Chapter 13, Verse 15
Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga — Sanskrit shloka, transliteration, word meanings, English translation, and commentary.
Original Sanskrit verse
Transliteration
Word meanings
sarva—all; indriya—senses; guṇa—sense-objects; ābhāsam—the perciever; sarva—all; indriya—senses; vivarjitam—devoid of; asaktam—unattached; sarva-bhṛit—the sustainer of all; cha—yet; eva—indeed; nirguṇam—beyond the three modes of material nature; guṇa-bhoktṛi—the enjoyer of the three modes of material nature; cha—although
English translation
Shining by the functions of all the senses, yet without being attached to them; unattached, yet supporting all; devoid of qualities, yet the experiencer of them.
— Swami Sivananda
Listen to Shloka 13.15
Commentary
Brahman sees without eyes; hears without ears; smells without nose; eats without mouth; feels without skin; grasps without hands; walks without feet. He is the unseen seer; the unheard hearer; the unthought thinker. Other than Him there is no seer; no hearer; no thinker. He is the Self; the Inner Ruler; the Immortal. (Brihadaranyaka Upanishad III.7.23) He is free from the,qualities of Nature and yet He is the enjoyer of the qualities. All the senses The five organs of knowledge and the five organs of action; the inner senses; mind and intellect come under the term all the senses. The organs of action and those of knowledge perform their functions in conjunction with the mind and the intellect. They cannot function independently. Therefore; the mind and the intellect are included in the term all the senses. Brahman is transcendental and unmanifest; but It manifests Itself through the limiting adjuncts of the extrnal and the internal senses. As It is destitute of the senses It is unattached and yet It supports all. It is the support or substratum of everything. It is destitute of the qualities of Nature and yet It is the enjoyer of those qualities. Brahman is really mysterious. This verse is taken from the Svetasvataropanishad 3.17.
Commentary by Swami Sivananda
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