महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-34, verse-10

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वासुदेव उवाच ।
ततस्तु तस्या ब्राह्मण्या मतिः क्षेत्रज्ञसंक्षये ।
क्षेत्रज्ञादेव परतः क्षेत्रज्ञोऽन्यः प्रवर्तते ॥१०॥

10. vāsudeva uvāca ,
tatastu tasyā brāhmaṇyā matiḥ kṣetrajñasaṁkṣaye ,
kṣetrajñādeva parataḥ kṣetrajño'nyaḥ pravartate.

10. vāsudevaḥ uvāca tataḥ tu tasyāḥ brāhmaṇyāḥ matiḥ kṣetrajña-saṃkṣaye
kṣetrajñāt eva parataḥ kṣetrajñaḥ anyaḥ pravartate

10. vāsudevaḥ uvāca tataḥ tu tasyāḥ brāhmaṇyāḥ matiḥ kṣetrajña-saṃkṣaye (asti).
kṣetrajñāt eva parataḥ anyaḥ kṣetrajñaḥ pravartate.

10. Vāsudeva said: Then, however, that brāhmaṇī's understanding was concerning the cessation of the knower of the field (kṣetrajña). Indeed, from the knower of the field (kṣetrajña) itself, another knower of the field (kṣetrajña) subsequently manifests.

Words meanings summery:

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वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva, Krishna

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, therefore

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, on the other hand

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that

ब्राह्मण्याः (brāhmaṇyāḥ) - of the brāhmaṇī (female Brahmin)

मतिः (matiḥ) - mind, understanding, intellect, opinion

क्षेत्रज्ञ-संक्षये (kṣetrajña-saṁkṣaye) - in the cessation of the knower of the field, in the dissolution of the individual consciousness

क्षेत्रज्ञात् (kṣetrajñāt) - from the knower of the field, from the soul

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

परतः (parataḥ) - from another, from elsewhere, subsequently, thereafter

क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - knower of the field, the soul

अन्यः (anyaḥ) - other, another, different

प्रवर्तते (pravartate) - manifests, proceeds, operates, begins

Words meanings and morphology

वासुदेवः (vāsudevaḥ) - Vāsudeva, Krishna

(proper noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vāsudeva

vāsudeva - son of Vasudeva, Krishna

उवाच (uvāca) - said, spoke

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, perfect (liṭ) of vac

Root: vac (class 2)

ततः (tataḥ) - then, thereupon, therefore

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial use of ablative, 'thence, therefore'.

तु (tu) - but, however, indeed, on the other hand

(indeclinable)

तस्याः (tasyāḥ) - of that

(pronoun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of tad

tad - that, she, it

ब्राह्मण्याः (brāhmaṇyāḥ) - of the brāhmaṇī (female Brahmin)

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, singular of brāhmaṇī

brāhmaṇī - a female Brahmin, wife of a Brahmin

मतिः (matiḥ) - mind, understanding, intellect, opinion

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mati

mati - mind, intelligence, understanding, thought, opinion, intention

क्षेत्रज्ञ-संक्षये (kṣetrajña-saṁkṣaye) - in the cessation of the knower of the field, in the dissolution of the individual consciousness

(noun)

Locative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña-saṃkṣaya

kṣetrajña-saṁkṣaya - cessation of the knower of the field, dissolution of the individual consciousness

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (kṣetrajña+saṃkṣaya)

kṣetrajña – knower of the field (body), the soul, individual consciousness, Purusha
noun (masculine)
Compound of kṣetra (field, body) + jña (knower)
saṃkṣaya – destruction, annihilation, cessation, end, dissolution
noun (masculine)
Derived from root kṣi (to destroy) with prefix sam-
Prefix: sam
Root: kṣi (class 5)

क्षेत्रज्ञात् (kṣetrajñāt) - from the knower of the field, from the soul

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of kṣetrajña

kṣetrajña - knower of the field (body), the soul, individual consciousness, Purusha

Compound of kṣetra (field, body) + jña (knower)

एव (eva) - indeed, certainly, only, just

(indeclinable)

परतः (parataḥ) - from another, from elsewhere, subsequently, thereafter

(indeclinable)

Note: Adverbial form meaning 'from another/beyond' or 'subsequently'.

क्षेत्रज्ञः (kṣetrajñaḥ) - knower of the field, the soul

(noun)