12.20 ये तु धर्म्यामृतमिदं यथोक्तं पर्युपासते।श्रद्दधाना मत्परमा भक्तास्तेऽतीव मे प्रियाः
ye tu dharmy
Word meanings
ye—who;tu—indeed;dharma—of wisdom;amṛitam—nectar;idam—this;yathā—as;uktam—declared;paryupāsate—exclusive devotion;śhraddadhānāḥ—with faith;mat-paramāḥ—intent on Me as the supreme goal;bhaktāḥ—devotees;te—they;atīva—exceedingly;me—to Me;priyāḥ—dear
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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Those who, as instructed above, resort to this duty that leads to immortality, who have faith in it and have Me as their only goal—those devotees are exceedingly dear to Me.
Verily those who love the spiritual wisdom as I have taught, whose faith never fails, and who concentrate their whole nature on Me, they indeed are My most beloved."
But those devotees who follow this nectar of virtuous-duty as taught above, who are full of faith and who regard Me as the Supreme - they are exceedingly dear to Me.
But [Tu (but) is used to distinguish those who have attained the highest Goal from the aspirants.-Tr.] those devotees who accept Me as the supreme Goal, and with faith seek for this ambrosia [M.S.'s reading is dharmamrtam-nectar in the form of virtue. Virtue is called nectar because it leads to Immortquality, or because it is sweet like nectar.] which is indistinguishable from the virtues as stated above, they are very dear to Me.
They verily who follow this immortal Dharma (doctrine or law) as described above, endowed with faith, regarding Me as their supreme goal, they, the devotees, are exceedingly dear to Me.
श्रीभगवानुवाच
13.2 इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः
śrī bhagavān uvāca
idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetram
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idam—this;śharīram—body;kaunteya—Arjun, the son of Kunti;kṣhetram—the field of activities;iti—thus;abhidhīyate—is termed as;etat—this;yaḥ—one who;vetti—knows;tam—that person;prāhuḥ—is called;kṣhetra-jñaḥ—the knower of the field;iti—thus;tat-vidaḥ—those who discern the truth
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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The Bhagavat said, "O son of Kunti! This physical body is called the 'field' (decayer-cum-protector); He who sensitizes it—His knowers call Him properly the 'Field-sensitizer'.
Lord Shri Krishna replied: O Arjuna! The body of man is the playground of the Self; and That which knows the activities of Matter, sages call the Self.
The Lord said This body, O Arjuna, is called the Field, Ksetra. He who knows it is called the Field-knower, Ksetrajna, by those who know the self.
The Blessed Lord said O son of Kunti, this body is referred to as the 'field'. Those who are versed in this call him who is conscious of it as the 'knower of the field'.
This body, O Arjuna, is called the Field; he who knows it is called the Knower of the Field by those who know of them, that is, by the sages.
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क्षेत्र-क्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
Chapter 13: The Field and the Knower of the Field
kṣetra-kṣetrajñavibhāgayoga
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अर्जुन उवाच
13.1 प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव
arjuna uvāca
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Word meanings
prakṛitim—material nature;puruṣham—the enjoyer;cha—and;eva—indeed;kṣhetram—the field of activities;kṣhetra-jñam—the knower of the field;eva—even;cha—also;etat—this;veditum—to know;ichchhāmi—I wish;jñānam—knowledge;jñeyam—the goal of knowledge;cha—and;keśhava—Krishna, the killer of the demon named Keshi
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Divine Verses of the Bhagavad Gita • Swami Dayananda Saraswati
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This edition of the Gita begins with Krishna's reply.
"Arjuna asked: My Lord! Who is God and what is Nature; what is Matter and what is the Self; what is that they call Wisdom, and what is it that is worth knowing? I wish to have this explained.
There is no such translation for this sloka.
Swami Gambhirananda has not translated this sloka. Many editions of the Bhagavadgita do not contain this sloka, including the commentary by Sankaracharya. If this sloka is included, the total number of slokas in the Bhagavadgita is 701.
I wish to learn about Nature (matter) and the Spirit (soul), the Field and the Knower of the Field, knowledge and that which ought to be known.
