Ksetra-Ksetrajna Vibhaga Yoga
(The Yoga of Distinction Between The Field & the Knower of the Field)
This chapter is a logical continuation of chapter 11, in which Arjuna witnesses the cosmic form of
Within this body, the field, resides the knower of the body - the soul. It is an extremely subtle and powerful intelligence. The field is a phenomenon which can be observed. The entity which understands this, the observing intelligence, is the knower of the field. Correct understanding of the field and its knower constitute wisdom.
The field (body) is like a sports-field or swimming pool, in which the soul exercises itself to grow stronger, purer and to attain perfection. One must not run away from it or sink, but swim. Without the body, the soul cannot evolve; and by getting attached to it, the soul cannot evolve either! Without this knowledge our whole life becomes a complete mess because we confuse the observed phenomenon with the observing intelligence. With this confusion arises ignorance, fear, attachment and wrong action.
Hence, the knowledge of both the body and the soul is essential, which is what
Vibhaga means division, differentiation, discrimination, separation of one thing from another. Understand the distinction between the kshetra (the body, the field) and the kshetrajña (the knower of the body or the field) that is what the kshetra-kshetrajña-vibhaga-yoga means.
The difference between destructibility and indestructibility is something that is very fine, that is very small. We cannot appreciate one without the other. Sometimes these aspects will convey to you a lesson that they are related to each other so closely that one cannot be separated from the other. This is what is contained in the 13th chapter of the Bhagavad Gît', where the kshetra and kshetrajña, that is, the place and one who lives in the place, have been dealt with. In very clear language, the relationship between the abode and the one who lives in the abode has been explained.
Solemn article. It make me lost in thoughts.
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As you say this, I sense there are very important things to come: “”The field (body) is like a sports-field or swimming pool, in which the soul exercises itself to grow stronger, purer and to attain perfection.”"