My Personal Gita

Arjuna

अर्जुन उवाच

13.1 प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव

arjuna uvāca

prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva kṣetraṃ kṣetrajñameva ca | etadveditumicchāmi jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ ca keśava

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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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

This edition of the Gita begins with Krishna's reply.

Shri Purohit Swami

"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.

Swami Adidevananda

There is no such translation for this sloka.

Swami Gambirananda

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.

Swami Sivananda

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.

Krishna

13.3 क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत। क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम

kṣetrajñaṃ cāpi māṃ viddhi sarvakṣetreṣu bhārata | kṣetrakṣetrajñayorjñānaṃ yattajjñānaṃ mataṃ mama

Word meanings

kṣhetra-jñam—the knower of the field;cha—also;api—only;mām—me;viddhi—know;sarva—all;kṣhetreṣhu—in individual fields of activities;bhārata—scion of Bharat;kṣhetra—the field of activities;kṣhetra-jñayoḥ—of the knower of the field;jñānam—understanding of;yat—which;tat—that;jñānam—knowledge;matam—opinion;mama—my

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Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

O descendant of Bharata! You should know Me to be the one who sensitizes the fields of all. The knowledge of the field and the one who sensitizes it—that knowledge is, in fact, the understanding of Me.

Shri Purohit Swami

I am the Omniscient self that abides in the playground of Matter; knowledge of Matter and of the all-knowing Self is wisdom.

Swami Adidevananda

And know Me also as the Field-Knower in all Fields, O Arjuna. The knowledge of the Field and its knower is, in My view, the true knowledge.

Swami Gambirananda

And, O scion of the Bharata dynasty, under-stand Me to be the 'Knower of the field' in all the fields. In My opinion, that is Knowledge which is the knowledge of the field and the knower of the field.

Swami Sivananda

Do thou also know Me as the Knower of the Field in all fields, O Arjuna! Knowledge of both the Field and the Knower of the Field is considered by Me to be the knowledge.

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श्रीभगवानुवाच

13.2 इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः

śrī bhagavān uvāca

Word meanings

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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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

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'.

Shri Purohit Swami

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.

Swami Adidevananda

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.

Swami Gambirananda

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'.

Swami Sivananda

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.