Chapter 13 · 35 verses
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोगः
Kṣetra-kṣetrajña-vibhāga-yogaḥ
- 13.1प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च।Arjuna said, "I wish to learn about Nature and the Spirit, the field and the knower of the field, knowledge…
- 13.2इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, this body is called the field; he who knows it is called the knower of the…
- 13.3क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत।Do thou also know Me as the knower of the field in all fields, O Arjuna. Knowledge of both the field and the…
- 13.4तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।Hear from Me in brief what the field is, of what nature it is, what its modifications are, whence it is, who…
- 13.5ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक्।Sages have sung in many ways, with various distinctive chants and also with suggestive words indicative of…
- 13.6महाभूतान्यहङ्कारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च।The great elements, egoism, intellect, and also the Unmanifested Nature, the ten senses, and one mind, and…
- 13.7इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं सङ्घातश्चेतनाधृतिः।Desire, hatred, pleasure, pain, the aggregate (body), intelligence, and fortitude—the field has thus been…
- 13.8अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम्।Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, forgiveness, uprightness, service to the teacher, purity,…
- 13.9इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च।Indifference to the objects of the senses and also absence of egoism; perceiving the evil in birth, death,…
- 13.10असक्ितरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु।Non-attachment, non-identification of the Self with son, wife, home, and the rest, and constant…
- 13.11मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी।Unswerving devotion to Me through the Yoga of non-separation, resorting to solitary places, and a distaste…
- 13.12अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम्।Constancy in Self-knowledge, the perception of the end of true knowledge—this is declared to be knowledge,…
- 13.13ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते।I will declare that which is to be known, knowing which one attains immortality; the beginningless Supreme…
- 13.14सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम्।With hands and feet everywhere, with eyes, heads, and mouths everywhere, with ears everywhere, He exists in…
- 13.15सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम्।Shining by the functions of all the senses, yet without being attached to them; unattached, yet supporting…
- 13.16बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च।It is within and without all beings, both the unmoving and the moving; It is subtle and unknowable, and It is…
- 13.17अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम्।Undivided yet, It exists as if divided in beings; It is to be known as the supporter of beings; It devours…
- 13.18ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते।That Light of all lights is said to be beyond darkness: knowledge, the knowable, and the goal of knowledge,…
- 13.19इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः।Thus, the field, as well as knowledge and the knowable, have been briefly stated. My devotee, knowing this,…
- 13.20प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि।Know that Nature (matter) and the Spirit are both beginningless, and know also that all modifications and…
- 13.21कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते।In the production of the effect and the cause, Nature (matter) is said to be the cause; in the experience of…
- 13.22पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान्।The soul seated in Nature experiences the qualities born of Nature; attachment to the qualities is the cause…
- 13.23उपद्रष्टाऽनुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः।The Supreme Soul in this body is also called the observer, the permitter, the sustainer, the enjoyer, the…
- 13.24य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैःसह।He who thus knows the Spirit and Matter together with their qualities, in whatever condition he may be, he is…
- 13.25ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना।Some behold the Self within themselves through meditation, others through the Yoga of knowledge, and still…
- 13.26अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वाऽन्येभ्य उपासते।Others, too, who do not know thus, worship, having heard of It from others; they, too, cross beyond death,…
- 13.27यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम्।Wherever a being is born, whether unmoving or moving, know thou, O best of the Bharatas (Arjuna), that it is…
- 13.28समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम्।He who sees the Supreme Lord existing truly in all beings, the imperishable within the perishable, sees…
- 13.29समं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम्।For he who truly sees the same Lord dwelling everywhere does not destroy the Self by the self; rather, he…
- 13.30प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः।He sees, who sees that all actions are performed solely by Nature and that the Self is without action.
- 13.31यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति।When a person sees all beings as resting in the One and emanating from the One alone, they then become…
- 13.32अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः।Being without beginning, devoid of any qualities, the Supreme Self, imperishable, though dwelling in the…
- 13.33यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते।As the all-pervading ether is not tainted, due to its subtlety, so the Self seated everywhere in the body is…
- 13.34यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः।Just as the one sun illuminates the entire world, so too does the Lord of the field (Supreme Self) illuminate…
- 13.35क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा।They who, by the eye of knowledge, perceive the distinction between the field and its knower, as well as the…