श्रीभगवानुवाच | इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते | एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ||१३-२||
śrībhagavānuvāca . idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate . etadyo vetti taṃ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ ||13-2||
Chapter 13 · Verse 2
Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga Yoga
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग
In plain words
Kshetra literally means field. The body is so called because the fruits (harvest) of actions in the form of pleasure and pain are reaped in it as in a field. The physical the mental and the causal bodies go to constitute the totality of the field.
Translation
13.2 The Lord said This body, O Arjuna, is called the Field, Ksetra. He who knows it is called the Filed-knower, Ksetrajna, by those who know the self.
Meaning
Kshetra literally means field. The body is so called because the fruits (harvest) of actions in the form of pleasure and pain are reaped in it as in a field. The physical the mental and the causal bodies go to constitute the totality of the field. It is not the physical body alone that forms the field. He who knows the field and he who beholds it as distinct from himself through knowledge is the knower of the field or matter. Those who know them The sages.
Word by word
इदम् this शरीरम् body कौन्तेय O son of Kunti (Arjuna) क्षेत्रम् the field इति thus अभिधीयते is called एतत् this यः who वेत्ति knows तम् him प्राहुः (they) call क्षेत्रज्ञः the knower of the field इति thus तद्विदः the knowers of that.