Bhagavad Gita
Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga (The Yoga of Distinguishing the Field and the Knower of the Field)13.19
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Bhagavad Gita · 13.19
Devanāgarī

इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः ।
मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

iti kṣetraṁ tathā jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ coktaṁ samāsataḥ |
mad-bhakta etad vijñāya mad-bhāvāyopapadyate ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
इतिitithus, in this way.
क्षेत्रम् तथा ज्ञानम्kṣetram tathā jñānamthe field (kṣetram), and also knowledge (jñānam).
ज्ञेयम् चjñeyam caand the object of knowledge (jñeya).
उक्तम्uktamhas been explained.
समासतःsamāsataḥin brief.
मद्भक्तःmad-bhaktaḥMy devotee.
एतत् विज्ञायetat vijñāyahaving understood (vijñāya) this.
मद्भावायmat-bhāvāyato My nature, to My state of being.
उपपद्यतेupapadyatehe attains, he becomes worthy.
Translation

“Thus I have briefly explained to you what the field of activity is, what knowledge is, and what is the object of knowledge. My devotee, having understood all this, attains My nature.”

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