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kṣetra-jñaḿ cāpi māḿ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānaḿ yat taj jñānaḿ mataḿ mama Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.3 O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all...

tat kṣetraḿ yac ca yādṛk ca yad-vikāri yataś ca yat sa ca yo yat-prabhāvaś ca tat samāsena me śṛṇu Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.4 Now please hear My brief description of this field of activity and how it is constituted,...

ṛṣibhir bahudhā gītaḿ chandobhir vividhaiḥ pṛthak brahma-sūtra-padaiś caiva hetumadbhir viniścitaiḥ Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.5 That knowledge of the field of activities and of the knower of activities is described...

mahā-bhūtāny ahańkāro buddhir avyaktam eva ca indriyāṇi daśaikaḿ ca pañca cendriya-gocarāḥ icchā dveṣaḥ sukhaḿ duḥkhaḿ sańghātaś cetanā dhṛtiḥ etat kṣetraḿ samāsena sa-vikāram udāhṛtam Translation of Bhagavad Gita...

amānitvam adambhitvam ahiḿsā kṣāntir ārjavam ācāryopāsanaḿ śaucaḿ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ indriyārtheṣu vairāgyam anahańkāra eva ca janma-mṛtyu-jarā-vyādhi- duḥkha-doṣānudarśanam asaktir anabhiṣvańgaḥ...

jñeyaḿ yat tat pravakṣyāmi yaj jñātvāmṛtam aśnute anādi mat-paraḿ brahma na sat tan nāsad ucyate Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.13 I shall now explain the knowable, knowing which you will taste the eternal. Brahman, the...

sarvataḥ pāṇi-pādaḿ tat sarvato ’kṣi-śiro-mukham sarvataḥ śrutimal loke sarvam āvṛtya tiṣṭhati Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.8-14 Everywhere are His hands and legs, His eyes, heads and faces, and He has ears...

sarvendriya-guṇābhāsaḿ sarvendriya-vivarjitam asaktaḿ sarva-bhṛc caiva nirguṇaḿ guṇa-bhoktṛ ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.8-15 The Supersoul is the original source of all senses, yet He is without senses. He is...

bahir antaś ca bhūtānām acaraḿ caram eva ca sūkṣmatvāt tad avijñeyaḿ dūra-sthaḿ cāntike ca tat Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.8-16 The Supreme Truth exists outside and inside of all living beings, the moving and the...

avibhaktaḿ ca bhūteṣu vibhaktam iva ca sthitam bhūta-bhartṛ ca taj jñeyaḿ grasiṣṇu prabhaviṣṇu ca Translation of Bhagavad Gita 13.8-17 Although the Supersoul appears to be divided among all beings, He is never divided....