1. dharma bhūmiḥ, dharmasyasthāna bhūtaṃ.

(dharmabhūmi, dharmamunaku sthānamainadi),

2. dharmasya tadvṛddhēśca kṣētraṃ, abhivṛddhi kāraṇaṃ yaducyatē kurukṣētramiti tat dharma kṣētraṃ” (ānaṃdagiri)

(dharmamunaku, dāni abhivṛddhiki kṣētramainadi, kāraṇamainadi kurukṣētramani ceppabaḍucunnadi - adi dharmakṣētramu.

3. “dharmasya, pūrvaṃ avidya mānasya, utpattēḥ, vidya mānasya ca vṛddhēḥ nimittaṃ sasyasyēva kṣētraṃ yat kurukṣētraṃ sarvaśruti prasiddhaṃ”

(madhusūdanaḥ)

(idivaraku kanabaḍani dharmamu utpādiṃcuṭaku, utpatti ayina dharmamu vṛddhipoṃduṭaku kāraṇamainadi - sasyamunu utpatti cēyu polamuvale nuṃḍunadi - anni śrutulalōnu ceppabaḍinadi - kurukṣētramu).

4. “dharmasyōtpādakē kṣētrē tharma vṛddhyaika kāraṇē |

śruti smṛti prasiddhē (a)smin kurukṣētrē - - ||. (gītābhāvaprakāśamu - 1 - 88, 89)

(dharmamunutpādiṃcunadi, dharmamunu vṛddhi cēyuṭa anu okē kāraṇamukaladi - śrutulalōnu, smṛtulalōnu, prasiddhikekkinadi dharmakṣētramu - pāṃḍavulu, kauravulu yuddhamu cēsina kṣētramu - sthalamu - ī yuddhamulō dharmamu pāṃḍavula prakkanuṃḍuṭavalana pāṃḍavulē jayiṃciri. ī bhūmimīda ē yuddhamujariginanu dharmamē jayiṃcunu. dīniki kurukṣētramani pēru –

“dharmakṣētrē kurukṣētrē samavētāyu yutsvaḥ |

māmakāḥ pāṃḍavāścaiva ki ma kurvata saṃjaya ||“. (śrīmadbhagavadgīta - 1 - 1)

(dharmakṣētramaina kurukṣētramaṃdu māvāraina kauravulu, pāṃḍavulu yuddhamucēyu kōrikatō siddhamai ēmi cēsiri? ani dhṛtarāṣṭruḍu saṃjayuni aḍigenu, atani praśnalōnē adi dharmakṣētramani ceppuṭacēta rābōvu phalitamu atani nōṭi veṃṭanē palukabaḍiṃdi. idi dharmakṣētramukanuka dharmamevariprakkanuṃḍunō vārikē vijayamu kalugunani dhvani).

5. “kurūṇāṃ karaṇānāṃ yat kṣētraṃ dēhō(a)dhi kāriṇaṃ |

anugrāhaka bhāvēna kṣētravat kṣētramucyatē |

sarvēṣāṃcaiva dharmāṇāmutpādakatayā tathā |

āyaṃtaṃ paramō dharmō yadyōgēnātmadarśanaṃ |

ātmajñānamayō dharmaḥ sādhyatē(a)tra mumukṣubhiḥ |

kṣayāt samasta dharmāṇāmapa vargaika lābhataḥ |

trāṇabhūtaṃ mumukṣō staddharmakṣētraṃ śarīrakaṃ |

kṣētrāṇāṃ paramaṃ kṣētraṃ śarīraṃ kṣētramucyatē ||” (gītābhāvaprakāśamu - 1 - 109 to 113)

kṣētramanagā dēhamu. dēhamu sarva dharmamulakunu utpādakamu –

“śarīra mādyaṃ khaludharma sādhanaṃ”

(dharmamu sādhiṃcuṭaku śarīramu modaṭi sādhanamu - mukhyasādhanamu - śarīramu kaligiyuṃḍinanē yē dharmamulanainanu sādhiṃca galugudumu). aṃducēta dēhamu dharma kṣētramu - ī dēhamulō āsurasaṃpatti, daivasaṃpattiki saṃbaṃdhiṃcina guṇamulunnavi. ī reṃḍiṃṭiki nityamu yuddhamu jarugucunē yuṃḍunu. vāṭilōdaivasaṃpattiki saṃbaṃdhiṃcinaguṇamulu dharmamunaku saṃbaṃdhiṃcinavikanuka aviyē jayamu poṃdunu).

(yōgamudvārā paramātmasākṣātkāramu poṃduṭē parama dharmamu. ātma jñāna rūpamaina dharmamu - mōkṣamu - idi aṭṭi mōkṣamunu kōruvāricē ī śarīramu dvārānē sādhiṃcabaḍucunnadi. migilina dharmamulanniṃṭinī viḍicipeṭṭi mōkṣamunu cēkūrcunadi kanuka śarīramu dharma kṣētramu. sasyamulanukāni, itaramulanugāni paṃḍiṃcu kṣētramulanniṃṭikanna paramamu. utkṛṣṭamaina kṣētramu ani ceppabaḍucunnavi).

(bhagavaṃtuḍē dharmamu, bhagavaṃtuḍekkaḍa uṃṭē akkaḍē dharmamuṃḍunu - dharmamekkaḍa uṃḍunō akkaḍē vijayamu –

“yatra yōgēśvaraḥ kṛṣṇō yatra pārthō dhanurdharaḥ |

“tatraśrīrvijayō bhūtirdhṛvānītirmatirmama ||”. (śrīmadbhagavadgīta - 18 - 78)

6. “kurūṇāṃ karaṇānāṃ yat kṣētraṃ anugrahakaṃ, ata ēva sāṃsārikatva dharmāṇāṃ sarvēṣāṃ kṣētraṃ utpatti nimittatvāt - ayaṃ saparamō dharmō yadyōgē nātma darśanaḥ |”

“ityasya ca dharmasya kṣētraṃ samastā dharmāṇāṃ kṣayā dapavargapāptyā trāṇabhūtaṃ tadadhikāri śarīraṃ sarva kṣētrāṇāṃ akṣādēḥ hiṃ sārthatvāt paraspara bādhyabādhaka bhāvēna vartamānā nāṃ rāga vairāgya krōdhakṣamā prabhṛtīnāṃ samāgamō yatra tatdharma kṣētraṃ.” (abhinava guptācāryaḥ)

(iṃdriyamulaku kṣētramainadi śarīramu. saṃsāramunaku saṃbaṃdhiṃcina anni dharmamulaku utpatti sthānamu ayinadi. “yōgamu dvārā paramātmasākṣātkaramu kalugunu kanuka idiyē parama dharmamu” ani ceppuṭacēta migilina śārīraka dharmamulanniṃṭini kṣīṇiṃpacēsi śārīrika - yōgādhikāriki mōkṣaprāpti cēkūrcunadi kanuka dharmakṣētramu śarīramu).

7. dharmamanagā paramātma, kṣētramanagā vasiṃcucōṭu - paramātma nivasiṃcu sthānamu - oka kṣētramulō - bhūmilō - vēsina oka bījamu molaketti peddadai phalamuniccunaṭlu ī śarīramanu kṣētramaṃdu dharmamanu bījamu molaketti peddadai mōkṣamanu phalamuniccunu. aṃducēta ī śarīramē dharmakṣētramu.

8. dharmamanagā puṇyamu - puṇyamu kalugacēyu kṣētramu - puṇyakṣētramu - anēka yajñamulu, yāgamulu modalaguvāṭini mahā ṛṣulu iccaṭa cēsinadaguṭacēta puṇyabhūmi, dharmabhūmi, dharmakṣētramu - mahāpuruṣulu, satpuruṣulu ayinavāri pāda dhūḷicētanu, purānapaṭhanamu, śravaṇamu modalagu satkālakṣēpamu cētanu, japatapamulacētanu punītamainadi kanuka puṇyakṣētramu, dharmakṣētramu.

9. “ma. vinumē dēśamulan dayāguṇa tapō vidyānvitaṃbaina vi

pranikāyaṃbu vasiṃcu, nē sthalamulan bhāgīradhīmukhya vā

hinuluṃḍun, haripūjaleyyaḍala bhūyiṣṭa prakāraṃbulan

danarun, bhūvara| yaṭṭi cōṭula dagun dharmaṃbulan cēyagan”. (śrīmadāṃdhramahābhāgavatamu - 7 - 14 - 449).

aṭṭi dēśamulu - pradēśamulu dharmakṣētramulu.