- 13.1प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च ।Arjuna asks Krishna to explain the basic structure of reality, the body, the soul, knowledge, and the knowable.
- 13.2इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते ।Krishna identifies the body as the field and the conscious witness as the knower.
- 13.3क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।Krishna says He is the witness present in every field, and this understanding is real knowledge.
- 13.4तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् ।Krishna now explains the nature of the body-field and the consciousness within it.
- 13.5ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक् ।Krishna says the sages and scriptures have long described this truth in different ways.
- 13.6महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च ।Krishna lists the components that make up the field of embodied life.
- 13.7इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं संघातश्चेतना धृतिः ।The field also includes emotions, feelings, and steadiness or instability.
- 13.8अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् ।Knowledge begins with humility, purity, patience, and respect for guidance.
- 13.9इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहंकार एव च ।A seeker must also learn restraint and honest awareness of life’s suffering.
- 13.10असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु ।The wise do not cling blindly to people or possessions, and they remain balanced through change.
- 13.11मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी ।The seeker prefers devoted solitude and steady remembrance.
- 13.12अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम् ।Real knowledge means staying close to truth and seeing clearly what is not truth.
- 13.13ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते ।Krishna introduces the ultimate reality that leads beyond death and confusion.
- 13.14सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् ।The Divine is all-pervading and present everywhere.
- 13.15सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् ।The supreme reality is beyond the senses and qualities, yet sustains everything.
- 13.16बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च ।The Divine is both distant and intimate, hidden and near.
- 13.17अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् ।The one reality appears in many forms while remaining one.
- 13.18ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते ।The Divine is the inner light and final goal of knowing.
- 13.19इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः ।Krishna summarizes the chapter and says this understanding leads one closer to Him.
- 13.20प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि ।Krishna says both nature and spirit are beginningless, along with the changes that arise from nature.
- 13.21कार्यकारणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते ।Nature produces action, while consciousness experiences its results.
- 13.22पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् ।When consciousness identifies with nature’s qualities, it gets bound to repeated birth.
- 13.23उपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः ।The indwelling Divine is the witness and ruler of embodied life.
- 13.24य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैः सह ।True understanding frees a person from rebirth.
- 13.25ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना ।Different sincere paths can reveal the Self.
- 13.26अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वान्येभ्य उपासते ।Even those who begin through hearing and trust can still be carried across the struggle of mortality.
- 13.27यावत्सञ्जायते किञ्चित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् ।All embodied life arises from the meeting of consciousness and nature.
- 13.28समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् ।Real vision sees the same Divine presence in everyone.
- 13.29समं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् ।Seeing the Divine everywhere prevents self-destruction and leads upward.
- 13.30प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः ।The wise understand that action belongs to nature, not to the pure Self.
- 13.31यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति ।Seeing unity beneath diversity leads to realization of the whole.
- 13.32अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः ।The supreme Self remains untouched even while present in the body.
- 13.33यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते ।The Self remains unstained, just as space remains unstained.
- 13.34यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः ।The one inner presence illuminates all experience like the sun lights the world.
- 13.35क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा ।The chapter ends by saying that wise seeing of self and nature leads to liberation.
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