Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks

Text 13.2

श्रीभगवानुवाच इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहु: क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विद:

śhrī-bhagavān uvācha idaṁ śharīraṁ kaunteya kṣhetram ity abhidhīyate etad yo vetti taṁ prāhuḥ kṣhetra-jña iti tad-vidaḥ

Recitation · Text 13.2
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (15 words)

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Purport Overview & Key Insights

This body is called the field; and one who knows it, those who know call the knower of the field. The body is reframed as territory rather than identity — something you are standing in, not something you are.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:The body is territory you stand in, not identity you are.