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

[V Subrahmanian]

The google drive link that was provided before is not working and hence a
new link to access the file is here:

https://adbhutam.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/the-kshetrajna-paramatman-identity-in-the-mahabharata.pdf

regards
subbu



On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 11:54 AM V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
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
>