Shloka 93

अविद्याबीज-निरूपणं, योगस्वरूप-उपदेशः, मूर्तहरिधारणा-समाधि, जनकवंशीय-राजर्षिसंवादः

Devanagari script

क्षेत्रज्ञः करणी ज्ञानं करणं तेन तस्य तत् निष्पाद्य मुक्तिकार्यं वै कृतकृत्यं निवर्तते

Transliteration

kṣetrajñaḥ karaṇī jñānaṃ karaṇaṃ tena tasya tat niṣpādya muktikāryaṃ vai kṛtakṛtyaṃ nivartate

Translation

க்ஷேத்ரஜ்ஞன்—உள்ளார்ந்த அறிபவன்—ஞானத்தையே தன் புனிதக் கருமமாக்கி, ஞானமே அவனுக்குக் கருவியாகிறது. அந்தக் கருவியால் முக்தியின் காரியத்தை நிறைவேற்றி, க்ருதக்ருத்யனாய் விலகிச் செல்கிறான்.

Word by Word

क्षेत्रज्ञःthe knower of the field (self)

करणीthe doer/agent

ज्ञानम्knowledge

करणम्instrument/means

तेनby that

तस्यof him/of that

तत्that (result/thing)

निष्पाद्यhaving accomplished

मुक्तिकार्यम्the work/aim of liberation

वैindeed

कृतकृत्यम्one whose duty is fulfilled / accomplished

निवर्ततेreturns/ceases (from activity)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

Kṣetrajña (the Knower/Self)

FAQs

What is the significance of Kṣetrajña in the Vishnu Purana?

Here Kṣetrajña is the conscious knower within, who uses true knowledge as the means to accomplish liberation and then withdraws from binding action.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the role of knowledge (jñāna) in liberation?

Parāśara presents jñāna both as the ‘work to be done’ and as the ‘instrument’—by cultivating discernment, the seeker completes the liberative task (muktikārya) and becomes kṛtakṛtya, fulfilled.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Though Vishnu is not named in this verse, the teaching aligns with the Purana’s Vedantic frame: liberation is attained through right knowledge that culminates in freedom from saṃsāra under the sovereignty of the Supreme Reality upheld throughout the text.