श्री भगवानुवाचइदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते ।
एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥
एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥
हिन्दी अनुवाद
श्रीभगवान् बोले हे कुन्तीपुत्र अर्जुन यह रूपसे कहे जानेवाले शरीरको क्षेत्र कहते हैं और इस क्षेत्रको जो जानता है, उसको ज्ञानीलोग क्षेत्रज्ञ नामसे कहते हैं ॥
English
The body is called the field, O Arjuna. Those who know it call the knower of the field the field-knower.
श्लोक का अर्थ
The body is the field where life unfolds. The one who knows the body is called the knower of the field.
संदर्भ और टिप्पणी
On Kurukshetra, with Arjuna still frozen, Krishna begins a precise teaching about what a human being really is. He names the body as the field of experience and points to the knower of that field, setting up the deeper distinction that follows.
आज के संदर्भ में
You catch yourself saying, “my body is tense,” or “my mind is spiraling.” That small sentence already shows two things: what is being observed, and the awareness observing it.
सार
You are not just the body you inhabit; there is also the awareness that knows it.
शब्दार्थ
इदम् (this) / शरीरम् (body) / कौन्तेय (O son of Kunti) / क्षेत्रम् (field) / इति (thus) / अभिधीयते (is called) / एतत् (this) / यः (who) / वेत्ति (knows) / तम् (that one) / प्राहुः (they call) / क्षेत्रज्ञः (field-knower) / इति (thus) / तद्विदः (those who know this)
यह श्लोक भगवद् गीता अध्याय 13: क्षेत्र क्षेत्रज्ञ विभाग योग — क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ का योग का भाग है, जिसमें कुल 35 श्लोक हैं।
संबंधित विषय: kshetrajna (20 श्लोक), kshetra (14 श्लोक)