Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 13, verse 2
A key verse for Vedanta: Krishna says he is the knower present in every body, and defines true knowledge as knowing the field and its knower. Different schools read this identity in different ways.
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क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥
kṣetrajñaṃ cāpi māṃ viddhi sarvakṣetreṣu bhārata |kṣetrakṣetrajñayorjñānaṃ yattajjñānaṃ mataṃ mama ||
Know me also as the knower of the field in all fields, Arjuna. Knowing both the field and its knower is, in my view, true knowledge.
हे भारत, सभी क्षेत्रों में क्षेत्रज्ञ भी मुझे ही जानो। क्षेत्र और क्षेत्रज्ञ, दोनों का जो ज्ञान है, वही मेरे मत में सच्चा ज्ञान है।
हे भारता, सर्व क्षेत्रांतील क्षेत्रज्ञ मलाच जाण. क्षेत्र आणि क्षेत्रज्ञ या दोघांचे जे ज्ञान, तेच माझ्या मते खरे ज्ञान आहे.
In Sanskrit, sounds at word edges merge (sandhi), so a line looks like one long word. Split it to see each word and its meaning.
क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत ।क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥
इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते ।
Shri Krishna says: Arjuna, this body is called the field (kshetra). Those who know the truth call the one who knows it the knower of the field (kshetrajna).
13.3तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् ।
Hear from me briefly what the field is, what it is like, how it changes and where it comes from; and also who its knower is and what his powers are.
The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field
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