Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13

Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Summary


Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 12

ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वामृतमश्नुते । अनादि मत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते ॥१३-१२॥   Transliteration: Lord Krishna addresses King Arjuna thus… that which is worth knowable and after knowing which (realizing which) human beings experienced stage of permanent bliss (param ananda in Hinduism)… reached stage of ecstasy, stage of extreme happiness (something that could never be described in words)… I shall explain all […]


Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 5

महाभूतान्यहंकारो बुद्धिरव्यक्तमेव च । इन्द्रियाणि दशैकं च पञ्च चेन्द्रियगोचराः ॥१३-५॥   Transliteration: Explaining concept of Kshetra to Arjuna, Lord Krishna further says… whatever has been experienced and expressed by learned sages and saints of different era, whatever is explicitly detailed in different Vedas and which is further confirmed by Brahma sutras of Hinduism… I shall further detail it for you […]


Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 4

ऋषिभिर्बहुधा गीतं छन्दोभिर्विविधैः पृथक् । ब्रह्मसूत्रपदैश्चैव हेतुमद्भिर्विनिश्चितैः ॥१३-४॥   Transliteration: In Bhagavad Gita chapter 13 verse 4, Lord Krishna (an avatar of his era) makes it amply clear that essence of Kshetra and Kshetrajna had its base in statements of various sages and saints of different era, in various Vedas (primary of which are… Rig Veda, Sama Veda, Yajur Veda […]


Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 3

तत्क्षेत्रं यच्च यादृक्च यद्विकारि यतश्च यत् । स च यो यत्प्रभावश्च तत्समासेन मे शृणु ॥१३-३॥   Transliteration: Lord Krishna briefs Arjuna about different forms of Kshetras and that internally all Kshetras had same entity. This simply means that all souls’ atmans in cosmos at the time of start of their cosmic journey had absolutely similar properties. How these souls atmans […]


Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 2

क्षेत्रज्ञं चापि मां विद्धि सर्वक्षेत्रेषु भारत । क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोर्ज्ञानं यत्तज्ज्ञानं मतं मम ॥१३-२॥   Transliteration: Lord Krishna says, O Arjuna: at the core of every Kshetra exists a Kshetrajna and that Kshetrajna (knower of all) is me that exists within all living beings including human beings. Other than me (the knower of all) nothing else existed within every living being.   […]


Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13 Verse 1

इदं शरीरं कौन्तेय क्षेत्रमित्यभिधीयते । एतद्यो वेत्ति तं प्राहुः क्षेत्रज्ञ इति तद्विदः ॥१३-१॥   Transliteration: Lord Krishna addresses King Arjuna… O Arjuna! In spiritual parlance this human body is also called Kshetra… field where one can work out ones karma. And one who realizes this sublime truth is called Kshetrajna… the knower of absolute truth!   As per Bhagavad Gita, […]