Chapter 13 · Verse 2 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.2
Sanskrit
श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
Transliteration
śhrī-bhagavān uvācha idaṁ śharīraṁ kaunteya kṣhetram ity abhidhīyate etad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣhetra-jña iti tad-vidaḥ
Word by Word
Krishna begins the great teaching on discrimination by pointing us to the most intimate mystery: your own body. The field—kṣhetra—is not merely flesh and bone, but the entire domain of nature, sensation, and becoming.
The knower—kṣhetra-jña—is the witness consciousness that observes this field without being touched by it. To awaken to this distinction is to step out of confusion into clarity.
In your daily life, notice the difference between the sensations and thoughts arising in you, and the aware presence that simply knows them.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.2 — BG 13.2
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