13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.13

I shall now speak of that essential knowledge which grants immortality - the Supreme Brahman, the eternal spirit within me which has no beginning, said to be neither existent nor nonexistent.

ज्ञेयं यत्तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वाऽमृतमश्नुते
अनादिमत्परं ब्रह्म न सत्तन्नासदुच्यते

  • jñeyaṁ — let it be known

  • yat — which

  • tat — that

  • pravakṣhyāmi — I will now reveal

  • yaj — which

  • jñātvāmṛitam — knowing immortality

  • aśhnute — one achieves

  • anādi — beginningless

  • mat-paraṁ — subordinate to me

    • mat

    • paraṁ

  • brahma — Brahman

  • na — not

  • sat — existent

  • tan — that

  • nāsad — non-existent

  • uchyate — is called

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I shall now speak of that essential knowledge which grants immortality - the Supreme Brahman, the eternal spirit within me which has no beginning, said to be neither existent nor nonexistent.

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It has hands, feet, eyes, heads, ears, and mouths everywhere. It exists in all creatures and envelops them all.

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It illuminates the senses, yet has no senses of its own. It is bound to nothing, yet it sustains everything. It is devoid of the Gunas, yet it experiences them all.

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It is within all beings, and it also surrounds them. It is motionless yet moving, too subtle to be perceived, in the distance yet ever closer.

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Undivided, yet appearing scattered, this self is the sustenance, dissolution, and origination of beings.

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It is the light of all lights, beyond the reach of darkness. It is wisdom, attained only through knowledge, which is present in the hearts of all.

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Chapter 13, Verse 13