Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 45, Shloka 72
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
जलञ्च क्षिपति ब्रह्मा स तथा प्रकृतिर्विभु ।
अव्यक्तं क्षेत्रमुद्दिष्टं ब्रह्मा क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते ॥
jalañ ca kṣipati brahmā sa tathā prakṛtir vibhu | avyaktaṃ kṣetram uddiṣṭaṃ brahmā kṣetrajña ucyate
ဗြဟ္မာက ရေကို စွန့်ပစ်သကဲ့သို့ အင်အားကြီးသော ပရကృతိလည်း ထိုရေကို ထုတ်လွှတ်၏။ မဖော်ပြနိုင်သေးသော အဗျက္တ (Unmanifest) ကို ‘က்ஷೇತ್ರ’ (kṣetra) ဟု ကြေညာကြ၏။ ဗြဟ္မာကို ‘က்ஷೇತ್ರဇ్ఞ’ (kṣetrajña) — က္ෂેત્રကို သိသူ ဟု ခေါ်ကြ၏။
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FAQs
Right knowledge distinguishes the field (objects/nature) from the knower (consciousness). This discrimination is the foundation for liberation-oriented understanding.
Sarga, with explicit tattva-doctrine explaining how creation relates to the knowing principle.
Identifying avyakta as kṣetra implies even subtle causality is ‘objectifiable’; the true kṣetrajña stands apart—pointing to a contemplative separation of witness from all layers.