Chapter 13, Verse 1
श्री भगवानुवाच इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते। एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः।।13.2।।
śrī bhagavānuvāca idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya kṣetramityabhidhīyate. etadyo vetti taṃ prāhuḥ kṣetrajña iti tadvidaḥ.।13.2.।।
Word by word
- śrī bhagavān uvāca
- The Blessed Lord said
- idam
- this
- śarīram
- body
- kaunteya
- O son of Kunti (Arjuna)
- kṣetram
- the field
- iti
- thus
- abhidhīyate
- is called
- etat
- this
- yaḥ
- who
- vetti
- knows
- tam
- him
- prāhuḥ
- they call/declare
- kṣetra-jñaḥ
- the knower of the field
- iti
- thus
- tad-vidaḥ
- those who know that (truth-knowers)
Commentary
I. This, the body, O son of Kunti, is called Kshetra ; him who knows it, they who know of them call Kshetrajwa.
Source: Alladi Mahadeva Sastri, The Bhagavad-Gita with the Commentary of Sri Shankaracharya (1897), public domain
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śrī bhagavān uvāca
idam
śarīram
kaunteya
kṣetram
iti
abhidhīyate
etat
yaḥ
vetti
tam
prāhuḥ
kṣetra-jñaḥ
iti
tad-vidaḥ
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