13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.10

... with indifference toward children, spouses, and homes, and with equanimity toward both good fortune and bad, ...

असक्ितरनभिष्वङ्गः पुत्रदारगृहादिषु
नित्यं च समचित्तत्वमिष्टानिष्टोपपत्तिषु

  • asaktir — non-attachment

  • anabhiṣhvaṅgaḥ — absence of craving

  • putra-dāra-gṛihādiṣhu — children, spouse, and a home

    • putra — children

    • dāra — spouse

    • gṛihādiṣhu — home and possessions

  • nityaṁ — constant

  • cha — and

  • sama-chittatvam — even-mindedness

    • sama

    • chittatvam

  • iṣhṭāniṣhṭopapattiṣhu — having obtained the desirable and undesirable

    • iṣhṭa — the desirable

    • aniṣhṭa — undesirable

    • upapattiṣhu — having obtained

...13.5

The five elements (earth, fire, air, water, and space), personality, intellect, the life force, the ten organs of perception, the mind, and the five senses,

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craving and aversion, happiness and sorrow, the body, sentience, and fortitude - these, together with their modifications, are the "field".

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With humility, unpretentiousness, nonviolence, forgiveness, sincerity, service to the teacher, purity, steadfastness, and self-control

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renunciation of sensual pleasures, absence of pride, recognition of the painful cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death,

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with indifference toward children, spouses, and homes, and with equanimity toward both good fortune and bad,

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constantly devote yourself toward me alone, retreat to solitary places, and remain indifferent toward socializing.

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True wisdom is constantly yearning for knowledge of the self, and pondering the nature of reality. Ignorance is everything to the contrary.

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Similar verses

Chapter 13, Verse 10