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Chapter 13

Chapter 13 · Verse 34

Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग

यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः | क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ||१३-३४||

yathā prakāśayatyekaḥ kṛtsnaṃ lokamimaṃ raviḥ . kṣetraṃ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṃ prakāśayati bhārata ||13-34||

In plain words

The Supreme Self is one. It illumines the whole matter from the Unmanifested down to the blade of grass or a lump of clay from the great elements down to firmness or fortitude. (Cf.

Translation

13.34 As the one sun illumines this whole world, so does the Knower of the Field (Ksetrin, the self), O Arjuna, illumine the whole Field (the body).

Meaning

The Supreme Self is one. It illumines the whole matter from the Unmanifested down to the blade of grass or a lump of clay from the great elements down to firmness or fortitude. (Cf. verses 5 and 6.) Just as the sun is one just as the sun illumines the whole world just as the sun is not tainted so also the Self is One in all bodies. It illumines all the bodies and It is not contaminated.

Word by word

यथा as प्रकाशयति illumines एकः one कृत्स्नम् the whole लोकम् world इमम् this रविः sun क्षेत्रम् the field क्षेत्री the Lord of the field (Paramatma) तथा so कृत्स्नम् the whole प्रकाशयति illumines भारत O descendant of Bharata (Arjuna).