Bhagavad-gītā 13.1
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अर्जुन उवाच प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च। एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव।।13.1।।
arjuna uvācha prakṛitiṁ puruṣhaṁ chaiva kṣhetraṁ kṣhetra-jñam eva cha etad veditum ichchhāmi jñānaṁ jñeyaṁ cha keśhava
Arjuna asked, "My Lord, who is God, what is Nature, what is Matter, and what is the Self? What is Wisdom, and what is worth knowing? I wish to have this explained."
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| arjunaḥ uvācha | Arjun said |
| prakṛitim | material nature |
| puruṣham | the enjoyer |
| cha | and |
| eva | indeed |
| kṣhetram | the field of activities |
| kṣhetra-jñam | the knower of the field |
| eva | even |
| cha | also |
| etat | this |
| veditum | to know |
| ichchhāmi | I wish |
| jñānam | knowledge |
| jñeyam | the goal of knowledge |
| cha | and |
| keśhava | Krishna, the killer of the demon named Keshi |
In some of the books you will not find this verse. If you include this verse also, the number of verses of the Bhagavad Gita will come to 701.
Attributed explanatory witness: Swami Sivananda. Chapter lens: Distinguish field, individual knower, Supreme knower, knowledge and knowable while noting this edition’s 35-verse numbering.
Three named reading witnesses
Śaṅkara edition witness
Swami GambiranandaSwami Gambhirananda has not translated this verse. Many editions of the Bhagavad Gita do not contain this verse, including the commentary by Shankaracharya. If this verse is included, the total number of verses in the Bhagavad Gita is 701.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaThis is not a sentence, so there is nothing to fix.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaIn some of the books you will not find this verse. If you include this verse also, the number of verses of the Bhagavad Gita will come to 701.
These are concise, attributed reading witnesses from identified editions. They are presented for comparison and are not merged into one anonymous interpretation.
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Arjuna asked, "My Lord, who is God, what is Nature, what is Matter
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what is the Self? What is Wisdom
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what is worth knowing? I wish to have this explained
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