Shloka 26
Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)
निर्मुक्त: सर्वपापेभ्य: सर्व सृजति निष्कलम् | क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तं विद्याद् यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्
nirmuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sarvaṃ sṛjati niṣkalam | kṣetrajña iti taṃ vidyād yas taṃ veda sa vedavit ||
Vāyu disse: “Livre de todos os pecados, ele faz surgir todas as coisas, permanecendo ele mesmo sem mancha nem defeito. Sabei que ele é o ‘Conhecedor do Campo’ (kṣetrajña); quem verdadeiramente o conhece é um genuíno conhecedor do Veda.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
True spiritual knowledge is to recognize the kṣetrajña—the inner witness/knower—who remains pure and untouched while being the source through which the world of experience arises; knowing this principle is presented as the mark of real Vedic wisdom.
Vāyudeva is speaking in a didactic mode, defining a profound metaphysical principle: the untainted knower (kṣetrajña) who is free from sin and yet is associated with the origination of all things, and he declares that one who understands this is truly a ‘vedavit’.