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Bhagavad Gītā 13

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  1. Bhagavadgītā 13.2, English Understand Me as the Knower of the Field in all Fields, O Bhârata. Wisdom as to the Field and the Knower of the Field, that in My opinion is the wisdom. Annie Besant
  2. Bhagavadgītā 13.3, English What that Field is and of what nature, how modified, and whence it is, and what He is and what His powers, hear that now briefly from Me. Annie Besant
  3. Bhagavadgītā 13.4, English Rishis have sung in manifold ways, in many various chants, and in decisive Brahma-sûtra verses full of reasonings. Annie Besant
  4. Bhagavadgītā 13.5, English The great Elements, Individuality, Reason, and also the unmanifested, the ten senses and the one, and the five pastures of the senses; Annie Besant
  5. Bhagavadgītā 13.6, English Desire, aversion, pleasure, pain, combination, intelligence, firmness; these, briefly described, constitute the Field and its modifications. Annie Besant
  6. Bhagavadgītā 13.7, English Humility, unpretentiousness, harmlessness, forgiveness, rectitude, service of the teacher, purity, steadfastness, self-control. Annie Besant
  7. Bhagavadgītā 13.8, English Dispassion towards the objects of the senses, and also absence of egoism, insight into the pain and evil of birth, death, old age and sickness, Annie Besant
  8. Bhagavadgītā 13.9, English Unattachment, absence of self-identification with son, wife or home, and constant balance of mind in wished-for and unwished-for events, Annie Besant
  9. Bhagavadgītā 13.10, English Unflinching devotion to Me by yoga, without other objects, resort to sequestered places, absence of enjoyment in the company of men, Annie Besant
  10. Bhagavadgītā 13.11, English Constancy in the wisdom of the Self, understanding of the object of essential wisdom; that is declared to be the Wisdom; all against it is ignorance. Annie Besant
  11. Bhagavadgītā 13.12, English I will declare that which ought to be known, that which being known immortality is enjoyed—the beginningless supreme Eternal , called neither being nor non-being. Annie Besant
  12. Bhagavadgītā 13.13, English Everywhere That hath hands and feet, everywhere eyes, heads, and mouths; all-hearing, He dwelleth in the world, enveloping all, Annie Besant
  13. Bhagavadgītā 13.14, English Shining with all sense-faculties without any senses; unattached supporting everything and free from qualities enjoying qualities; Annie Besant
  14. Bhagavadgītā 13.15, English Without and within all beings, immovable and also movable; by reason of His subtlety imperceptible; at hand and far away is That . Annie Besant
  15. Bhagavadgītā 13.16, English Not divided amid beings, and yet seated distributively; that is to be known as the supporter of beings; He devours and He generates. Annie Besant
  16. Bhagavadgītā 13.18, English Thus the Field, Wisdom and the Object of Wisdom, have been briefly told. My devotee, thus knowing, enters into My Being. Annie Besant
  17. Bhagavadgītā 13.19, English Know thou that Matter and Spirit are both without beginning; and know thou also that modifications and qualities are all Matter-born. Annie Besant
  18. Bhagavadgītā 13.21, English Spirit seated in Matter useth the qualities born of Matter; attachment to the qualities is the cause of his births in good and evil wombs. Annie Besant
  19. Bhagavadgītā 13.22, English Supervisor and permitter, supporter, enjoyer, the great Lord, and also the supreme Self ; thus is styled in this body the supreme Spirit. Annie Besant
  20. Bhagavadgītā 13.23, English He who thus knoweth Spirit and Matter with its qualities, in whatsoever condition he may be, he shall not be born again. Annie Besant
  21. Bhagavadgītā 13.24, English Some by meditation behold the Self in the self by the Self ; others by the Sânkhya Yoga, and others by the Yoga of Action; Annie Besant
  22. Bhagavadgītā 13.25, English Others also, ignorant of this, having heard of it from others, worship; and these also cross beyond death, adhering to what they had heard. Annie Besant
  23. Bhagavadgītā 13.26, English Whatsoever creature is born immobile or mobile, know thou, O best of the Bhâratas, that it is from the union between the Field and the Knower of the Field. Annie Besant
  24. Bhagavadgītā 13.27, English Seated equally in all beings, the supreme Lord, unperishing within the perishing—he who thus seeth, he seeth. Annie Besant
  25. Bhagavadgītā 13.28, English Seeing indeed everywhere the same Lord equally dwelling, he doth not destroy the Self , and thus treads the highest Path. Annie Besant
  26. Bhagavadgītā 13.29, English He who seeth that Matter verily performeth all actions, and that the Self is actionless, he seeth. Annie Besant
  27. Bhagavadgītā 13.30, English When he perceiveth the diversified existence of beings as rooted in One, and spreading forth from it, then he reacheth the Eternal Annie Besant
  28. Bhagavadgītā 13.31, English Being beginningless and without qualities, the imperishable supreme Self , though seated in the body, O Kaunteya, worketh not nor is affected. Annie Besant
  29. Bhagavadgītā 13.33, English As the one sun illumineth the whole earth, so the Lord of the Field illumineth the whole Field, O Bhârata. Annie Besant
  30. Bhagavadgītā 13.34, English They who by the eyes of Wisdom perceive this difference between the Field and the Knower of the Field, and the liberation of beings from Matter they go to the Supreme. Annie Besant
  1. 13.1ॐ श्रीपरमात्मने नमः श्रीभगवानुवाच इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते । एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः
  2. 13.2क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत । क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम
  3. 13.3तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् । स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु
  4. 13.4ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक् । ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्चितैः
  5. 13.5महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च । इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः
  6. 13.6इच्छा द्वेषः सुखं दुःखं संघातश्चेतना धृतिः । एतत्क्षेत्रं समासेन सविकारमुदाहृतम्
  7. 13.7अमानित्वमदम्भित्वमहिंसा क्षान्तिरार्जवम् । आचार्योपासनं शौचं स्थैर्यमात्मविनिग्रहः
  8. 13.8इन्द्रियार्थेषु वैराग्यमनहंकार एव च । जन्ममृत्युजराव्याधिदुःखदोषानुदर्शनम्
  9. 13.9असक्तिरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु । नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु
  10. 13.10मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी । विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि
  11. 13.11अध्यात्मज्ञाननित्यत्वं तत्त्वज्ञानार्थदर्शनम् । एतज्ज्ञानमिति प्रोक्तमज्ञानं यदतोऽन्यथा
  12. 13.12ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते । अनादि मत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते
  13. 13.13सर्वतः पाणिपादं तत्सर्वतोऽक्षिशिरोमुखम् । सर्वतः श्रुतिमल्लोके सर्वमावृत्य तिष्ठति
  14. 13.14सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् । असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च
  15. 13.15बहिरन्तश्च भूतानामचरं चरमेव च । सूक्ष्मत्वात्तदविज्ञेयं दूरस्थं चान्तिके च तत्
  16. 13.16अविभक्तं च भूतेषु विभक्तमिव च स्थितम् । भूतभर्तृ च तज्ज्ञेयं ग्रसिष्णु प्रभविष्णु च
  17. 13.17ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते । ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्
  18. 13.18इति क्षेत्रं तथा ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं चोक्तं समासतः । मद्भक्त एतद्विज्ञाय मद्भावायोपपद्यते
  19. 13.19प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव विद्ध्यनादी उभावपि । विकारांश्च गुणांश्चैव विद्धि प्रकृतिसंभवान्
  20. 13.20कार्यकरणकर्तृत्वे हेतुः प्रकृतिरुच्यते । पुरुषः सुखदुःखानां भोक्तृत्वे हेतुरुच्यते
  21. 13.21पुरुषः प्रकृतिस्थो हि भुङ्‌क्ते प्रकृतिजान्गुणान् । कारणं गुणसङ्गोऽस्य सदसद्योनिजन्मसु
  22. 13.22उपद्रष्टानुमन्ता च भर्ता भोक्ता महेश्वरः । परमात्मेति चाप्युक्तो देहेऽस्मिन्पुरुषः परः
  23. 13.23य एवं वेत्ति पुरुषं प्रकृतिं च गुणैः सह । सर्वथा वर्तमानोऽपि न स भूयोऽभिजायते
  24. 13.24ध्यानेनात्मनि पश्यन्ति केचिदात्मानमात्मना । अन्ये सांख्येन योगेन कर्मयोगेन चापरे
  25. 13.25अन्ये त्वेवमजानन्तः श्रुत्वान्येभ्य उपासते । तेऽपि चातितरन्त्येव मृत्युं श्रुतिपरायणाः
  26. 13.26यावत्संजायते किंचित्सत्त्वं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञसंयोगात्तद्विद्धि भरतर्षभ
  27. 13.27समं सर्वेषु भूतेषु तिष्ठन्तं परमेश्वरम् । विनश्यत्स्वविनश्यन्तं यः पश्यति स पश्यति
  28. 13.28समं पश्यन्हि सर्वत्र समवस्थितमीश्वरम् । न हिनस्त्यात्मनात्मानं ततो याति परां गतिम्
  29. 13.29प्रकृत्यैव च कर्माणि क्रियमाणानि सर्वशः । यः पश्यति तथात्मानमकर्तारं स पश्यति
  30. 13.30यदा भूतपृथग्भावमेकस्थमनुपश्यति । तत एव च विस्तारं ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
  31. 13.31अनादित्वान्निर्गुणत्वात्परमात्मायमव्ययः । शरीरस्थोऽपि कौन्तेय न करोति न लिप्यते
  32. 13.32यथा सर्वगतं सौक्ष्म्यादाकाशं नोपलिप्यते । सर्वत्रावस्थितो देहे तथात्मा नोपलिप्यते
  33. 13.33यथा प्रकाशयत्येकः कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रविः । क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत
  34. 13.34क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम्