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Shloka 28

अध्वर्यु–यति संवादः

Adhvaryu–Yati Dialogue on Svabhāva, Ahiṃsā, and Mokṣa

Devanagari script

एवमेतादृशं मोक्ष सुसूक्ष्मं ब्राह्मणा विदु: । विदित्वा चानुतिष्ठ न्ति क्षेत्रज्ञेनार्थदर्शिना

Transliteration

evam etādṛśaṃ mokṣaṃ susūkṣmaṃ brāhmaṇā viduḥ | viditvā cānutiṣṭhanti kṣetrajñenārthadarśinā ||

Translation

Như vậy, các Bà-la-môn hiểu giải thoát là như thế—cực kỳ vi tế. Hiểu rồi, họ thực hành kỷ luật của con đường giải thoát ấy theo lời chỉ dạy của bậc “tri giả về cánh đồng” (kṣetrajña), người thấy rõ chân lý và ý nghĩa.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

एतादृशम्such, of this kind

मोक्षम्liberation

सुसूक्ष्मम्very subtle

ब्राह्मणाःBrahmins, knowers of Brahman

विदुःknow

विदित्वाhaving known

चand

अनुतिष्ठन्तिpractice, undertake, carry out

क्षेत्रज्ञेनby/through the knower of the field (Self/wise one)

अर्थदर्शिनाby the truth-seeing/meaning-seeing (one)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa, the speaker/learned Brahmins)

म

मोक्ष (Mokṣa, liberation)

क

क्षेत्रज्ञ (Kṣetrajña, knower of the field)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation (mokṣa) is extremely subtle and is not merely a concept to be heard; it must be understood and then practiced. The verse emphasizes disciplined enactment of the mokṣa-dharma under the guidance of a true knower—one who understands the kṣetrajña (the inner self) and sees reality’s meaning.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Brahmana’s discourse within the Anugītā section, the speaker summarizes how learned Brahmins characterize mokṣa and how seekers proceed: after grasping this subtle doctrine, they undertake its observance in line with the instruction of the truth-seeing teacher identified with knowledge of the kṣetrajña.