Original Sanskrit

अर्जुन उवाच । प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च । एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव ॥ १३-१॥

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca prakṛtiṃ puruṣaṃ caiva kṣetraṃ kṣetrajñameva ca etadveditumicchāmi jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ ca keśava 13-1

English Translation

Arjuna said: PRAKRITI (Matter) and PURUSHA (Spirit) , also the KSHETRA (the Field) and KSHETRAJNA (the Knower-of-the-Field) , Knowledge and that which ought to be known — these, I wish to learn, O Keshava.

Word-by-Word Meaning

arjuna uvāca = Arjuna said; prakṛtiṃ = nature; puruṣaṃ = the enjoyer; ca = also; eva = certainly; kṣetraṃ = the field; kṣetrajñaṃ = the knower of the field; eva = certainly; ca = also; etat = all this; vedituṃ = to understand; icchāmi = I wish; jñānaṃ = knowledge; jñeyaṃ = the object of knowledge; ca = also; keśava = O Krishna;

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Summary

The Yoga of Distinction between the Field and the Knower of the Field

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