13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.18

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.

ज्योतिषामपि तज्ज्योतिस्तमसः परमुच्यते
ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानगम्यं हृदि सर्वस्य विष्ठितम्

  • jyotiṣhām — in all luminarie

  • api — and

  • taj — that

  • jyotis — the source of light

  • tamasaḥ — the darkness

  • param — beyond

  • uchyate — is said (to be)

  • jñānaṁ — knowledge

  • jñeyaṁ — the object of knowledge

  • jñāna-gamyaṁ — the goal of knowledge

    • jñāna

    • gamyaṁ

  • hṛidi — within the heart

  • sarvasya — of all living beings

  • viṣhṭhitam — dwells

...13.12

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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Similar verses

Chapter 13, Verse 18