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
śrībhagavān uvāca—mano me brāhmaṇaṁ viddhi, buddhi me viddhi brāhmaṇīm; kṣetrajña iti yaś coktaḥ so ’ham eva dhanañjaya.
Đức Thế Tôn phán: “Hỡi Dhanañjaya, hãy biết tâm Ta là Brahman, và hãy biết trí phân biệt của Ta là Bà-la-môn-nữ. Còn kẻ được gọi là ‘Kẻ Biết Ruộng’ (kṣetrajña) ấy—chính là Ta.”
अजुन उवाच
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.