Chapter 13: Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga – Distinction between Object Field and its Knower: Verse 2
श्रीभगवानुवाच।
इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते।
एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहु: क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विद: ॥
śrī bhagavān-uvāca
idaṃ śarīraṃ kaunteya
kṣetram-ity-abhidhīyate
etad-yo vetti taṃ prāhu:
kṣetrajña iti tad-vida: – 13.2
Lord Krishna said: O Kaunteya (Arjuna), this body is called kshetra, the Field. Knowers of Truth say that whoever knows this, is the Kshetrajña, the knower of the Field.
Chapter 13: Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga – Distinction between Object Field and its Knower - Verse 2
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
The dialogue is entering a new phase of enumerations, making the subject of spiritual knowledge lucid and more sādhanā-oriented.
Of the three broad sections of the Text, thirteenth chapter marks the beginning of the third dealing with the subject of spirituality in greater depth and detail. Arjuna’s enquiry provides a new focus for Krishna to speak on. Prakrti is the changeful material part of Creation, and Purusha, the non-changing conscious substratum. Arjuna also wants to know the Knower (Kshetrajna) as distinct from the Field of activity (kshetra), and also the knowable (jneyam) as distinct from knowledge (jnānam).
