इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतना धृतिः ।एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम् ॥
icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ saṅghātaś cetanā dhṛtiḥ |etat kṣetraṃ samāsena sa-vikāram udāhṛtam ||
- इच्छा · icchā
- liking, desire
- द्वेषः · dveṣaḥ
- aversion, hatred
- सुखम् दुःखम् · sukham duḥkham
- pleasure and pain
- सङ्घातः · saṅghātaḥ
- the aggregate (body-mind complex)
- चेतना · cetanā
- awareness, vitality
- धृतिः · dhṛtiḥ
- steadiness, resolve
- सविकारम् · sa-vikāram
- with its changes
- उदाहृतम् · udāhṛtam
- has been declared
“Liking and aversion, pleasure and pain, the bodily aggregate, awareness, and resolve — this, with its changes, has been declared in brief as the field.”
— Original plain-language translation
Strikingly, even feelings and thoughts are filed under 'field' — the known, not the knower. Whatever can be observed, including one's own moods, belongs to the field; the observer stands apart.
— Reader's notes (original)