Chapter
13
The
Yoga of the Distinction Between the Field and the Knower of the Field
Verse 1
Arjuna Uvaacha:
Prakritim purusham chaiva
Kshetram kshetrajnameva cha;
Etadveditumicchaami jnaanam
Jneyam cha keshava.
Arjuna said:
I wish to learn about Nature (matter) and the Spirit
(soul), the Field and the Knower of the Field, knowledge and that which ought
to be known.
Verse 2
Sri Bhagavaan Uvaacha:
Idam shareeram kaunteya
Kshetramityabhidheeyate;
Etadyo vetti tam praahuh
Kshetrajna iti tadvidah.
The Blessed Lord said:
His body, O Arjuna, is called the Field; he who knows it
is called the Knower of the Field by those who know of them, that is, by the
sages.
Verse 3
Kshetrajnam chaapi maam
Viddhi sarvakshetreshu bhaarata;
Kshetrakshetrajnayor jnaanam
Yattat jnaanam matam mama.
Do thou also know Me as the Knower of the Field in all
fields, O Arjuna! Knowledge of both the Field and the Knower of the Field is
considered by Me to be the knowledge.
Verse 4
Tat kshetram yaccha yaadrik
Cha yadvikaari yatashcha yat;
Sa cha yo yatprabhaavashcha
Tatsamaasena me shrinu.
What the Field is and of what nature, what its
modifications are and whence it is, and also who He is and what His powers
are — hear all that from Me in brief.
Verse 5
Rishibhirbahudhaa geetam
Cchandobhirvividhaih prithak;
Brahmasootrapadaishchaiva
Hetumadbhirvinishchitaih.
Sages have sung in many ways, in various distinctive
chants and also in the suggestive words indicative of the Absolute, full of
reasoning and decisive.
Verse 6
Mahaabhootaanyahankaaro
Buddhiravyaktameva cha;
Indriyaani dashaikam cha
Pancha chendriyagocharaah.
The great elements, egoism, intellect and also
unmanifested Nature, the ten senses and one, and the five objects of the
senses.
Verse 7
Icchaa dweshah sukham duhkham
Sanghaatashchetanaa dhritih;
Etat kshetram samaasena
Savikaaramudaahritam.
Desire, hatred, pleasure, pain, the aggregate (the
body), fortitude and intelligence — the Field has thus been described briefly
with its modifications.
Verse 8
Amaanitwam adambhitwam
Ahimsaa kshaantiraarjavam;
Aachaaryopaasanam shaucham
Sthairyamaatmavinigrahah.
Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, forgiveness,
uprightness, service of the teacher, purity, steadfastness, self-control.
Verse 9
Indriyaartheshu vairaagyaman
Ahankaara eva cha;
Janmamrityujaraavyaadhi
Duhkhadoshaanu darshanam.
Indifference to the objects of the senses, also
absence of egoism, perception of (or reflection on) the evil in birth, death,
old age, sickness and pain.
Verse 10
Asaktiranabhishwangah
Putradaaragrihaadishu;
Nityam cha samachittatwam
Ishtaanishtopapattishu.
Non-attachment, non-identification of the Self with
son, wife, home and the rest, and constant even-mindedness on the attainment of
the desirable and the undesirable.
To be continued.
Love.
