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श्रीभगवानुवाच । इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते । एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः॥६-३५-१॥
The Blessed Lord said: This body, O son of Kuntī, is called the ‘field’ (kṣetra). One who knows it is called the ‘knower of the field’ (kṣetrajña), according to those who understand this doctrine.
english translation
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत । क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम॥६-३५-२॥
Know me also as the knower of the field in all fields, O Bhārata. The knowledge of the field and the knower of the field—this is what I regard as true knowledge.
english translation
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् । स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु॥६-३५-३॥
Hear from Me, in brief, what that kṣetra (field) is, what its nature is, what modifications it undergoes, from what it arises, and who its knower is and what the range of his influence is.
english translation
ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक् । ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्चितैः॥६-३५-४॥
This has been sung in many ways by the seers, separately in diverse Vedic meters, and also in the aphoristic statements of the Brahma-sūtras—reasoned and firmly ascertained.
english translation
महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च । इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः॥६-३५-५॥
The great elements; egoity (ahaṃkāra); intellect (buddhi); and the unmanifest; the ten senses and the one (mind); and the five objects of the senses—
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