13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.11

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

मयि चानन्ययोगेन भक्ितरव्यभिचारिणी
विविक्तदेशसेवित्वमरतिर्जनसंसदि

  • mayi — toward me

  • chānanya-yogena — also exclusively united

    • chānanya

    • yogena

  • bhaktir — devotion

  • avyabhichāriṇī — constant

  • vivikta-deśha-sevitvam — inclination for solitary places

    • vivikta — solitary

    • deśha — places

    • sevitvam — inclination for

  • aratir — aversion

  • jana-sansadi — for mundane society

    • jana

    • sansadi

...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 11