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13.1 Prakritim purusham chaiva kshetram

अर्जुन वुवाच

13.1 प्रक्रुतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्नमेव च !

एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्नानं ज्नेयं च केशव !!

 

Arjuna Uvaacha:

13.1 Prakritim purusham chaiva kshetram kshetrajnameva cha;
Etadveditumicchaami jnaanam jneyam cha keshava.

 

Arjuna uvaacha — Arjuna said;

prakritim — nature;

 purusham — the enjoyer;

ca — also;

eva — certainly;

kshetram — the field;

 kshetra-jnam — the knower of the field;

eva — certainly;

ca — also;

etat — all this;

veditum — to understand;

icch'mi — I wish;

jñaanam — knowledge;

jñeyam — the object of knowledge;

ca — also;

keshava — o Krishna;

 

Meaning: Arjuna said "O Krishna! 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.

Posted in Chapter 13.



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  1. Think Tank says

    Thanks for sharing.

  2. Flickering Candle says

    Although I don”t consider myself erudite enough to comment on such hi funda knowledge, I”ll definately try to share what little bit I understand of or relate to it…thanx

  3. Flickering Candle says

    Thank u for your lovely comments on my blog. Although I haven”t been on this blog for long, I”ve been regularly reading Gita in my puja time since the past month- first time in life reading it from start to end. Am somewhere in the 16th chapter and really find it v meaningful, plus a lot to implement in life from it..It has the best philosophies i”ve ever heard of..