषय-विषयिभाव सम्बन्ध माना गया है। इनमें पुरुष तो सदा विषयी और सत्त्व विषय माना जाता है
viṣayo viṣayitvaṃ ca sambandho ’yam ihocyate | viṣayī puruṣo nityaṃ sattvaṃ ca viṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
ဝါယုဒေဝက ဆိုသည်—«ဤနေရာတွင် ဖော်ပြထားသော ဆက်နွယ်မှုမှာ ‘အရာဝတ္ထု’ နှင့် ‘အကြောင်းအရာ/သိသူ’ တို့၏ ဆက်နွယ်မှုဖြစ်သည်။ ဤတွဲဖက်မှု၌ ပုရုရှ (Puruṣa) သည် အမြဲတမ်း သိသူ/ခံစားသူ (subject) ဖြစ်ပြီး စတ္တဝ (sattva) ကိုတော့ အရာဝတ္ထု (object) ဟု မှတ်ယူကြသည်»။
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes the experiencer from the experienced: Puruṣa is the constant subject (viṣayī), while sattva is treated as an object (viṣaya). Ethically, this supports detachment and self-mastery—one should not mistake mental states for the true Self.
Vāyudeva is instructing the listener in a philosophical framework (Sāṅkhya-like analysis), defining the subject–object relation to clarify how consciousness (Puruṣa) stands apart from the qualities and operations of the mind (sattva).