यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ ॥
yāvat sañjāyate kiñcit sattvaṃ sthāvara-jaṅgamam |kṣetra-kṣetrajña-saṃyogāt tad viddhi bharatarṣabha ||
- यावत् किञ्चित् · yāvat kiñcit
- whatever
- सञ्जायते · sañjāyate
- comes into being
- सत्त्वम् · sattvam
- a being
- स्थावरजङ्गमम् · sthāvara-jaṅgamam
- unmoving or moving
- संयोगात् · saṃyogāt
- from the union
- भरतर्षभ · bharatarṣabha
- O best of Bharatas
“Whatever being comes into existence — moving or unmoving — know it to arise from the union of field and knower, O best of Bharatas.”
— Original plain-language translation
All existence is a meeting: every creature, plant or animal, is field wedded to awareness. Creation needs both — matter without witness is blind, witness without field has nothing to illumine.
— Reader's notes (original)