Shloka 33

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

Devanagari script

सत्त्वक्षेत्रज्योरेतदन्तरं विद्धि सूक्ष्मयो: । सृजते<त्र गुणानेक एको न सृजते गुणान्‌,बुद्धि और क्षेत्रज् (आत्मा)--ये दोनों सूक्ष्मतत्त्व हैं। इन दोनोंमें जो अन्तर है, उसे समझो। इनमेंसे एक अर्थात्‌ बुद्धि तो गुणोंकी सृष्टि करती है और दूसरा (आत्मा) गुणोंकी सृष्टि नहीं करता--केवल साक्षीभावसे देखता रहता है

Transliteration

sattva-kṣetrajñayor etad antaraṁ viddhi sūkṣmayoḥ | sṛjate 'tra guṇān eka eko na sṛjate guṇān ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“当明了智性（sattva/buddhi）与‘田地之知者’（kṣetrajña，即自我）之间那极其微妙的差别。在此二者之中，一者——即智性——于经验中投射并生起种种德性与性质（guṇa）；另一者——自我——全然不生诸性，只安住为见证之觉知。”

Word by Word

• {'sattva': 'here: the refined inner instrument, often identified with buddhi (intellect) in Sāṅkhya-style analysis

• also ‘clarity’ as a guṇa in other contexts', 'kṣetrajña': 'the ‘knower of the field’

• the Self/Ātman as conscious witness', 'etad': 'this (teaching/point)', 'antaram': 'difference, distinction, interval', 'viddhi': 'know, understand (imperative)', 'sūkṣmayoḥ': 'of the two subtle entities/principles (genitive dual)', 'sṛjate': 'creates, projects, brings forth', 'atra': 'here, in this context/within embodied experience', 'guṇān': 'qualities/constituents (sattva-rajas-tamas and their modifications)', 'ekaḥ': 'one (of the two)', 'na': 'not', 'sākṣī-bhāva (implied by commentary)': 'the stance of witnessing

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• sattva (buddhi)
• kṣetrajña (Ātman)