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Shloka 2

Adhyaya 50Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)

क्षेत्रज्ञाः समवर्तन्त गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य धीमतः ।

ते सर्वे समवर्तन्त ये मया प्रगुदाहृताः ॥

kṣetrajñāḥ samavartanta gātrebhyas tasya dhīmataḥ | te sarve samavartanta ye mayā pragudāhṛtāḥ ||

จากอวัยวะของผู้ทรงปัญญานั้น ได้บังเกิดเหล่าเกษตรชญะ (ผู้รู้แห่งเขต/สนามแห่งภาวะ) ทั้งหมดนั้นบังเกิดขึ้น—คือเหล่าที่ข้าพเจ้าได้พรรณนาไว้ก่อนแล้ว

क्षेत्रज्ञाःknowers of the field (embodied selves)
क्षेत्रज्ञाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्रज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः क्षेत्र + ज्ञ (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-निर्णयः: ‘क्षेत्रं जानाति’ इति)
समवर्तन्तcame into being / arose
समवर्तन्त:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + वृत् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद
गात्रेभ्यःfrom the limbs/bodies
गात्रेभ्यः:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), बहुवचन (Plural)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
धीमतःof the wise one
धीमतः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
TypeAdjective
Rootधीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
समवर्तन्तarose
समवर्तन्त:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + वृत् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद
येwho
ये:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
मयाby me
मया:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formत्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
प्रक्previously
प्रक्:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रक् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक/पूर्वार्थक (adverb: ‘formerly/before’)
उदाहृताःwere mentioned/declared
उदाहृताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + आ + हृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)
Mārkaṇḍeya (continuing narration)

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Brahmā
CosmologySargaSāṃkhya/Vedānta terminology (kṣetra-kṣetrajña)

FAQs

The text distinguishes embodied ‘fields’ and the ‘knowers’ of those fields, implying an ordered emergence of conscious principles alongside material embodiment.

Sarga: it describes the production of a class of beings/principles (kṣetrajñas) as part of the primary creation sequence.

By locating kṣetrajñas in the creator’s ‘limbs,’ the verse suggests that individual consciousnesses are not alien to the cosmic source; they are expressions within the total body of creation.