Shloka 37
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
अधिष्ठातेति राजेन्द्र प्रोच्यते यतिसत्तमै: । अधिष्ठानादधिष्ठाता क्षेत्राणामिति न: श्रुतम्
adhiṣṭhāteti rājendra procyate yatisattamaiḥ | adhiṣṭhānād adhiṣṭātā kṣetrāṇām iti naḥ śrutam ||
瓦西什塔说道：“哦王者，最上之苦行者称他为‘阿地什塔塔’（Adhiṣṭhātā，主宰者）。我们曾听闻，哦人中之主，正因为他是诸‘田’（kṣetra）之所依、所座（adhiṣṭhāna），故而被称为诸田之主宰。”
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse explains an ethical-metaphysical idea: the ‘Adhiṣṭhātā’ is so called because he is the underlying support and governing presence of all kṣetras (fields of embodied experience). This frames responsibility and discernment: actions occur in the field, but there is a higher presiding principle that witnesses, orders, and sustains.
Vasiṣṭha addresses a king and clarifies a technical designation used by eminent ascetics. He justifies the title ‘Adhiṣṭhātā’ by etymological reasoning—since the presider is the adhiṣṭhāna (substratum) of the kṣetras, tradition calls him the presiding lord of the fields.