Chapter 13 · The Field and Its Knower

श्रीकृष्णŚrī Kṛṣṇa speaks
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Text 13.8

अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रह: इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहङ्कार एव च जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदु:खदोषानुदर्शनम् असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्ग: पुत्रदारगृहादिषु नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम् एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोऽन्यथा

amānitvam adambhitvam ahinsā kṣhāntir ārjavam āchāryopāsanaṁ śhauchaṁ sthairyam ātma-vinigrahaḥ indriyārtheṣhu vairāgyam anahankāra eva cha janma-mṛityu-jarā-vyādhi-duḥkha-doṣhānudarśhanam asaktir anabhiṣhvaṅgaḥ putra-dāra-gṛihādiṣhu nityaṁ cha sama-chittatvam iṣhṭāniṣhṭopapattiṣhu mayi chānanya-yogena bhaktir avyabhichāriṇī vivikta-deśha-sevitvam aratir jana-sansadi adhyātma-jñāna-nityatvaṁ tattva-jñānārtha-darśhanam etaj jñānam iti proktam ajñānaṁ yad ato ’nyathā

Recitation · Text 13.8
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Word-for-Word Śabda-Artha (55 words)

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Now knowledge itself, and it begins: absence of pride, absence of pretence, nonviolence, patience, straightforwardness, service of the teacher, purity, steadiness, self-restraint. Not one of these is a thing you could learn by studying.

✨ Devotional Takeaway:Not one item in the definition of knowledge can be learned by studying.