My Personal Gita

Krishna

श्रीभगवानुवाच

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

śrī bhagavān uvāca

idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate | etadyo vetti taṃ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ

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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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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.

Krishna

13.4 तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु

tatkṣetraṃ yacca yādṛk ca yadvikāri yataśca yat | sa ca yo yatprabhāvaśca tatsamāsena me śṛṇu

Word meanings

tat—that;kṣhetram—field of activities;yat—what;cha—and;yādṛik—its nature;cha—and;yat-vikāri—how change takes place in it;yataḥ—from what;cha—also;yat—what;saḥ—he;cha—also;yaḥ—who;yat-prabhāvaḥ—what his powers are;cha—and;tat—that;samāsena—in summary;me—from me;śhṛiṇu—listen

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

What is that Field and what is its nature? Why does it undergo modifications, where does it come from, and what is its purpose? Who is the Field-sensitizer and what is His nature? Listen to all this from Me collectively.

Shri Purohit Swami

What is called Matter, of what it is composed, whence it came, and why it changes, what the Self is, and what Its power - this I will now briefly set forth.

Swami Adidevananda

Listen briefly from Me what the Field is, and what it is like, what is modifications are, what purpose it serves, what it is; and who the self is and what Its powers are.

Swami Gambirananda

Hear from Me in brief about (all) that as to what that field is and how it is; what its changes are, and from what cause arises what effect; and who He is, and what His powers are.

Swami Sivananda

What the Field is and of what nature, what its modifications are and whence it is, and also who He is and what His powers are–hear all that from Me in brief.

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

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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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My Personal Gita

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.