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Shloka 36

Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka

Book 14, Chapter 43

एते द्रुमाणां राजानो लोके5स्मिन्‌ नात्र संशय: । बरगद

ete drumāṇāṁ rājāno loke 'smin nātra saṁśayaḥ | aliṅdagrahaṇo nityaḥ kṣetrajño nirguṇātmakaḥ | tasmād aliṅgaḥ kṣetrajñaḥ kevalaṁ jñānalakṣaṇaḥ ||

Thần Vāyu nói: “Đây là những bậc quân vương trong loài cây ở thế gian này—không còn nghi ngờ. Đấng Tri Kẻ của Trường (kṣetrajña), tức Tự Ngã vĩnh cửu, không thể bị nắm bắt bằng bất cứ dấu hiệu bên ngoài nào, vì Ngài vượt ngoài mọi phẩm tính. Bởi vậy, Đấng Tri Kẻ của Trường không có dấu hiệu phân biệt; chỉ có ý thức thuần tịnh mới được thừa nhận là đặc tính định danh của Ngài.”

एतेthese
एते:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
द्रुमाणाम्of trees
द्रुमाणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
राजानःkings
राजानः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
लोकेin the world
लोके:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootलोक
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अलिङ्गग्रहणःapprehension (as) without a mark/indicator
अलिङ्गग्रहणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअलिङ्गग्रहण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यःeternal
नित्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षेत्रज्ञःknower of the field (Self)
क्षेत्रज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्रज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निर्गुणात्मकःwhose nature is without qualities
निर्गुणात्मकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्गुणात्मक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तस्मात्therefore/from that
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्
अलिङ्गःwithout a distinguishing mark
अलिङ्गः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअलिङ्ग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षेत्रज्ञःthe knower of the field (Self)
क्षेत्रज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्रज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
केवलम्only/merely
केवलम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकेवल
ज्ञानलक्षणःhaving knowledge as (its) characteristic
ज्ञानलक्षणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञानलक्षण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नित्यःeternal
नित्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वायुदेव उवाच

V
Vāyu-deva
D
drumāḥ (trees)
K
kṣetrajña (Knower of the Field/Self)

Educational Q&A

The Self (kṣetrajña) is eternal and nirguṇa—beyond material qualities—so it cannot be identified by external signs; its only true ‘mark’ is pure consciousness/knowledge (jñāna).

Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener by first asserting a worldly classification (the ‘kings’ among trees) and then pivoting to a higher teaching: the indwelling Self is not an object of sensory identification and is known only as consciousness itself.