Draṣṭṛ
द्रष्टृपुंल्लिङ्ग (masculino) · दृश् धातु (dṛś — ver) + तृच् प्रत्यय (agente)
draṣṭṛ
Metaphysics
AI translationThe observer; the one who sees
Draṣṭṛ is the subject of experience — the one who witnesses without being altered. In Vedānta, draṣṭṛ is ātman: every object seen, thought thought, emotion felt, exists for the draṣṭṛ, but it itself never becomes dṛśya (object). It is the same reality pointed to by sākṣin (witness). The dṛg-dṛśya-viveka analysis (Śaṅkara) is an essential tool: every time something is observed, one retreats to the draṣṭṛ — until recognizing that there is no infinite regress, only pure consciousness.
Occurrence in the corpus
॥ १९ ॥ 【भाष्यम्】 अन्यं कार्य करणविषयाकारपरिणतेभ्यः गुणेभ्यः कर्तारम् अन्यं यदा द्रष्टा विद्वान् सन् अनुपश्यति गुणा एव सर्वावस्थाः सर्वकर्मणां कर्तारः इत्येवं पश्यति गुणे भ्यश्च परं गुणव्यापारसाक्षिभूतं वेत्ति मद्भावं मम भावं सः द्रष्टा अधिगच्छति
|| 19 || 【bhāṣyam】 anyaṃ kārya karaṇaviṣayākārapariṇatebhyaḥ guṇebhyaḥ kartāram anyaṃ yadā draṣṭā vidvān san anupaśyati guṇā eva sarvāvasthāḥ sarvakarmaṇāṃ kartāraḥ ityevaṃ paśyati guṇe bhyaśca paraṃ guṇavyāpārasākṣibhūtaṃ vetti madbhāvaṃ mama bhāvaṃ saḥ draṣṭā adhigacchati
— Bhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya →Using this in academic work? Get formal citation
Vishva Vidya (2026). Draṣṭṛ (द्रष्टृ). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/drashtr
Vishva Vidya. "Draṣṭṛ (द्रष्टृ)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/drashtr.
Vishva Vidya. "Draṣṭṛ (द्रष्टृ)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/drashtr.
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