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Shloka 12

Adhyāya 34: Kṣetrajña-Lakṣaṇa and the Araṇi Metaphor

Mind–Intellect Allegory

श्रीभगवानुवाच मनो मे ब्राह्माणं विद्धि बुद्धि मे विद्धि ब्राह्मणीम्‌ क्षेत्रज्ञ इति यश्चोक्त: सो5हमेव धनंजय,भगवान्‌ श्रीकृष्ण बोले--अर्जुन! मेरे मनको तो तुम ब्राह्मण समझो और मेरी बुद्धिको ब्राह्यणी समझो एवं जिसको क्षेत्रज्ञ--ऐसा कहा गया है, वह मैं ही हूँ

śrībhagavān uvāca—mano me brāhmaṇaṁ viddhi, buddhi me viddhi brāhmaṇīm; kṣetrajña iti yaś coktaḥ so ’ham eva dhanañjaya.

พระผู้เป็นเจ้าตรัสว่า—“ดูก่อน ธนัญชัย! จงรู้ว่า ‘มโน’ ของเรานั้นเป็นพราหมณ์ และ ‘พุทธิ’ ของเรานั้นเป็นพราหมณี; ส่วนผู้ที่เรียกว่า ‘เกษตรชญะ’ นั้น คือเราเอง”

श्रीभगवान्the Blessed Lord
श्रीभगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
मनःmind
मनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मेmy/of me
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
ब्राह्मणम्a brahmin
ब्राह्मणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
विद्धिknow (you should know)
विद्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
बुद्धिम्intellect
बुद्धिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
मेmy/of me
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
विद्धिknow
विद्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
ब्राह्मणीम्a brahmin woman / brahminess
ब्राह्मणीम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मणी
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
क्षेत्रज्ञःknower of the field (the Self)
क्षेत्रज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्रज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
यःwho/which
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उक्तःsaid/called
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe/that
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
एवindeed/alone
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
धनंजयO Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
धनंजय:
TypeNoun
Rootधनंजय
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

अजुन उवाच

Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Bhagavān)
A
Arjuna (Dhanañjaya)
K
Kṣetrajña (Knower of the Field)

Educational Q&A

Kṛṣṇa identifies Himself with the supreme conscious principle: the ‘Knower of the Field’ (kṣetrajña). The verse frames mind and intellect as sanctified, Brahman-oriented faculties, pointing to inner purification and the recognition that true knowing consciousness is divine.

In the Ashvamedhika Parva dialogue, Kṛṣṇa addresses Arjuna (Dhanañjaya) and instructs him about inner faculties (mind and intellect) and the metaphysical principle of the kṣetrajña, asserting His own identity as that knower.