Chapter 13 · Field and Knower of the Field

Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga

The field and the knower of the field. The body, the world, and the awareness that watches both. Where the inquiry into self begins.

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Krishna on the field and the knower of the field
First verse · 13.1
अर्जुन उवाचप्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च । एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव ॥
Real knowing starts by separating the seen from the seer.

Real understanding begins by separating what is seen from the one who sees it.

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