Shloka 37
Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka
Book 14, Chapter 43
अब्यक्तं क्षेत्रमुद्दिष्टं गुणानां प्रभवाप्ययम् । सदा पश्याम्यहं लीनो विजानामि शृणोमि च
avyaktaṁ kṣetram uddiṣṭaṁ guṇānāṁ prabhavāpyayam | sadā paśyāmy ahaṁ līno vijānāmi śṛṇomi ca ||
வாயு கூறினார்— அவ்யக்தமான (பிரக்ருதி)யே ‘க்ஷேத்ரம்’ என அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது; ஏனெனில் குணங்களின் தோற்றத்திற்கும் லயத்திற்கும் அதுவே காரணம். அதில் லயித்து நான் எப்போதும் அதை உணர்கிறேன்; அதை அறிகிறேன், அதன் உண்மையையும் கேட்கிறேன்.
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the ‘unmanifest’ (avyakta/Prakṛti) as the kṣetra—the foundational field in which the guṇas arise and into which they dissolve—highlighting a Sāṅkhya-style distinction between the field of nature and the knowing principle that can discern it.
Vāyudeva is speaking and offering a doctrinal clarification: he explains what is meant by ‘kṣetra’ and asserts his continual, inwardly absorbed awareness of the unmanifest basis from which the guṇas emerge and subside.