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Chapter 13

Chapter 13 · Verse 19

Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग

इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः | मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते ||१३-१९||

iti kṣetraṃ tathā jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ coktaṃ samāsataḥ . madbhakta etadvijñāya madbhāvāyopapadyate ||13-19||

Translation

13.19 Thus the Ksetra, knowledge and the object of knowledge have been briefly set forth. On knowing this, My devotee becomes fit to attain My state of being.

Meaning

He whohas controlled his mind and organs who has the knowledge of the field and the knowable and who fixes his mind on Me becomes one with Me. Thus the field described above (beginning with the great elements and ending with firmness verses 5 and 6) knowledge described above (beginning with humility and ending with perception of the end of true knowledge in verses 7 to 11) and the knowable described in verses 12 to 17 -- these have briefly been stated. He who has singleminded devotion unto Me who takes Me (Vaasudeva the Supreme Lord the omniscient and the supreme Guru) as the Self of everything he who thinks and feels that all that he sees hears and touches is nothing but the Lord and he who has the right knowledge described above enters into My Being or attains release from birth and death.

Word by word

इति thus क्षेत्रम् the field तथा as well as ज्ञानम् knowledge ज्ञेयम् the knowable च and उक्तम् have been stated समासतः briefly मद्भक्तः My devotee एतत् this विज्ञाय knowing मद्भावाय to My being उपपद्यते enters.