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Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोगः

Chapter 13 of 18 26 verses
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Verse 3 Open →
Devanagariक्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥ ३ ॥
TranslationO scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its knower is called knowledge. That is My opinion.
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Verse 4 Open →
Devanagariतत्क्षेत्रं यच्च‍ यादृक्‍च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् ।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श‍ृणु ॥ ४ ॥
TranslationNow please hear My brief description of this field of activity and how it is constituted, what its changes are, whence it is produced, who that knower of the field of activities is, and what his influences are.
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Verse 5 Open →
Devanagariऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधै: पृथक् ।ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भ‍िर्विनिश्चितै: ॥ ५ ॥
TranslationThat knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described by various sages in various Vedic writings. It is especially presented in Vedānta-sūtra with all reasoning as to cause and effect.
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Verse 13 Open →
Devanagariज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्न‍ुते ।अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥ १३ ॥
TranslationI shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you will taste the eternal. Brahman, the spirit, beginningless and subordinate to Me, lies beyond the cause and effect of this material world.
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Verse 14 Open →
Devanagariसर्वत: पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् ।सर्वत:श्रुतिमल्ल‍ोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति ॥ १४ ॥
TranslationEverywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes, heads and faces, and He has ears everywhere. In this way the Supersoul exists, pervading everything.
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Verse 15 Open →
Devanagariसर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् ।असक्तं सर्वभृच्च‍ैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ॥ १५ ॥
TranslationThe Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He is without senses. He is unattached, although He is the maintainer of all living beings. He transcends the modes of nature, and at the same time He is the master of all the modes of material nature.
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Verse 16 Open →
Devanagariबहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च ।सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत् ॥ १६ ॥
TranslationThe Supreme Truth exists outside and inside of all living beings, the moving and the nonmoving. Because He is subtle, He is beyond the power of the material senses to see or to know. Although far, far away, He is also near to all.
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Verse 17 Open →
Devanagariअविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् ।भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च ॥ १७ ॥
TranslationAlthough the Supersoul appears to be divided among all beings, He is never divided. He is situated as one. Although He is the maintainer of every living entity, it is to be understood that He devours and develops all.
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Verse 18 Open →
Devanagariज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमस: परमुच्यते ।ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम् ॥ १८ ॥
TranslationHe is the source of light in all luminous objects. He is beyond the darkness of matter and is unmanifested. He is knowledge, He is the object of knowledge, and He is the goal of knowledge. He is situated in everyone’s heart.
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Verse 19 Open →
Devanagariइति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासत: ।मद्भ‍क्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भ‍ावायोपपद्यते ॥ १९ ॥
TranslationThus the field of activities [the body], knowledge and the knowable have been summarily described by Me. Only My devotees can understand this thoroughly and thus attain to My nature.
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Verse 20 Open →
Devanagariप्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि ।विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसम्भवान् ॥ २० ॥
TranslationMaterial nature and the living entities should be understood to be beginningless. Their transformations and the modes of matter are products of material nature.
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Verse 21 Open →
Devanagariकार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतु: प्रकृतिरुच्यते ।पुरुष: सुखदु:खानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते ॥ २१ ॥
TranslationNature is said to be the cause of all material causes and effects, whereas the living entity is the cause of the various sufferings and enjoyments in this world.
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Verse 22 Open →
Devanagariपुरुष: प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् ।कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु ॥ २२ ॥
TranslationThe living entity in material nature thus follows the ways of life, enjoying the three modes of nature. This is due to his association with that material nature. Thus he meets with good and evil among various species.
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Verse 23 Open →
Devanagariउपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वर: ।परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुष: पर: ॥ २३ ॥
TranslationYet in this body there is another, a transcendental enjoyer, who is the Lord, the supreme proprietor, who exists as the overseer and permitter, and who is known as the Supersoul.
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Verse 24 Open →
Devanagariय एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणै: सह ।सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते ॥ २४ ॥
TranslationOne who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity and the interaction of the modes of nature is sure to attain liberation. He will not take birth here again, regardless of his present position.
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Verse 25 Open →
Devanagariध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना ।अन्ये सांख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे ॥ २५ ॥
TranslationSome perceive the Supersoul within themselves through meditation, others through the cultivation of knowledge, and still others through working without fruitive desires.
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Verse 26 Open →
Devanagariअन्ये त्वेवमजानन्त: श्रुत्वान्येभ्य उपासते ।तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणा: ॥ २६ ॥
TranslationAgain there are those who, although not conversant in spiritual knowledge, begin to worship the Supreme Person upon hearing about Him from others. Because of their tendency to hear from authorities, they also transcend the path of birth and death.
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Verse 27 Open →
Devanagariयावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ ॥ २७ ॥
TranslationO chief of the Bhāratas, know that whatever you see in existence, both the moving and the nonmoving, is only a combination of the field of activities and the knower of the field.
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Verse 28 Open →
Devanagariसमं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् ।विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं य: पश्यति स पश्यति ॥ २८ ॥
TranslationOne who sees the Supersoul accompanying the individual soul in all bodies, and who understands that neither the soul nor the Supersoul within the destructible body is ever destroyed, actually sees.
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Verse 29 Open →
Devanagariसमं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् ।न हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥ २९ ॥
TranslationOne who sees the Supersoul equally present everywhere, in every living being, does not degrade himself by his mind. Thus he approaches the transcendental destination.
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Verse 30 Open →
Devanagariप्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वश: ।य: पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति ॥ ३० ॥
TranslationOne who can see that all activities are performed by the body, which is created of material nature, and sees that the self does nothing, actually sees.
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Verse 31 Open →
Devanagariयदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति ।तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा ॥ ३१ ॥
TranslationWhen a sensible man ceases to see different identities due to different material bodies and he sees how beings are expanded everywhere, he attains to the Brahman conception.
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Verse 32 Open →
Devanagariअनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्यय: ।शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते ॥ ३२ ॥
TranslationThose with the vision of eternity can see that the imperishable soul is transcendental, eternal, and beyond the modes of nature. Despite contact with the material body, O Arjuna, the soul neither does anything nor is entangled.
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Verse 33 Open →
Devanagariयथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते ।सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते ॥ ३३ ॥
TranslationThe sky, due to its subtle nature, does not mix with anything, although it is all-pervading. Similarly, the soul situated in Brahman vision does not mix with the body, though situated in that body.
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Verse 34 Open →
Devanagariयथा प्रकाशयत्येक: कृत्स्‍नं लोकमिमं रवि: ।क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्‍नं प्रकाशयति भारत ॥ ३४ ॥
TranslationO son of Bharata, as the sun alone illuminates all this universe, so does the living entity, one within the body, illuminate the entire body by consciousness.
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Verse 35 Open →
Devanagariक्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा ।भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम् ॥ ३५ ॥
TranslationThose who see with eyes of knowledge the difference between the body and the knower of the body, and can also understand the process of liberation from bondage in material nature, attain to the supreme goal.
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