My Personal Gita

Krishna

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

kṣetrajñaṃ cāpi māṃ viddhi sarvakṣetreṣu bhārata | kṣetrakṣetrajñayorjñānaṃ yattajjñānaṃ mataṃ mama

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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.

Krishna

13.5 ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्चितैः

ṛṣibhirbahudhā gītaṃ chandobhirvividhaiḥ pṛthak | brahmasūtrapadaiścaiva hetumadbhirviniścitaiḥ

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ṛiṣhibhiḥ—by great sages;bahudhā—in manifold ways;gītam—sung;chhandobhiḥ—in Vedic hymns;vividhaiḥ—various;pṛithak—variously;brahma-sūtra—the Brahma Sūtra;padaiḥ—by the hymns;cha—and;eva—especially;hetu-madbhiḥ—with logic;viniśhchitaiḥ—conclusive evidence

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My Personal Gita

Dr. S. Sankaranarayan

This has been sung many times by sages, and also has been clearly decided in the various Vedas in different contexts by means of their words that are suggestive of the Brahman (i.e. in the Upanishads) and are full of reasoning.

Shri Purohit Swami

Seers have sung of It in various ways, in many hymns and sacred Vedic songs, weighty in thought and convincing in argument.

Swami Adidevananda

It has been sung by seers in various ways, in various distinctive hymns, and also in the well-reasoned and conclusive words of the Brahma-sutras.

Swami Gambirananda

It has been sung of in various ways by the Rsis, separately by the different kinds [The different branches of Vedic texts.] of Vedic texts, and also by the rational and convincing sentences themselves which are indicative of and lead of Brahman.

Swami Sivananda

Sages have sung in many ways, in various distinctive chants and also in the suggestive words indicative of the Absolute, full of reasoning and decisive.

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

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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.