13. Distinguishing the Body and Spirit

Kṣhetra Kṣhetrajña Vibhāg Yog

BG 13.35

Those who understand, by the eye of wisdom, the difference between the field and the knower of the field, and the means by which they may be liberated from nature, attain the supreme state.

क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञयोरेवमन्तरं ज्ञानचक्षुषा
भूतप्रकृतिमोक्षं च ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम्

  • kṣhetra-kṣhetrajñayor — the field and the knower of the field

    • kṣhetra

    • kṣhetrajñayor

  • evam — thus

  • antaraṁ — the difference

  • jñāna-chakṣhuṣhā — with the eyes of knowledge

    • jñāna

    • chakṣhuṣhā

  • bhūta-prakṛiti-mokṣhaṁ — living entity released from material nature

    • bhūta — living entity

    • prakṛiti — material nature

    • mokṣhaṁ — liberated from

  • cha — and

  • ye — who

  • vidur — know

  • yānti — approach

  • te — they

  • param — the Supreme

...13.31

This supreme self is without beginning and is imperishable. Though it dwells in the body, it does not act, nor does it get tainted by action.

[32]

Just as space is present everywhere and is too subtle to be tainted, the self is present within bodies everywhere, and cannot be defiled.

[33]

Just as a single sun illuminates this entire world, so too does a knower of the field illuminate the field itself.

[34]

Those who understand, by the eye of wisdom, the difference between the field and the knower of the field, and the means by which they may be liberated from nature, attain the supreme state.

[35]

Chapter 13, Verse 35