[Advaita-l] The Kshetrajna - Paramatman identity in the Mahabharata

[Sudhanshu Shekhar]

Hari Om,

I have always wondered on the conspicuous usage by BhashyakAra regarding
kshetrajna-Ishwara-ekatva. He never used kshetrajna-Brahman-ekatva.

Regards.
Sudhanshu.

On Fri 4 Oct, 2019, 19:03 V Subrahmanian via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> This identity between the observer consciousness and the Supreme Brahman is
> the seminal teaching of the Upanishads, Brahma sutras and Bhagavadgita.  We
> find a very pithy verse in the Mahabharata on this theme:
>
> It occurs in the Shanti Parvan, Chapter 188, shloka 23:
>
> https://sa.wikiquote.org/s/f2
>
> आत्मा क्षेत्रज्ञ इत्युक्तः संयुक्तः प्राकृतैर्गुणैः।
>
> तैरेव तु विनिर्मुक्तः परमात्मेत्युदाहृतः॥ शान्ति.१८७/२३॥
>
> An article with citations from the Shaankara Bhashya and Nilakantha's
> commentary on the above verse is available here:
>
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-EAJU6xqkDQ97qEOItQmHfVRF4iFXN2X/view?usp=sharing
>
> regards
> subbu
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