महाभारतः
mahābhārataḥ
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book-12, chapter-339, verse-6
क्षेत्राणि हि शरीराणि बीजानि च शुभाशुभे ।
तानि वेत्ति स योगात्मा ततः क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते ॥६॥
तानि वेत्ति स योगात्मा ततः क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते ॥६॥
6. kṣetrāṇi hi śarīrāṇi bījāni ca śubhāśubhe ,
tāni vetti sa yogātmā tataḥ kṣetrajña ucyate.
tāni vetti sa yogātmā tataḥ kṣetrajña ucyate.
6.
kṣetrāṇi hi śarīrāṇi bījāni ca śubhāśubhe tāni
vetti saḥ yogātmā tataḥ kṣetrajñaḥ ucyate
vetti saḥ yogātmā tataḥ kṣetrajñaḥ ucyate
6.
hi kṣetrāṇi śarīrāṇi ca bījāni śubhāśubhe saḥ
yogātmā tāni vetti tataḥ kṣetrajñaḥ ucyate
yogātmā tāni vetti tataḥ kṣetrajñaḥ ucyate
6.
The fields are indeed bodies, and the 'seeds' refer to both auspicious and inauspicious actions (karma). That one, whose very essence is (yoga) (yogātmā), knows all these. Therefore, he is called the knower of the field (kṣetrajña).
Words meanings summery:
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- क्षेत्राणि (kṣetrāṇi) - The bodies (as fields of action) (Fields)
- हि (hi) - Indeed, certainly, for
- शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - Bodies
- बीजानि (bījāni) - Seeds of actions (karma), leading to consequences (Seeds)
- च (ca) - And
- शुभाशुभे (śubhāśubhe) - Auspicious and inauspicious actions (karma) (Good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious)
- तानि (tāni) - These fields (bodies) and seeds (actions) (Those, them)
- वेत्ति (vetti) - Knows
- सः (saḥ) - The knower of the field (He, that)
- योगात्मा (yogātmā) - The supreme self, whose essence is union with the divine (Whose nature is (yoga), whose self is (yoga))
- ततः (tataḥ) - Therefore, then, from that
- क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - The soul or supreme being that knows the body/field of existence (Knower of the field)
- उच्यते (ucyate) - Is called, is said, is declared
Words meanings and morphology
क्षेत्राणि (kṣetrāṇi) - The bodies (as fields of action) (Fields)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of kṣetra
kṣetra - Field, land, region, sphere; the body (as the field of action for the soul)
हि (hi) - Indeed, certainly, for
(indeclinable)
शरीराणि (śarīrāṇi) - Bodies
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of śarīra
śarīra - Body, physical frame
बीजानि (bījāni) - Seeds of actions (karma), leading to consequences (Seeds)
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of bīja
bīja - Seed, germ, origin, cause
च (ca) - And
(indeclinable)
शुभाशुभे (śubhāśubhe) - Auspicious and inauspicious actions (karma) (Good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, dual of śubhāśubha
śubhāśubha - Good and bad, auspicious and inauspicious
Compound type : dvandva (śubha+aśubha)
- śubha – Auspicious, good, beautiful
adjective (neuter) - aśubha – Inauspicious, bad, evil
adjective (neuter)
तानि (tāni) - These fields (bodies) and seeds (actions) (Those, them)
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, plural of tad
tad - That, those
वेत्ति (vetti) - Knows
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (lat) of vid
Present active, class 2 verb
Root: vid (class 2)
सः (saḥ) - The knower of the field (He, that)
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of tad
tad - That, he
योगात्मा (yogātmā) - The supreme self, whose essence is union with the divine (Whose nature is (yoga), whose self is (yoga))
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of yogātman
yogātman - Whose soul/essence is yoga; the soul of yoga
Compound type : bahuvrihi (yoga+ātman)
- yoga – Union, spiritual discipline, connection
noun (masculine)
Root: yuj (class 7) - ātman – Self, soul, essence, supreme spirit
noun (masculine)
ततः (tataḥ) - Therefore, then, from that
(indeclinable)
क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - The soul or supreme being that knows the body/field of existence (Knower of the field)
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña
kṣetrajña - Knower of the field; the soul, the supreme being
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetra+jña)
- kṣetra – Field, body
noun (neuter) - jña – Knowing, knower
adjective (masculine)
Derived from root jñā- 'to know'
Root: jñā (class 9)
उच्यते (ucyate) - Is called, is said, is declared
(verb)
3rd person , singular, passive, present (lat) of vac
Present passive, class 2 verb (derived from root vac, in passive form)
Root: vac (class 2)