Chapter 13 · Verse 4 · Ksetra Ksetrajna Vibhaaga Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 13.4
Sanskrit
तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक् च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत्।स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे श्रृणु।।13.4।।
Transliteration
tat kṣhetraṁ yach cha yādṛik cha yad-vikāri yataśh cha yat sa cha yo yat-prabhāvaśh cha tat samāsena me śhṛiṇu
In plain words
You are not your pain, your failure, your role, or even your body—you are the awareness watching all of it happen. Krishna says: when you stop identifying with everything that changes and breaks, and recognize yourself as the eternal witness of it all, the fear and the burden begin to lift. This is where real freedom starts.
Word by Word
Krishna now unveils the hidden architecture of existence itself—the field (kṣhetra) and the knower of the field (kṣhetrajna). This verse is the threshold where intellectual understanding becomes direct knowing.
The Lord summarizes the nature of matter, its transformations, their causes, and the supreme consciousness that witnesses all. For the modern seeker caught in endless doing, this teaching offers liberation: when you recognize yourself as the eternal witness rather than the doer of actions, freedom dawns.
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Bhagavad Gita 13.4 — BG 13.4
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