Bhagavad Gita · 13.3
॥
Devanāgarī
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kṣetrajñaṁ cāpi māṁ viddhi sarva-kṣetreṣu bhārata |
kṣetra-kṣetrajñayor jñānaṁ yat taj jñānaṁ mataṁ mama ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
क्षेत्रज्ञम् च अपिkṣetrajñam ca apiand also the knower of the field.
माम्māmby Me.
विद्धिviddhiknow.
सर्वक्षेत्रेषुsarva-kṣetreṣuin all (sarva) fields (kṣetreṣu).
भारतbhārataO Bhārata!
क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोःkṣetra-kṣetrajñayoḥof the field (kṣetra) and the knower of the field (kṣetra-jña).
ज्ञानम्jñānamknowledge [of the distinction].
यत् तत् ज्ञानम्yat tat jñānamwhich is indeed true knowledge.
मतम् ममmatam mamaMy (mama) opinion (matam).
Translation
“O Bhārata, know also that I am the knower of the field in all fields [bodies]. In My opinion, knowledge of the field and the two knowers of it is true knowledge.”
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