Chapter 13: Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga – Distinction between Object Field and its Knower: Verse 13
ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते।
अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥
jñeyaṃ yat-tat-pravakṣyāmi
yajjñātvāmṛtam-aśnute
anādimat-paraṃ brahma
na sat-tannāsad-ucyate – 13.13
I shall now describe clearly that which should be known, knowing which one attains immortality. It is the beginningless, supreme Brahman, which is neither existence nor non-existence.
Chapter 13: Kshetra-kshetrajna-vibhaga-yoga – Distinction between Object Field and its Knower - Verse 13
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Krishna has first set forth the qualitative and behavioural enrichment the seeker must gain. He now describes the singular, supreme Truth, which ought to be known. And by knowing which one realizes his real immortal identity. Everyone regards himself as mortal. But one’s body alone is mortal, not ‘I’, the Self. The Self, Consciousness, animating the body, is immortal.
Krishna has pointed out this fact of immortality right from the start (2.12, 19, 20). Spirituality dispels fear of death. The only aim of spirituality is to realize the Self, and drop all desire, hatred and fear, for ever.
Brahman is beginningless. It is neither existence, nor non-existence. Time, existence and non-existence become relevant only in the objective field, and cannot apply to Brahman, the Subject!
