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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 13 · Kṣetra Kṣetrajña Vibhāga Yoga

Shloka 13.2
Lesson 491 of 701 · database edition c6fce3959544
Scene and context

Field, knower, nature and consciousness. How does distinguishing the field from its knower change self-understanding?

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Shloka · Devanagari

श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः॥

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Shloka · Roman transliteration

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchaidaṁ śharīraṁ kaunteya kṣhetram ity abhidhīyateetad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣhetra-jña iti tad-vidaḥ

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Sandhi-vicheda

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha+idam+śharīram+kaunteya+kṣhetram+iti+abhidhīyate+etat+yaḥ+vetti+tam+prāhuḥ+kṣhetra-jñaḥ+iti+tat-vidaḥ

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Meaning of each word

śhrī-bhagavān uvāchasource form
the Supreme Divine Lord said
idamsource form
this
śharīramsource form
body
kaunteyasource form
Arjun, the son of Kunti
kṣhetramsource form
the field of activities
itisource form
thus
abhidhīyatesource form
is termed as
etatsource form
this
yaḥsource form
one who
vettisource form
knows
tamsource form
that person
prāhuḥsource form
is called
kṣhetra-jñaḥsource form
the knower of the field
itisource form
thus
tat-vidaḥsource form
those who discern the truth
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Translation

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Bhāṣya · Commentary

Commentarial traditionĀdi ŚaṅkarācāryaAdvaita VedāntaEditionBhagavad Gītā Bhāṣya of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya — Sanskrit draft · classical-sa-draft-1
Editorial statusDraft Sanskrit text · scholarly review pending

।।13.2।। --,इदम् इति सर्वनाम्ना उक्तं विशिनष्टि शरीरम् इति। हे कौन्तेय? क्षतत्राणात्? क्षयात्? क्षरणात्? क्षेत्रवद्वा अस्मिन् कर्मफलनिष्पत्तेः क्षेत्रम् इति -- इतिशब्दः एवंशब्दपदार्थकः -- क्षेत्रम् इत्येवम् अभिधीयते कथ्यते। एतत् शरीरं क्षेत्रं यः वेत्ति विजानाति? आपादतलमस्तकं ज्ञानेन विषयीकरोति? स्वाभाविकेन औपदेशिकेन वा वेदनेन विषयीकरोति विभागशः? तं वेदितारं प्राहुः कथयन्ति क्षेत्रज्ञः इति -- इतिशब्दः एवंशब्दपदार्थकः एव पूर्ववत् -- क्षेत्रज्ञः इत्येवम् आहुः। के तद्विदः तौ क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञौ ये विदन्ति ते तद्विदः।।एवं क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञौ उक्तौ। किम् एतावन्मात्रेण ज्ञानेन ज्ञातव्यौ इति न इति उच्यते --,

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Academic recordBhagavad Gita 13.2
Course position491 / 701
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