Bhagavad Gita 13.2श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha idaṁ śharīraṁ kaunteya kṣhetram ity

abhidhīyate etad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣhetra-jña iti tad-vidaḥ

Sanskrit recitation

13.1 13.3

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The field and the knower · 13.1–13.18 · Teaching

Translation

The Blessed Lord said, "O Arjuna, this body is called the field; he who knows it is called the knower of the field by those who know them."

Hindi translation

श्रीभगवान् बोले -- हे कुन्तीपुत्र अर्जुन ! 'यह' -- रूपसे कहे जानेवाले शरीरको 'क्षेत्र' कहते हैं और इस क्षेत्रको जो जानता है, उसको ज्ञानीलोग 'क्षेत्रज्ञ' नामसे कहते हैं।

Meaning

Kshetra literally means field. The body is so called because the fruits (harvest) of actions in the form of pleasure and pain are reaped in it as in a field. The physical, the mental and the causal bodies go to constitute the totality of the field. It is not the physical body alone that forms the field.He who knows the field and he who beholds it as distinct from himself through knowledge is the knower of the field or matter.Those who know them The sages.

After Swami Sivananda

The field and the knower· 13.1–13.18→

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word→

iti: thus
tam: that person
etat: this
idam: this
vetti: knows
yaḥ: one who
kaunteya: Arjun, the son of Kunti
prāhuḥ: is called
kṣhetram: the field of activities
śharīram: body
tat-vidaḥ: those who discern the truth
abhidhīyate: is termed as
kṣhetra-jñaḥ: the knower of the field
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha: the Supreme Divine Lord said

Bhagavad Gita 13.2श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥

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