Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 13, Verse 1

अर्जुन उवाच |
प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च |
एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव || 1||* 1

arjuna uvācha
prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva kṣhetraṁ kṣhetra-jñam eva cha
etad veditum ichchhāmi jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ cha keśhava

arjunaḥ uvāchaArjun said; prakṛitimmaterial nature; puruṣhamthe enjoyer; chaand; evaindeed; kṣhetramthe field of activities; kṣhetra-jñamthe knower of the field; evaeven; chaalso; etatthis; veditumto know; ichchhāmiI wish; jñānamknowledge; jñeyamthe goal of knowledge; chaand; keśhavaKrishna, the killer of the demon named Keshi

arjuna uvacha
prakritim purusham chaiva kshetram kshetra-jnam eva cha
etad veditum ichchhami jnanam jneyam cha keshava

Translation

BG 13.1: Arjun said, “O Keshav, I wish to understand what are prakṛiti and puruṣh, and what are kṣhetra and kṣhetrajña? I also wish to know what is true knowledge, and what is the goal of this knowledge?

Commentary

 

 

*[1] In some editions of the Bhagavad Gita, this verse has been omitted, and the next verse figures as the first verse of the thirteenth chapter.

Swami Mukundananda

13. Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

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