Shloka 26

Adhyāya 51: Kṛṣṇa’s Leave-Taking and Departure for Dvārakā (द्वारकागमनानुमति)

Devanagari script

निर्मुक्त: सर्वपापेभ्य: सर्व सृजति निष्कलम्‌ | क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तं विद्याद्‌ यस्तं वेद स वेदवित्‌

Transliteration

nirmuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sarvaṃ sṛjati niṣkalam | kṣetrajña iti taṃ vidyād yas taṃ veda sa vedavit ||

Translation

సర్వపాపాల నుండి విముక్తుడై, తాను నిష్కలంకుడై ఉండి సమస్తాన్ని సృష్టించువాడిని ‘క్షేత్రజ్ఞుడు’ అని తెలుసుకోవాలి; ఆయనను నిజంగా తెలిసినవాడే వేదవేత్త.

Word by Word

• निर्मुक्तः: released, freed
• निर्मुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मुक्त (मुच्-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वपापेभ्यः: from all sins
• सर्वपापेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपाप
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• सर्वम्: all (everything)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सृजति: creates, emits
• सृजति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular

• निष्कलम्: partless, without divisions
• निष्कलम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्कल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• क्षेत्रज्ञः: knower of the field (Self)
• क्षेत्रज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्रज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विद्यात्: should know
• विद्यात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (ज्ञाने)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (ज्ञाने)
• Form: Perfect (Lit), Third, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेदवित्: knower of the Veda
• वेदवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदवित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Kṣetrajña

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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’.