Bhagavad-gītā 13.35
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क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा।भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम्।।13.35।।
kṣhetra-kṣhetrajñayor evam antaraṁ jñāna-chakṣhuṣhā bhūta-prakṛiti-mokṣhaṁ cha ye vidur yānti te param
Those who, with the eyes of wisdom, thus see the difference between Matter and Spirit, and know how to liberate life from the Law of Nature, attain the Supreme.
English rendering by Shri Purohit Swami. Each source voice remains named.
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| Sanskrit form | Meaning here |
|---|---|
| kṣhetra | the body |
| kṣhetra-jñayoḥ | of the knower of the body |
| evam | thus |
| antaram | the difference |
| jñāna-chakṣhuṣhā | with the eyes of knowledge |
| bhūta | the living entity |
| prakṛiti-mokṣham | release from material nature |
| cha | and |
| ye | who |
| viduḥ | know |
| yānti | approach |
| te | they |
| param | the Supreme |
They who know through the eye of intuition opened by meditation and the instructions of the spiritual preceptor and the scriptures, that the field is insentient, the doer, changing and finite, and that the knower of the field (the Self) is pure consciousness, the nondoer, unchanging and infinite, and who also perceive the nonexistence of Nature, ignorance, the Unmanifested, the material cause of being: they attain the Supreme. Through the attainment of Selfrealisation or knowledge of the Self, they are entirely liberated from the clutches or the influence of Maya (delusion) and ignorance.
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 GambiranandaThose who, through the eye of wisdom, know the distinction between the field and the Knower of the field, and the annihilation of the Matrix of beings, reach the Supreme.
Rāmānuja edition witness
Swami AdidevanandaThose who thus discern, with the eye of knowledge, the difference between the body or the Field (Ksetra) and the knower of the body or Field-knower (Ksetrajna), and the means of deliverance from the manifested Prakrti, they attain the Supreme.
Sivananda commentary witness
Swami SivanandaThey who know through the eye of intuition opened by meditation and the instructions of the spiritual preceptor and the scriptures, that the field is insentient, the doer, changing and finite, and that the knower of the field (the Self) is pure consciousness, the nondoer, unchanging and infinite, and who also perceive the nonexistence of Nature, ignorance, the Unmanifested, the material cause of being: they attain the Supreme. Through the attainment of Selfrealisation or knowledge of the Self, they are entirely liberated from the clutches or the influence of Maya (delusion) and ignorance.
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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Those who, with the eyes of wisdom, thus see the difference between Matter and Spirit
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know how to liberate life from the Law of Nature, attain the Supreme
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kṣhetra: the body
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