Bhagavad Gita
Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga (The Yoga of Distinguishing the Field and the Knower of the Field)13.34
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Bhagavad Gita · 13.34
Devanāgarī

यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः ।
क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

yathā prakāśayaty ekaḥ kṛtsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ |
kṣetraṁ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṁ prakāśayati bhārata ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यथाyathājust as.
प्रकाशयतिprakāśayatiillumines.
एकःekaḥone.
कृत्स्नम्kṛtsnamthe whole.
लोकम् इमम्lokam imamthis world.
रविःraviḥthe sun.
क्षेत्रम्kṣetramthe field [the body].
क्षेत्रीkṣetrīthe owner of the field [the soul].
तथाtathālikewise.
कृत्स्नम्kṛtsnamthe whole, entirely.
प्रकाशयतिprakāśayatiillumines.
भारतbhārataO Bhārata!
Translation

“O Bhārata, just as the one sun illumines this entire universe, so too the soul [the owner of the field] illumines the whole body [the field] with its consciousness.”

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